samedi

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Borrowed from French samedi.

Noun

samedi (ORB large)

  1. Alternative form of dessando (“Saturday”)

References

  • samedi in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French samedi, from Vulgar Latin *sambatum and *sambatī diēs, from Latin Sabbatī diēs, variant of diēs Sabbatī (“day of the Sabbath”), from sabbatum, from Ancient Greek σάββατον (sábbaton) (Modern Greek: Σάββατο (Sávvato)), from Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabát). See also sabbat, chabbat.

Pronunciation

Noun

samedi m (plural samedis)

  1. Saturday
    • 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:
      ...Jeudi de l’accordéon, de l’accordéon.
      Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche...
      En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
      ...Thursday the accordion, the accordion.
      Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday...
      Onward, the music of the days of the week.

Descendants

See also

Days of the week in French · jours de la semaine (layout · text)
dimanche lundi mardi mercredi jeudi vendredi samedi

Further reading

Anagrams

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French samedi, from Vulgar Latin *sambati diēs, from Latin Sabbati diēs < diēs Sabbati (“day of the Sabbath”).

Noun

samedi m (plural samedis)

  1. (Guernsey) Saturday

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *sambatum and Vulgar Latin *sambati diēs, from Latin Sabbati diēs < diēs Sabbati (“day of the Sabbath”).

Noun

samedi oblique singular, m (oblique plural samedis, nominative singular samedis, nominative plural samedi)

  1. Saturday

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