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semaine.

week

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/sə.mɛn//smɛn/informal

  1. week

    feminine
    Je l'ai vu il n'y a pas plus longtemps qu'une semaine.

  2. menstrual period

    Quebec · feminine
    Je suis dans ma semaine.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French sepmaine, from Old French semaine, from Late Latin septimāna (“week”), from the Latin septimānus (“related to the seventh element of a series”, adjective), derived from septimus (“seventh”).

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