primidi
French
Etymology
From Latin prīmus (“first”) + -di (“day”), taken from the ordinary weekday names: lundi (“Monday”), mardi (“Tuesday”), mercredi (“Wednesday”), jeudi (“Thursday”), vendredi (“Friday”), samedi (“Saturday”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʁi.mi.di/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -i
Noun
primidi m (plural primidis)
- (historical) the first day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar
Further reading
- “primidi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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