faire le pont

French

Etymology

Literally, "make the bridge"

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ lə pɔ̃/

Verb

faire le pont

1. (figuratively) To take a long weekend; to take an extra day off work in addition to a public holiday that falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, thereby making a four-day weekend. If the public holiday falls on Wednesday, the individual has the option of taking either Monday and Tuesday or Thursday and Friday off.

Conjugation

• see faire