journée
French
Etymology
jour + -ée or from Old French jornee, from Medieval Latin diurnāta (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from diēs (“day”). Compare Italian giornata, Spanish and Occitan jornada. Cognate with English journey.
Pronunciation
Noun
journée f (plural journées)
Usage notes
- Jour and journée are roughly synonymous, with the distinction that jour connotes more the length of time and journée connotes more the events or activities during that length of time. In french, jour is masculine and journée is feminine.
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See also
Further reading
- “journée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Alternative forms
- journaïe (Guernsey)
Etymology
From Old French jornee (compare French journée), from Medieval Latin diurnāta (“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus (“daily”), from diēs (“day”).
Noun
journée f (plural journées)
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