mardi

See also: MARDI, Mardi, and mårdi

French

Etymology

From Old French mardi, from Latin Martis diēs, variant of diēs Martis (literally “day of Mars”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʁ.di/

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• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: mardis

Noun

mardi m (plural mardis)

1. Tuesday
   • 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: (deprecated template usage) CLE International:

     En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
     En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
     Lundi marche devant,
     Rantaplan.
     Mardi joue de la trompette,
     De la trompette.
     Mercredi du violon,
     Du violon.
     Jeudi de l’accordéon,
     De l’accordéon.
     Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche.
     Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche.
     En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
     En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.

     Onward, the music of the days of the week.
     Onward, the music of the days of the week.
     Monday marches ahead,
     Rantaplan.
     Tuesday plays the trumpet,
     The trumpet.
     Wednesday the violin,
     The violin.
     Thursday the accordion,
     The accordion.
     Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
     Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
     Onward, the music of the days of the week.
     Onward, the music of the days of the week.

Descendants

• Haitian Creole: madi
• Mauritian Creole: mardi
• Seychellois Creole: mardi

See also

• (days of the week) jours de la semaine; lundi, mardi, mercredi, jeudi, vendredi, samedi, dimanche ^{(Category: fr:Days of the week)}

Further reading

• “mardi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French mardi.

Noun

mardi

1. Tuesday

References

• Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

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Norman

Alternative forms

• Mardi (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French mardi, from Latin Martis diēs, variant of diēs Martis (literally “day of Mars”).

Noun

mardi m (plural mardis)

1. (Guernsey, Sark, France) Tuesday

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Romani marel (“to beat, to fight”).

Verb

a mardi (third-person singular present mardește, past participle mardit) 4th conj.

1. (slang) to beat (someone)

Conjugation

    conjugation of mardi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

infinitive			a mardi
gerund			mardind
past participle			mardit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	mardesc	mardești	mardește	mardim	mardiți	mardesc
	imperfect	mardeam	mardeai	mardea	mardeam	mardeați	mardeau
	simple perfect	mardii	mardiși	mardi	mardirăm	mardirăți	mardiră
	pluperfect	mardisem	mardiseși	mardise	mardiserăm	mardiserăți	mardiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să mardesc	să mardești	să mardească	să mardim	să mardiți	să mardească
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		mardește			mardiți
	negative		nu mardi			nu mardiți

Synonyms

• bate
• cafti (slang)

Derived terms

• mardeală

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• marde (Surmiran)
• mardis (Sursilvan)
• margis (Sutsilvan)

Etymology

From Latin Martis dīēs, variant of dīēs Martis (“Tuesday”, literally “day of Mars”).

Noun

mardi m (plural mardis)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) Tuesday

Adverb

mardi

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) on Tuesday

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Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French mardi

Noun

mardi

1. Tuesday

References

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français