nonidi

French

Etymology

From Latin nōnus (“ninth”) +‎ -di (“day”), taken from the ordinary weekday names: lundi (“Monday”), mardi (“Tuesday”), mercredi (“Wednesday”), jeudi (“Thursday”), vendredi (“Friday”), samedi (“Saturday”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.ni.di/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

nonidi m (plural nonidis)

1. (historical) The ninth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar.

Related terms

• décadi
• duodi
• octidi
• primidi
• quartidi
• quintidi
• septidi
• sextidi
• tridi

 

Further reading

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