Weekdays : nf (word coming from the Latin religious septimana, feminine of septimanus « relative au nombre sept », de septem « sept »).
The word “week” has several meanings:
1. Dans les calendriers de type occidental et chrétien, Chacun des cycles de sept jours (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday) whose succession, independent of the system of month et des années, partage conventionnellement le temps en périodes égales qui règlent le déroulement de la life religieuse, professionnelle, sociale. Remarque : L’Organisation internationale de standardisation (ISO) recommends considering the Monday like the first day of the week.
Which takes place once (weekly), twice (bi-weekly) per week, per week, every two weeks (fortnightly). In the course of the week.
In the middle, at the end of next week.
The week of four thursdays : Something impossible, which will never happen (This expression dating from the XNUMXth century evolved from three to four Thursdays).
Holy Week: the week preceding Sunday de Easter.
Cette période, considérée du point de vue du nombre et de la répartition des heures de job.
The thirty-nine hour week.
English week: organization of work, first in use in England, which grants workers, in addition to rest from Sunday, that of Saturday afternoon or even of the whole Saturday.
Current at Canada : Weekend: Saturday and Sunday (weekend).
Good weekend !
All ordinary days, working days, as opposed to Sundays and feast days.
During the week, on weekdays.
I had a busy week.
2. Period of seven days, regardless of the initial day. The first week of November. For a week.
In a week (eight), two weeks (fortnight) from today (From today in eight, in fifteen).
For a week, two weeks (For eight, fifteen days).
This period devoted to an activity.
The week of kindness.
Weekdays commercial.
He will need five weeks of rest.
Take two weeks vacation.
Weekly.
Rent a rural gite by the week.
Work weekly.
At the small week.
Meaning aged : Prêter à la petite semaine, à très court terme et à taux très élevé.
Meaning modern : Une politique à la petite semaine, qui ne résulte pas d’un plan d’ensemble, de prévisions à longue échéance.
Governing on a short-term basis, by a series of expedients (Day to day).
During the week: is said of a service that the members of a group each provide in turn for a week. Being on weekdays (f. Taking turns).
Officer, weekly non-commissioned officer.
3. By extension: Salary of a worker for a week of work; pocket money given to a child for a week. He has already spent half his week.
4. Bracelet (weekly), ring with seven rings.
Group (of seven similar objects).