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Etymology edit

From Old French diemenche, from Latin dies Dominica (day of the Lord).

Noun edit

desmanche m (plural desmanches)

  1. (Guernsey) Sunday
    • 2006, Marie de Garis, “Enne p'tite sornaette”, in P'tites Lures Guernésiaises, Cromwell Press, published 2006, page 26:
      Tous les desmanches, en sortànt d'l'éghise les v'là, bras-d'sus, bras-sous, à faire aen p'tit tour.
      Every Sunday, on coming out of the church, there they were, arm in arm, off on a little walk.

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Verb edit

desmanche

  1. inflection of desmanchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative