French

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Etymology

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From Latin hebdomadārius, from Latin hebdomas (English hebdomad), from Ancient Greek ἑβδομάς (hebdomás, seven, group of seven).

Pronunciation

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  • (mute h) IPA(key): /ɛb.dɔ.ma.dɛʁ/ [1]
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Adjective

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hebdomadaire (plural hebdomadaires)

  1. weekly
    • 1857, Phillippe Athanase Cucheval-Clarigny, Histoire de la presse en Angleterre et aux États-Unis[1], page 472:
      M. Willis est aujourd’hui le directeur de la Feuille du foyer (Home Journal), journal hebdomadaire qui se publie à New-York et qui est consacré presque exclusivement à la littérature.
      Mr Willis is today the director of the Home Journal, a weekly newspaper which is published in New York and which is dedicated almost exclusively to literature.

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Noun

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hebdomadaire m (plural hebdomadaires)

  1. weekly magazine

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ hebdomadaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.