journée

See also: Journee and journee

French

Etymology

From Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒuʁ.ne/

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Noun

journée f (plural journées)

1. day
2. daytime

Usage notes

• jour m and journée f are roughly synonymous, with the distinction that jour connotes more the length of time and journée connotes more the events or activities during that length of time.

Derived terms

• à longueur de journée
• bonne journée
• journée portes ouvertes
• toute la sainte journée

Related terms

• jour
• journellement

See also

• nuitée

Further reading

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

Norman

Alternative forms

• journaïe (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French jornee, from Vulgar Latin *diurnāta.

Noun

journée f (plural journées) (Jersey)

1. day