lendemain
French
editEtymology
editUniverbation of l’ (an apocopic form of la, la before a vowel) + endemain, itself a univerbation of en and demain. Compare Italian l'indomani.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editlendemain m (plural lendemains)
- the day after, the next day, the morrow
- Antonym: veille (“day before”)
- J’ai un examen le lendemain de mon mariage
- I have an exam the day after my wedding
Coordinate terms
editDates relative to today in French (layout · text) | |||||||
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–3 | –2 | –1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 | |
direct speech | three days ago | two days ago | yesterday | today | tomorrow | in two days | in three days |
avant-avant-hier | avant-hier | hier | aujourd’hui | demain | après-demain | après-après-demain | |
reported speech | three days before, three days earlier | two days before, two days earlier | the day before | on that day | the next day | two days later | three days later |
trois jours plus tôt | l’avant-veille | la veille | ce jour-là | le lendemain | le surlendemain | trois jours plus tard |
Derived terms
edit- du jour au lendemain
- lendemain de veille
- liaison sans lendemain
- pilule du lendemain
- sans lendemain
- surlendemain
Further reading
edit- “lendemain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.