lendemain

French

Etymology

Univerbation of l’ (an apocopic form of la, la before a vowel) endemain, itself a univerbation of en and demain. Compare Italian l'indomani.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɑ̃.d(ə).mɛ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

lendemain m (plural lendemains)

1. 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

Dates relative to today in French (layout · text)
	–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

• du jour au lendemain
• lendemain de veille
• liaison sans lendemain
• pilule du lendemain
• sans lendemain
• surlendemain

Further reading

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