sextidi

French

Etymology

From Latin sextus (“sixth”) ‎ -di (“day”), taken from the ordinary weekday names: lundi (“Monday”), mardi (“Tuesday”), mercredi (“Wednesday”), jeudi (“Thursday”), vendredi (“Friday”), samedi (“Saturday”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛk.sti.di/

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• Rhymes: -i

Noun

sextidi m (plural sextidis)

1. (historical) the sixth day of the decade (ten-day week) in the French Republican Calendar

Related terms

• décadi
• duodi
• nonidi
• octidi
• primidi
• quartidi
• quintidi
• septidi
• tridi

 

Further reading

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