Polyglot Dictionary

fin de semaine

/fɛ̃ də sə.mɛn/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les fins de semaine

Meaning

  1. weekend (Quebec)

    • Ils partent au chalet chaque fin de semaine.

      They go to the cottage every weekend.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

week-end

"fin de semaine" and week-end are close synonyms for "weekend"; "fin de semaine" is Quebec French usage, week-end the usage in France.

Practice

1 What does fin de semaine mean?

2 Fill the gap: Ils partent au chalet chaque fin de ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches fin de semaine?

noun

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