week-end
/wik.ɛnd/
le
noun
A1
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- plural
- les week-ends
Meaning
Similar words
"fin de semaine" and week-end are close synonyms for "weekend"; "fin de semaine" is Quebec French usage, week-end the usage in France.
Similar in other languages
Portuguese
fim de semana is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "weekend."
Practice
1 What does week-end mean?
weekend
2 Fill the gap: Ils passent le ___-end à la montagne.
Full sentence: Ils passent le week-end à la montagne. (They spend the weekend in the mountains.)
3 Which fingerprint chart matches week-end?
week-end: neutral register, core frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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