mardi
French
Etymology
Inherited from Latin Mārtis diēs, variant of diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”).
Pronunciation
Noun
mardi m (plural mardis)
- Tuesday
- 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:
- En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
Lundi marche devant,
Rantaplan.
Mardi joue de la trompette,
De la trompette.
Mercredi du violon,
Du violon.
Jeudi de l’accordéon,
De l’accordéon.
Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche.
Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.
En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.- Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Monday marches ahead,
Rantaplan.
Tuesday plays the trumpet,
The trumpet.
Wednesday the violin,
The violin.
Thursday the accordion,
The accordion.
Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Onward, the music of the days of the week.
- Onward, the music of the days of the week.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Haitian Creole: madi
- Louisiana Creole: maddi, mardi
- Mauritian Creole: mardi
- Seychellois Creole: mardi
See also
- days of the week: jours de la semaine (appendix): lundi · mardi · mercredi · jeudi · vendredi · samedi · dimanche [edit]
| Days of the week in French · jours de la semaine (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lundi | mardi | mercredi | jeudi | vendredi | samedi | dimanche |
Further reading
- “mardi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Louisiana Creole
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /maɾˈdi/
- Rhymes: -i
Noun
mardi
- alternative form of maddi (“Tuesday”)
See also
| Days of the week in Louisiana Creole · jou-yé a lasmènn (layout · text) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| lundi, lindi | maddi, mardi | mékrédi, mèkrèdi, mærkrédi | jédi, jèdi | vendredi, vendrédi | sanmdi, sammdi | dimansh |
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Noun
mardi
References
- Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français
Norman
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old French mardi, from Latin Mārtis diēs, variant of diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”).
Noun
mardi m (plural mardis)
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from the indicative perfect root mard- of Romani marel (“to beat, fight”).
Verb
a mardi (third-person singular present mardește, past participle mardit) 4th conjugation
Conjugation
conjugation of mardi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
| infinitive | a mardi | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | mardind | ||||||
| past participle | mardit | ||||||
| number | singular | plural | |||||
| person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
| indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | mardesc | mardești | mardește | mardim | mardiți | mardesc | |
| imperfect | mardeam | mardeai | mardea | mardeam | mardeați | mardeau | |
| simple perfect | mardii | mardiși | mardi | mardirăm | mardirăți | mardiră | |
| pluperfect | mardisem | mardiseși | mardise | mardiserăm | mardiserăți | mardiseră | |
| subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
| present | să mardesc | să mardești | să mardească | să mardim | să mardiți | să mardească | |
| imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
| affirmative | mardește | mardiți | |||||
| negative | nu mardi | nu mardiți | |||||
Derived terms
Romansch
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Mārtis diēs, variant of diēs Mārtis (“Tuesday”, literally “day of Mars”).
Noun
mardi m (plural mardis)
Adverb
mardi
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) on Tuesday
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
Noun
mardi
References
- Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français