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week-end

weekend

noun WEEK-end Less Common
Time Days of the Week

Usage Note

Week-end is an English loanword fully integrated into French with the hyphen kept. The plural is des week-ends. In Belgium and some Quebec usage, la fin de semaine is preferred over week-end. Bon week-end! is a common Friday farewell, equivalent to 'have a good weekend!'

Examples

"Qu'est-ce que tu fais ce week-end?"

Natural Translation

What are you doing this weekend?

Literal Translation

What is it that you're doing this weekend?

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