Kilo Lingo

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masculine

ʒuʁnal

Line drawing of journal
Coloured illustration of journal
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Translation

newspaper; diary

Word origin

From Old French jornal ('daily'), from Late Latin diurnalis ('of the day'), from dies ('day'). The same root gives English journal, journey and diurnal.

Origin
Latin
Root
diurnalis
English cognates
journal, journey, diurnal

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluraljournauxirregular

Examples

tous .

I read the newspaper every morning.

tous .

She writes in her diary every evening before sleeping.

.

The eight o'clock news is starting.

tous -.

My father reads the newspaper every morning at breakfast.

J' j' douze .

I've been writing in my personal diary since I was twelve.

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