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le

masculine

/lɑ̃d.mɛ̃/

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Translation

the next day, the day after

Word origin

From Old French l'endemain, itself from en ('in, on') and demain ('tomorrow'), with the article le fused onto the front. Demain goes back to Latin de mane ('in the morning'), so the word literally stacks up as 'the on-the-morrow'.

Origin
Old French
Root
l'endemain
English cognates
matins

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Plurallendemains

Examples

, pleuvait .

The next day it was still raining.

repris .

We went back to work first thing the following morning.

, épouvantable.

The day after the party, the house was in a dreadful state.

au .

She prefers not to think about the future.

.

This treatment has an unpleasant aftermath.

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This word is part of lesson 37.