week-end

week-end (plural week-ends)

1. Dated spelling of weekend.

Since the 1950s weekend is the dominant form.^[1]

• weekend (post-1990 spelling)

Borrowed from English week-end (now more commonly weekend).

• IPA^(key): /wi.kɛnd/, (humorous) /wi.kɑ̃d/

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week-end m (plural week-ends)

1. weekend; synonym of fin de semaine

• (abbreviation): W.-E. / W.E. / W-E / WE

• (abbreviation): W.-E. / W.E. / W-E / WE

• “week-end”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• IPA^(key): /wiˈkɛnd/^[1]
• Rhymes: -ɛnd

week-end m (invariable)

1. alternative spelling of weekend