demain
English
Noun
demain (plural demains)
- (obsolete, British, law) A demesne, especially the ancient demesne claimed by William the Conqueror.
See also
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French demain, from Late Latin dē māne (“early in the morning”), from Latin dē + māne, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, ripen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.mɛ̃/, /dmɛ̃/ (colloquial)
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Coordinate terms
| Dates relative to today in French (layout · text) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| –3 | –2 | –1 | 0 | +1 | +2 | +3 | |
| direct speech | three days ago | two days ago | yesterday | today | tomorrow | in two days | in three days |
| avant-avant-hier | avant-hier | hier | aujourd’hui | demain | après-demain | après-après-demain | |
| reported speech | three days before, three days earlier | two days before, two days earlier | the day before | on that day | the next day | two days later | three days later |
| trois jours plus tôt | l’avant-veille | la veille | ce jour-là | le lendemain | le surlendemain | trois jours plus tard | |
Further reading
- “demain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin dē māne (“early in the morning”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dəˈmai̯n/
Descendants
- French: demain
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