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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 1131, Couronnement de Louis (dïenenche)|origins=la diēs, la dominus}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /di.mɑ̃ʃ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dimanche''' ''m'' (plural dimanches)^(Wiktionary)

+ Old French ''dïenenche'' (about 1131), ''diemenche'', ''diemaine'', ''dymanche'' in the early 14th century (Joinville).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Grand Robert 2005)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|diemenche]], [[inh|la-ecc|diēs dominicus|t=the Lord's day]], which became “*didominicu” and then, by dissimilation of consonants, “*diominicu”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(FEW|3, 129a) It is formed from [[la|diēs|t=day]] and [[m|la|dominicus|t=of the lord]], from [[m|la|dominus|t=master, lord]].^(DHLF 1992) Bloch and Wartburg note that the Christian phrase is attested at the end of the 2nd century.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

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+ “Dies dominicus” replaced the pagan “dies solis” “day of the sun”, which Roman Gaul passed on to neighbouring languages: [[br|disul]], [[en|Sunday]] and [[de|Sonntag]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) It also drove out the Old French [[m|fro|diemeine]], formed with the adjective “demaine” “of the lord” (Philippe de Thaon, about 1119).^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) Compare [[it|domenica]], [[es|domingo]], [[ca|diumenge]] and [[oc|dimenge]].^(Littré 1873)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Couronnement de Louis'' (about 1131) has ''dïenenche'' for Sunday.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The word is usually masculine, like Spanish ''domingo'', but was feminine in some regions, like Italian ''domenica'', as Latin ''dies'' itself varied in gender.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)^(Littré 1873) ''Les habits du dimanche'' “Sunday best” is in Furetière (1690), and ''du dimanche'' came to mean “amateur”, as in ''peintre du dimanche''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992) ''C'est pas tous les jours dimanche'' “life isn't always a holiday” is recorded from 1753.^(BHVF)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1119 – ''Dïemeine'', Philippe de Thaon.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 1131 – ''Dïenenche'', ''Couronnement de Louis''.^(TLFi)

+ * early 14th century – ''Dymanche'', Joinville.^(TLFi)

+ * 1572 – The derivative ''endimancher''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * 1690 – ''Les habits du dimanche'', Furetière.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|Sunday]]: ''dimanche prochain'', ''le dimanche'', ''la messe du dimanche''.^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Du dimanche'': Sunday (clothes); amateur: ''peintre du dimanche'', ''conducteur du dimanche''.^(DHLF 1992)^(TLFi)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[endimanché]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[dominical]]

+ * [[dame]]

+ * [[la|dominicus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}