diumenge

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin diēs Dominicus (“Sunday”, literally “day of the Lord”), through Vulgar Latin *didominicu > *diominicu. Compare Occitan dimenge and French dimanche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [diwˈmeɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [diwˈməɲ.ʒə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [diwˈmeɲ.d͡ʒe], [duˈmeɲ.d͡ʒe]

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Noun

diumenge m (plural diumenges)

1. Sunday

Related terms

• dominical

See also

• (days of the week) dia de la setmana; dilluns, dimarts, dimecres, dijous, divendres, dissabte, diumenge ^{(Category: ca:Days of the week)}

Further reading

• “diumenge” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “diumenge”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “diumenge” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.