day Signification, définition

Signification de day en français

• 0 one of the seven parts of a week -- jour [ masculine ]

  • Feed the fish twice a day. Nourris les poissons deux fois par jour.

  • Mel left the next day. Mel est parti le lendemain.

  • I’ll be back in a few days. Je serai de retour dans quelques jours.

• 1 the time during a day when you are doing work or activities -- journée [ feminine ]

  • an exhausting day at work une journée épuisante au travail

  • a long day of traveling une longue journée de voyage

  • I spent all day trying to fix my computer. J’ai passé toute la journée à essayer de réparer mon ordinateur.

  • How was your day? Comment s’est passée ta journée ?

• 2 the time between sunrise and sunset -- jour [ masculine ]

  • animals that sleep during the day des animaux qui dorment le jour / pendant la journée

• 3 a past or future time -- époque [ feminine ]

  • the early days of movie making les débuts du cinéma

  • One day you’ll understand what I mean. Un jour tu comprendras ce que je veux dire.

  • One day she brought home a kitten. Un jour, elle a ramené un chaton à la maison.

  • One of these days I’m going to buy one for myself. Un de ces jours, je m’en achèterai un.

  • Some day I’ll be a grownup! Un jour, je serai un adulte.

  • I saw Lauren the other day. J’ai vu Lauren l’autre jour.

• 4 repeated for many days -- jour après jour

  • The noise continued day after day. Le bruit a continué, jour après jour.

  • Kids these days don’t know how to work. A notre époque, les enfants ne savent pas comment travailler.

  • Your email made my day! Ton e-mail a illuminé ma journée !

  • Come on, we don’t have all day! Allez, on n’a pas toute la journée !

• 5 the period from sunrise to sunset -- jour

  • She worked all day

  • The days are warm, but the nights are cold.

• 6 a part of this period eg that part spent at work -- journée

  • How long is your working day?

  • I see him every day.

• 7 the period of twenty-four hours from one midnight to the next -- jour

  • How many days does September have?

• 8 the period of, or of the greatest activity, influence, strength etc of (something or someone) -- (du) temps (de), époque

  • There was far less traffic on the roads in my grandfather’s day

  • In the days of steam power, a five-person crew was required if a steam locomotive pulled a single passenger carriage.