gnomon

Borrowed from Latin gnōmōn, from Ancient Greek γνώμων (gnṓmōn, “indicator”).


gui

Inherited from Middle French guy, from Old French guy, from Latin viscum, influenced by Frankish *wīhsila.


minuit

Inherited from Middle French mynuyt, from Old French mie nuit, from mie, feminine singular of mi (“half, half way”) + nuit (“night”). Equivalent to mi- + nuit. Compare Occitan mièjanuèch, mièjanuèit, Catalan mitjanit, Portuguese meia-noite, Spanish medianoche, Italian mezzanotte, Romanian miazănoapte.

La nouvelle journée commence à minuit.

Il est déjà minuit?

Pendant les week-ends, je me couche à minuit.

On the weekends, I go to bed by midnight.


aube

Inherited from Old French albe, from Vulgar Latin *alba, from Latin albus (“white”).


aube

Probably from Latin alapa (“blow, slap, smack”), of uncertain origin.


midi

From a compound of Old French mi (“middle”) + di (“day”).

Mais, après tout, les propos auxquels on mêlait son nom n’étaient peut-être que des propos; du bruit, des mots, des paroles; moins que des paroles, des palabres, comme dit l’énergique langue du midi.

1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 1, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:

(specifically) southern France, the Midi


Thanksgiving

fr:Action de grâce (Canada)
fr:Thanksgiving
fr:Thanksgiving (États-Unis)


jour de l'an

jour de l’ an (canonical masculine)
jours de l’an (plural)

/ʒuʁ də l‿ɑ̃/


réveil

au réveil


Noël

→ Persian: نوئل (no'el)

Inherited from Middle French Noël, from Old French Noel, Naël, inherited from Vulgar Latin *notālis, from Latin nātālis [diēs Dominī] (“birthday of the Lord”) with dissimilation of the first -a- to -o-. Doublet of natal.

inh

a male given name, equivalent to English Noel


horloge

Haitian Creole: òlòj

desc

ஒர்லோஸ்கட்டை

→ Tamil: ஒர்லோஸ்கட்டை (orlōskaṭṭai)

→ Tamil: ஒர்லோஸ்கட்டை (orlōskaṭṭai)

Inherited from Middle French horloge, from Old French orloge, oriloge, from Latin horologium, from Ancient Greek.


mardi gras

fr-noun

mardi gras m (countable and uncountable, plural mardi gras)

/mɔʁd͡zi ɡʁɔ/

/mɑʁd͡zi ɡʁɑ/

1582 Lambert Daneau, Traité contre les Bacchanales ou Mardi-gras, title listed in Jean Baptiste Louis Osmont, Dictionnaire typographique, historique et critique des livres rares ... et recherchés: Tome 1-2, Chez Lacombe, libraire, Quai de Conti (1768), p. 221.

Elle a été empoisonnée comme une danseuse de Mardi Gras, emmenée à la Préfecture, immatriculée, soumise à l’autorisation et aux inspections de salubrité.

1997, Albert Cassagne, Daniel Oster, quoting E. and J. de Goncourt, La théorie de l'art pour l'art, Editions Champ Vallon, →ISBN, page 110:

She was poisoned as a Mardi Gras dancer, brought to the Prefecture, registered, subject to authorization and health inspections.

Les Gilles, richement costumé, défilant le jour du mardi gras dans les rues de la ville.

2000, (France), Émile Biémont, Rythmes du temps: astronomie et calendriers, De Boeck Université, →ISBN, page 109:

The Gilles, richly costumed, marching on the day of the Mardi Gras in the city streets.

(usually uncountable) Mardi Gras: the last day of a carnival, traditionally the celebration immediately before the start of Lent when joy could be out of place for Christians


renne

→ Corsican: renna

→ Italian: renna

→ Portuguese: rena

→ Romanian: ren m

→ Turkish: Ren geyiği


cadran

→ Romanian: cadran

Borrowed from Latin quadrāns (“fourth part, quarter”).


tombée de la nuit

fr-noun

tombée de la nuit f (usually uncountable, plural tombées de la nuit)

à la tombée de la nuit


crépuscule

Inherited from Middle French crepuscule m, from Old French crepuscule m (first attested in the late 13th c.), borrowed from Latin crepusculum n.

inh+

twilight, dusk (time of day between sunset and darkness)


tourterelle

Inherited from Old French turterele, turtrele, from Late Latin turturella or Latin turturilla, a diminutive of turtur (“turtle dove”). Compare Italian tortorella, Romanian turturea. Cf. also tourte / tourtre.


Père Noël

desc

بَابَا نُوِيل

→ Arabic: بَابَا نُوِيل (bābā nuwīl) (partial calque)

→ Persian: بابا نوئل (bâbâ no'el) (partial calque)

Portuguese: → Pai Natal (calque), → Papai Noel (partial calque)

→ Spanish: Papá Noel (calque)


Ascension

(Christianity) Ascension; the holiday commemorating the Ascension of Jesus


ramadan

(Islam) Ramadan (holy ninth month of Islamic lunar calendar)


cadran solaire

fr-noun

cadran solaire m (plural cadrans solaires)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Bastenbas (Lingua)-cadran solaire.wav


Père Fouettard

In French culture, a traditional Yuletide character, who accompanies Saint Nicholas and punishes naughty children


guirlande

→ Danish: guirlande

→ Romanian: ghirlandă

Inherited from Old French garlande, probably derived from Frankish *weron (“bedeck, adorn”), from or related to Proto-Germanic *wīraz; compare Old High German wieren, English wire.


clepsydre

Borrowed from Latin clepsydra, from Ancient Greek κλεψύδρα (klepsúdra).


arbre de Noël

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-arbre de Noël.wav

a Christmas tree (usually conifer), tree set up during the Christmas holiday season


Néolithique

Borrowed from Latin neolithicum. By surface analysis, néo- + -lith + -ique.

surf

(history) the Neolithic or New Stone Age


âge du fer

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Saint-Valentin

J’irai dans un bar ce soir. Aujourd’hui c’est la Saint-Valentin. J’irai seule ; je m’offrirai une rose.

I'll be in a bar tonight. Today's Valentine's Day. I'll be alone; I'll give me a rose.

Valentine's Day (a holiday in remembrance of Saint Valentine, February 14th, celebrated by sending cards or similar tokens of love)


Paléolithique

Borrowed from Latin palaeolithicum. By surface analysis, paléo- + -lith + -ique.

(history) the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age


messe de minuit

fr-noun

messe de minuit f (plural messes de minuit)


calendrier de l'Avent

calendrier de l’Avent m (plural calendriers de l’Avent)

calendrier de l’ Avent (canonical masculine)
calendriers de l’Avent (plural)


bûche de Noël

German: Bûche de Noël

ja-r

ビュッシュ・ド・^ノエル

Japanese: ビュッシュ・ド・ノエル (byusshu do Noeru)

Korean: 뷔슈 드 노엘 (bwisyu deu No'el)


heure normale de l'est

heure normale de l’ est (canonical feminine)

Eastern Standard Time
Eastern Standard Time

daylight savings time
daylight savings time

Eastern Standard Time, the Eastern Timezone in non-daylight savings time


chronométrage

→ Polish: chronometraż

→ Romanian: cronometraj

desc

хронометра́ж

→ Russian: хронометра́ж (xronometráž)

хронометра́ж

→ Ukrainian: хронометра́ж (xronometráž)

timing (action of keeping time or a record of timing)


ère commune

Common Era (secular equivalent of anno Domini and the Christian Era)


Pâque

Inherited from Ecclesiastical Latin pascha.


trotteuse

second hand (on a clock or watch, the hand or pointer that shows the number of seconds that have passed)


joyeuses fêtes

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year; happy holidays


âge du bronze

LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-âge du bronze.wav


équinoxe de printemps

fr-noun

équinoxe de printemps m (plural équinoxes de printemps)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-équinoxe de printemps.wav


équinoxe d'automne

équinoxe d’automne m (plural équinoxes d’automne)

équinoxe d’ automne (canonical masculine)
équinoxes d’automne (plural)


réveille-matin

réveille-matin m (plural réveille-matin or réveille-matins)

réveille-matin (plural)
réveille-matins (plural)

euphorbe réveille-matin
euphorbe réveille-matin#French

Euphorbia helioscopia
Euphorbia helioscopia#Translingual

Synonym of euphorbe réveille-matin (“sun spurge”) (Euphorbia helioscopia)


âge d'or

âge d’ or (canonical masculine)
âges d’or (plural)

(figuratively) golden age, golden years, golden era


siècle des Lumières

Age of Enlightenment
Age of Enlightenment


horloge atomique

horloge atomique f (plural horloges atomiques)


veillée de Noël

veillée de Noël f (plural veillées de Noël)

Christmas Eve; the night before Christmas Day


montre à gousset

montre à gousset f (plural montres à gousset)


âge de pierre

âge de pierre m (usually uncountable, plural âges de pierre)

/ɑʒ də pjɛʁ/

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-âge de pierre.wav

Stone Age (broad prehistoric period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking)

(figuratively) Stone Age (any extremely primitive or undeveloped era)


heure bleue

English: blue hour

German: blaue Stunde f