"sennight" meaning in Anglais

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Noun

IPA: \ˈsɛn.aɪt\, \ˈsɛn.ɪt\ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sennight.wav Forms: sennights [plural]
  1. Semaine. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: fr-sennight-en-noun-virxlUAC Categories (other): Exemples en anglais, Termes archaïques en anglais
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: week Related terms: fortnight

Inflected forms

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      "name": "Lemmes en anglais",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "name": "Noms communs en anglais",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Forme abrégée de sevennight, formé par juxtaposition de seven et night et signifiant donc littéralement « sept nuits »."
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "sennights",
      "ipas": [
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        "\\ˈsɛn.ɪts\\"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Anglais",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "fortnight"
    }
  ],
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    {
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Exemples en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Termes archaïques en anglais",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "Virginia Woolf, Orlando, 1928",
          "text": "As for his marriage with the Lady Margaret, fixed though it was for this day sennight, the thing was so palpably absurd that he scarcely gave it a thought.",
          "translation": "En ce qui concerne son mariage avec Lady Margaret, arrangé bien qu’il fût prévu pour la semaine courante, la chose était si palpablement absurde qu’il n’y pensait guère."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Semaine."
      ],
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      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈsɛn.ɪt\\"
    },
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    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "week"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sennight"
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    "Noms communs en anglais",
    "anglais"
  ],
  "etymology_texts": [
    "Forme abrégée de sevennight, formé par juxtaposition de seven et night et signifiant donc littéralement « sept nuits »."
  ],
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        "\\ˈsɛn.aɪts\\",
        "\\ˈsɛn.ɪts\\"
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "Nom commun",
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    {
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    }
  ],
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          "translation": "En ce qui concerne son mariage avec Lady Margaret, arrangé bien qu’il fût prévu pour la semaine courante, la chose était si palpablement absurde qu’il n’y pensait guère."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Semaine."
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "\\ˈsɛn.ɪt\\"
    },
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