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Daily French Phrases
Once you’ve learned the difference between jour and journée, cement your knowledge with some idioms and set expressions featuring these somewhat synonyms.
Expressions with jour
| 2, 3, 4 fois par jour | twice, three times, four times a day | ||
| avoir le jour dans les yeux | to have the light in one’s eyes | ||
| bonjour | (one word!) | hello | |
| de nos jours | nowadays | ||
| de tous les jours | everyday, ordinary | ||
| du jour au lendemain | overnight | ||
| donner le jour à | to bring into the world | ||
| être à jour | to be up to date | ||
| être de jour | (military) | to be on day duty | |
| Il se fit jour dans mon esprit | The light dawned on me | ||
| Ils sont le jour et la nuit. | They’re as different as night and day. | ||
| le jour d’action de grâces | Thanksgiving | ||
| un jour d’arrêt | detention | ||
| un jour de congé | day off | ||
| un jour de deuil | day of mourning | ||
| un jour de fête | holiday | ||
| le jour de l’An | New Year’s Day | ||
| les jours ouvrables | weekdays (5 days) | ||
| un jour de repos | day off | ||
| les jours de la semaine | days of the week (7 days) | ||
| les jours de semaine | weekdays (5 days) | ||
| un jour de sortie | day off, day out | ||
| le jour des Morts | All-Souls’ Day | ||
| le jour des Rois | Epiphany, Twelfth Night | ||
| un jour de travail | weekday | ||
| le jour du Grand Pardon | the Day of Atonement | ||
| le jour du Seigneur | Sunday, Sabbath | ||
| le jour entra à flots | daylight flooded in | ||
| jour et nuit | day and night | ||
| un jour férié | public or bank holiday | ||
| le jour J | D-Day, the big day | ||
| un jour mobile | discretionary or personal day | ||
| un jour ouvrable | weekday | ||
| un jour ouvré | weekday | ||
| le jour tombe | it’s getting dark | ||
| se lever avant le jour | to get up before dawn | ||
| mettre à jour | to update | ||
| mettre au jour | to bring into the light | ||
| service de jour | day service | ||
| vivre au jour le jour | to live from hand to mouth | ||
| voir le jour | to be born; to come into existence | ||
Expressions with journée
| aller en journées chez les autres | to work as domestic help | ||
| bonne journée | have a nice day | ||
| être payé à la journée | to get paid by the day | ||
| se faire de bonnes journées | to make good money | ||
| faire de dures journées | to put in a hard day’s work | ||
| faire la journée continue | to stay open all day, during lunch | ||
| La journée à été chaude | (military) | It was a stiff fight. | |
| la journée bissextile | leap day (29 February) | ||
| la journée d’études | seminar | ||
| la journée de repos | day of rest, day off | ||
| la journée de salaire | day’s wages | ||
| la journée de travail | day’s work | ||
| travailler à la journée | to work by the day | ||
Related words
| un journal | newspaper | ||
| journalier | (adj) | daily | |
| journellement | (adv) | daily | |
Related lessons
- Jour vs journée
- Bonjour and other greetings
- Bonne journée and other parting words
- Days of the week
- Expressions with an / année
- Expressions with matin / matinée
- Expressions with soir / soirée
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