Learn how to say the days of the week in French. Each entry shows the IPA phonetics — click the speaker icon to hear the pronunciation.
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Aujourd'hui c'est lundi
Today is Monday
Mardi j'ai une réunion
On Tuesday I have a meeting
Le mercredi je vais à la salle de sport
On Wednesday I go to the gym
Jeudi est mon jour préféré
Thursday is my favorite day
Enfin c'est vendredi !
Finally it's Friday!
Le samedi je fais la grasse matinée
On Saturday I sleep in late
Le dimanche je vais à l'église
On Sunday I go to church
Monday in French is Lundi, pronounced /lœ̃.di/. The word comes from 'lune' (moon), so lundi literally means 'moon day'.
Tuesday in French is Mardi, pronounced /maʁ.di/. It comes from 'Mars', the Roman god of war.
Wednesday in French is Mercredi, pronounced /mɛʁ.kʁə.di/. It is named after Mercury (Mercure in French), the Roman messenger god.
Thursday in French is Jeudi, pronounced /ʒø.di/. It comes from 'Jupiter' (Jove), the king of the Roman gods.
Friday in French is Vendredi, pronounced /vɑ̃.dʁə.di/. It is named after Venus (Vénus), the Roman goddess of love.
Saturday in French is Samedi, pronounced /sam.di/. Unlike other French weekdays it comes from the Hebrew Sabbath (Sabbat), not a Roman god.
Sunday in French is Dimanche, pronounced /di.mɑ̃ʃ/. It comes from the Latin 'dies Dominica' meaning 'Lord's day'.
No. In French, days of the week are written in lowercase — lundi, mardi, mercredi — unless they appear at the very beginning of a sentence.
To express a recurring day in French, add the definite article 'le': 'le lundi' means 'every Monday' or 'on Mondays'. For example: 'Je fais du sport le lundi' — I work out every Monday.
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