French

Noun

journée f ‎(plural journées)

1. day
2. daytime

Usage notes

• Jour and journée are roughly synonymous, with the distinction that jour connotes more the length of time and journée connotes more the events or activities during that length of time.

See also

• bonne journée
• jour
• journellement

Norman

Alternative forms

• journaïe (Guernsey)

Etymology

From Old French jornee (compare French journée), from Medieval Latin diurnāta ‎(“a day's work, a day's journey, a fixed day, a day”), from Latin diurnus ‎(“daily”), from diēs ‎(“day”).

Noun

journée f ‎(plural journées)

1. (Jersey) day