demain

See also: demaine

English

Noun

demain (plural demains)

1. (obsolete, British, law) A demesne, especially the ancient demesne claimed by William the Conqueror.

See also

• Doomsday Book / Doomsday Book
• Domesday Book / Domesday Book

Anagrams

• Damien, Eidman, Maiden, Manide, Median, Medina, Midean, aidmen, maenid, maiden, mained, median, medina, meidan

Champenois

Alternative forms

• (Rémois) demanlle

Etymology

Inherited from Old French demain, from Latin dē māne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dmɛ̃/

Adverb

demain

1. (Troyen) tomorrow

References

• Daunay, Jean (1998) Parlers de Champagne : Pour un classement thématique du vocabulaire des anciens parlers de Champagne (Aube - Marne - Haute-Marne)‎^[1] (in French), Rumilly-lés-Vaudes
• Baudoin, Alphonse (1885) Glossaire de la forêt de Clairvaux‎^[2] (in French), Troyes

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French demain, from Late Latin dē māne (“early in the morning”), from Latin dē + māne, from Proto-Indo-European *meh₂- (“to mature, ripen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.mɛ̃/, /dmɛ̃/ (colloquial)

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Adverb

demain

1. tomorrow

   Demain c’est dimanche.

   Tomorrow is Sunday.

Coordinate terms

Dates relative to today in French (layout · text)
	–3	–2	–1	0	+1	+2	+3
direct speech	three days ago	two days ago	yesterday	today	tomorrow	in two days	in three days
	avant-avant-hier	avant-hier	hier	aujourd’hui	demain	après-demain	après-après-demain
reported speech	three days before, three days earlier	two days before, two days earlier	the day before	on that day	the next day	two days later	three days later
	trois jours plus tôt	l’avant-veille	la veille	ce jour-là	le lendemain	le surlendemain	trois jours plus tard

Derived terms

• à demain
• ce n’est pas demain la veille
• demain est un autre jour

 

Further reading

• “demain”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• Damien
• médian
• médina
• mendia

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin dē māne (“early in the morning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dəˈmai̯n/

Adverb

demain

1. tomorrow

Descendants

• French: demain