semaine des quatre jeudis
\sə.mɛn de katʁ ʒø.di\
The verdict
“semaine des quatre jeudis” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 25
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exprime une impossibilité, quelque chose qui n’arrivera jamais.
Corpus desk
Index FR-semaine-des-quatre-jeudi · semaine des quatre jeudis · French
semaine des quatre jeudis · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 25 letters
- VOW-11 11 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "S" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | semaine des quatre jeudis |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \sə.mɛn de katʁ ʒø.di\ |
| Letters | 25 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
semaine des quatre jeudis is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \sə.mɛn de katʁ ʒø.di\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
semaine des quatre jeudis doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is semaine des quatre jeudis, spelled S-E-M-A-I-N-E- -D-E-S- -Q-U-A-T-R-E- -J-E-U-D-I-S.
Definition
- 1Exprime une impossibilité, quelque chose qui n’arrivera jamais.
- 2Correspond à la semaine de campagne électorale pour le Bureau des élèves de l’École des Hautes Études Commerciales, marquée par quatre soirées étudiantes au lieu d’une seule hebdomadaire traditionnellement, le jeudi.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how semaine des quatre jeudis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On rêve parfois à la semaine des quatre jeudis, c’est le symbole de l’impossible.
Fixons même le jour, si tu veux… tiens, le troisième jeudi de la fameuse semaine… tu sais, la semaine des quatre jeudis !
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.