endimancher
French
FWOTD – 23 December 2019
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe/
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Verb
endimancher
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to dress up in one's Sunday best
- 1847, Honoré de Balzac, translated by William Walton, Cousin Pons:
- Une heure après, la Cibot s’endimancha, partit en milord, au grand étonnement de Rémonencq et se promit de représenter dignement la femme de confiance des deux Casse-noisettes dans tous les pensionnats, chez toutes les personnes où se trouvaient les écolières des deux musiciens.
- An hour later the Cibot, in her Sunday best, departed in great state, to the amazement of Rémonencq, promising herself to represent, in a suitable manner, the confidential housekeeper of the two Nut-crackers in all the boarding-schools and to all the private pupils of the two musicians.
- 1924, Emmanuel Bove, translated by Janet Louth, Mes Amis [My Friends]:
- J’ai deux complets : celui que je mets tous les jours et un autre qui a l’avantage d’être noir. J’hésitai à revêtir ce dernier ; je ne savais pas si M. Lacaze aimait mieux que j’eusse l’air pauvre ou bien que, pour lui, je me fusse endimanché.
- I have two suits: the one I wear every day, and another which has the advantage of being black. I hesitated to put on the latter; I did not know whether Monsieur Lacaze would prefer me to look poor or whether he would be glad I had dressed my best for him.
- (transitive) to dress someone to look on their Sunday best
- 1857, Alfred de Musset, “À mon Frère, revenant d’Italie [To My Brother, Returning From Italy]”, in Marie Agathe Clarke, transl., Poésies nouvelles, lines 73–78:
- Pauvre Ischia ! bien des gens n’ont vu / Tes jeunes filles que pied nu / Dans la poussière. / On les endimanche à prix d’or ; / Mais ton pur soleil brille encor / Sur leur misère.
- Poor Ischia! In thy every street / Thy maidens in their naked feet / Tread the soft dust. / Whether in rags or colored cloth, / To earn a coin they're nothing loth— / Find crust they must.
- (literally, “Poor Ischia! many people have seen your maidens only barefoot in the dust. One dresses them richly; but your pure sun still shines over their misery.”)
Conjugation
Conjugation of endimancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | endimancher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | endimanchant /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | endimanché /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | endimanche /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
endimanches /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
endimanche /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
endimanchons /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
endimanchez /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe/ |
endimanchent /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect | endimanchais /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
endimanchais /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
endimanchait /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
endimanchions /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
endimanchiez /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃje/ |
endimanchaient /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | endimanchai /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe/ |
endimanchas /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa/ |
endimancha /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa/ |
endimanchâmes /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃam/ |
endimanchâtes /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃat/ |
endimanchèrent /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | endimancherai /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
endimancheras /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
endimanchera /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
endimancherons /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
endimancherez /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
endimancheront /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | endimancherais /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
endimancherais /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
endimancherait /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
endimancherions /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
endimancheriez /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ |
endimancheraient /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | endimanche /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
endimanches /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
endimanche /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
endimanchions /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
endimanchiez /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃje/ |
endimanchent /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | endimanchasse /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃas/ |
endimanchasses /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃas/ |
endimanchât /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa/ |
endimanchassions /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
endimanchassiez /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ |
endimanchassent /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | endimanche /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
— | endimanchons /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
endimanchez /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'endimancher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'endimancher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’endimanchant /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | endimanché /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’endimanche /mɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
t’endimanches /tɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
s’endimanche /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
nous endimanchons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɔ̃/ |
vous endimanchez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe/ |
s’endimanchent /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect | m’endimanchais /mɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
t’endimanchais /tɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
s’endimanchait /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/ |
nous endimanchions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
vous endimanchiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃje/ |
s’endimanchaient /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’endimanchai /mɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe/ |
t’endimanchas /tɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa/ |
s’endimancha /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa/ |
nous endimanchâmes /nu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃam/ |
vous endimanchâtes /vu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃat/ |
s’endimanchèrent /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’endimancherai /mɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
t’endimancheras /tɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
s’endimanchera /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁa/ |
nous endimancherons /nu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous endimancherez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁe/ |
s’endimancheront /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’endimancherais /mɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
t’endimancherais /tɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
s’endimancherait /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ |
nous endimancherions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous endimancheriez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃə.ʁje/ |
s’endimancheraient /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’endimanche /mɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
t’endimanches /tɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
s’endimanche /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
nous endimanchions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃjɔ̃/ |
vous endimanchiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃje/ |
s’endimanchent /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | m’endimanchasse /mɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃas/ |
t’endimanchasses /tɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃas/ |
s’endimanchât /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa/ |
nous endimanchassions /nu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous endimanchassiez /vu.z‿ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃa.sje/ |
s’endimanchassent /sɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | endimanche-toi /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃ʃ.twa/ |
— | endimanchons-nous /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃɔ̃.nu/ |
endimanchez-vous /ɑ̃.di.mɑ̃.ʃe.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- désendimancher
- endimanchable
- endimanchement
Descendants
- → English: endimanched
- → German: endimanchiert
Further reading
- “endimancher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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