fin de semaine

== French == === Etymology === In the sense “Saturday and Sunday”, a calque of English weekend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fɛ̃ də s(ə).mɛn/, /fɛ̃ d‿sə.mɛn/ === Noun === fin de semaine f (plural fins de semaine) (chiefly Europe) the end of the working week (Thursday and Friday) (chiefly North America) the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) Synonyms: weekend, week-end ==== Derived terms ==== fin de semaine folle