# mardi
## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin Mārtis diēs, variant of diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maʁ.di/
* Audio (France):(file)
* Rhymes: -i
* Homophone: mardis

### Noun

mardi m (plural mardis)
* Tuesday
** 1986, “Il était une fois … une maison des musiciens [There Once Was… a House of Musicians]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine. En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine. Lundi marche devant, Rantaplan. Mardi joue de la trompette, De la trompette. Mercredi du violon, Du violon. Jeudi de l’accordéon, De l’accordéon. Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche. Vendredi et samedi chantent la chanson de dimanche. En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine. En avant, la musique des jours de la semaine.Onward, the music of the days of the week. Onward, the music of the days of the week. Monday marches ahead, Rantaplan. Tuesday plays the trumpet, The trumpet. Wednesday the violin, The violin. Thursday the accordion, The accordion. Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday. Friday and Saturday sing the song of Sunday. Onward, the music of the days of the week. Onward, the music of the days of the week.

#### Derived terms

* mardi gras

#### Descendants

* Haitian Creole: madi
* Louisiana Creole: maddi, mardi
* Mauritian Creole: mardi
* Seychellois Creole: mardi

### See also

* days of the week: jours de la semaine (appendix): lundi · mardi · mercredi · jeudi · vendredi · samedi · dimanche
Days of the week in French · jours de la semaine (layout · text) :
| dimanche | lundi | mardi | mercredi | jeudi | vendredi | samedi |

### Further reading

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

## Louisiana Creole
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /maɾˈdi/
* Rhymes: -i

### Noun

mardi
* Alternative form of maddi (“Tuesday”)

### See also

Days of the week in Louisiana Creole · jou-yé a lasmènn (layout · text) :
| dimansh | lundi, lindi | maddi, mardi | mékrédi, mèkrèdi, mærkrédi | jédi, jèdi | vendredi, vendrédi | sanmdi, sammdi |

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French mardi.

### Noun

mardi
* Tuesday

### References

* Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

## Norman
### Alternative forms

* Mardi (Jersey)

### Etymology

From Old French mardi, from Latin Mārtis diēs, variant of diēs Mārtis (literally “day of Mars”).

### Noun

mardi m (plural mardis)
* (Guernsey, Sark, France) Tuesday

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from the indicative perfect root mard- of Romani marel (“to beat, fight”).

### Verb

a mardi (third-person singular present mardește, past participle mardit) 4th conjugation
* (slang) To beat (someone).
    Synonyms: bate; (slang) cafti

#### Derived terms

* mardeală
* mardeiaș
* smardoi

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* marde (Surmiran)
* mardis (Sursilvan)
* margis (Sutsilvan)

### Etymology

From Latin Mārtis diēs, variant of diēs Mārtis (“Tuesday”, literally “day of Mars”).

### Noun

mardi m (plural mardis)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) Tuesday

### Adverb

mardi
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) on Tuesday

## Seychellois Creole
### Etymology

From French mardi.

### Noun

mardi
* Tuesday

### References

* Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français