avant-veille
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]avant-veille f (plural avant-veilles)
- the day before the eve; the day before yesterday
Coordinate terms
[edit]| 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 | |
Further reading
[edit]- “avant-veille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.