jours

/ʒuʁ/jour
1.
nounmasculinePlur

days (a 24-hour period)

Ça fait trois jours que j'attends son message.

I've been waiting for his message for three days.

Synonyms:journées

Notes

GENERAL INFO

Jours is a masculine plural noun meaning "days." The singular form is "jour."

USAGE

It's commonly used to count days, refer to periods, or in daily routines: "trois jours" (three days), "tous les jours" (every day), "les jours de la semaine" (the days of the week).

TRAPS

Remember "jour" is masculine (le jour, les jours). Don't confuse it with "journée," which also relates to "day" but emphasizes the duration or a specific day's events, and is feminine (la journée).

jours - French Definition & Examples