surlendemain

From sur- +‎ lendemain.

• IPA^(key): /syʁ.lɑ̃d.mɛ̃/

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surlendemain m (plural surlendemains)

1. Two days later: the day after the next day
   1. Relative to a day implied by the context.

      Ne remets jamais à demain ce que tu peux faire le surlendemain.

      Never put off till tomorrow what you can do two days after.

   2. Relative to a day indicated explicitly, introduced with de.

      Il n'arriva qu'au surlendemain de l'enterrement.

      He didn't arrive until two days after the funeral.

• The noun surlendemain is nearly always introduced by the definite article le; but usage with the indefinite article un is attested as well, giving the meaning “a day two days later”.

• après-demain

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