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The French words jour and journà ©e both mean day and both are used in many idiomatic expressions. The difference between the two is that un jour is a straightforward expression of time, while une journà ©e  indicates a duration of time, usually stressing the length of time, as in the whole day long. This is a general principle that applies as well to other confusing pairs of words, such as an and annà ©e,  matin and matinà ©e,  and soir and soirà ©e. From our list of jour  and  journà ©e expressions below, learn how to say day off, nowadays, update, and more.   Common French Expressions With Jour and Journà ©e le jour daction de grà ¢cesThanksgivingun jour darrà ªtdetentionun jour de congà ©day offun jour de deuilday of mourningun jour de fà ªteholidayle jour de lAnNew Years Dayun jour de reposday offun jour de sortieday off; day outle jour des RoisEpiphanyle jour du Grand Pardonthe Day of Atonementle jour du SeigneurSunday; the Sabbathun jour fà ©rià ©public or bank holidayle jour JD-Day; the big dayun jour mobilediscretionary or personal dayun jour ouvrableweekdayun jour ouvrà ©weekdayun jour de travailweekdayavoir le jour dans les yeuxto have the light in ones eyesde nos joursnowadaysde tous les jourseveryday; ordinarydu jour au lendemainovernightdonner le jour à  to bring into the worldà ªtre à   jourto be up to dateà ªtre de jour (military)to be on day dutyIl se fit jour dans mon espritThe light dawned on meIls sont le jour et la nuit.Theyre as different as night and day.le jour entra à   flotsdaylight flooded injour et nuitday and nightle jour tombeits getting darkmettre à   jourto updatemettre au jourto bring into the lightse lever avant le jourto get up before dawnservice de jourday servicevivre au jour le jourTo live from hand to mouthaller en journà ©es chez les autresto work as domestic helpbonne journà ©ehave a nice dayfaire de dures journà ©esto put in a hard days workfaire la journà ©e continueto stay open all day; during lunchIl se fait de bonnes journà ©esHe makes good money.la journà ©e bissextileleap day (February 29 in a leap year, which is generally a year divisible by four)la journà ©e de salairea days wagesjournà ©es dà ©meutedays of rioting