How to Say "This Weekend" in French

ce week-end

In French, "this weekend" is expressed as ce week-end.

The phrase refers to the coming Saturday and Sunday.

Which one should you use?

You may see the word spelled as either ce week-end or ce weekend. Both are acceptable ways to write the term in French.

In Québec, people often use the expression cette fin de semaine to mean 'this weekend'.

The phrase uses the masculine singular demonstrative adjective ce because week-end is a masculine noun.

In France, the Académie Française once encouraged the use of fin de semaine to replace week-end to protect the purity of the language.
In some professional contexts in France, le week-end is treated as a sacred boundary of private time that is rarely interrupted by work calls.
The word ce actually originates from the Latin word 'ecce', which is an exclamation used to draw attention to something, meaning 'behold' or 'look'.

Es-tu libre ce week-end ?
Are you free this weekend?
This sentence is useful for asking about someone's availability regarding ce week-end.
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J'espère arriver ce week-end.
I'm hoping to arrive this weekend.
This sentence is useful for expressing an intention to arrive during ce week-end.
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Il va faire frais ce week-end.
It's going to be cool this weekend.
This sentence is useful for describing the weather forecast for ce week-end.
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Nous devons finaliser le rapport ce weekend.
We need to finalize the report this weekend.
On se voit ce weekend ?
Shall we meet this weekend?
Tu viens à la fête ce week-end ?
Are you coming to the party this weekend?
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Nathan and Léa are discussing their plans over lunch.

Nathan

On fait quoi ce week-end ?
What are we doing this weekend?
Léa

Je ne sais pas, tu as des idées ?
I don't know, do you have any ideas?
Nathan

Je veux aller au cinéma ce week-end.
I want to go to the cinema this weekend.
Léa

C'est une super idée, Nathan !
That's a great idea, Nathan!

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