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Meaning/usage of "Toussaint"
Je ne peux pas comprendre exactement l'usage du nom "toussaint". Est-ce qu' il y a quelqu'un qui pourrait me l'expliquer s'il vous plait?
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Permalink Reply by Frank on -
Hi Maria,
"(la) Toussaint" is the All Saint's day.
It's a public holiday in France, and the traditional occasion for a visit to the cemetery to lay flowers on graves.
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Permalink Reply by maria chouchou on -
thank you very much,Frank!
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Permalink Reply by Neil Coffey on -
Also, I'm guessing the poster may have seen the expression la veille de la Toussaint, sometimes used to refer to "Halloween" (though I think you may as well say le soir de Halloween -- it's essentially a US concept).
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