(travailler) aux quatre cinquièmes : (to work) four days per week, (to have) a four-day working week
un cinquième : a one-day working week
Unlike the increasingly popular quatre cinquième, « un cinquième » is not a common working week in French-speaking countries.
Nous avons chacun eu un cinquième du gâteau.
un deux cinquième : a two-day working week
un cinquième (du gâteau) : a fifth, 1/5 (of the cake) nom masculin
  • "Si tu décides malgré tout d’envoyer ta lettre, je te suggère d’ajouter au moins un jour pour faire un deux cinquièmes !"
  • "Concrètement, je désire passer à un jour travaillé par semaine (le fameux un cinquième)."

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