weekday

CEFRA1

/ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Any day from Monday through Friday.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:

Examples

  • On a recent brisk weekday morning, the market was vibrant.

  • She works 9-5 every weekday.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • [ˈwɪi̯kdæ̝ɪ̯]
  • [ˈwɪi̯kdeɪ̯]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.

  2. Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but not Friday.

  3. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam)

More examples

In context

  • What is you typical weekday like?

  • TfL reckons that London Overground attracts annual ridership of 185 million from a network of 113 stations and 1,600 weekday services, delivered with an ARL staff numbering 1,500.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Inherited from Middle English wykeday, from Old English wicdæġ (“weekday”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikadag, from Proto-Germanic *wikadagaz (“weekday”). By surface analysis, compound of week + day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Low German Wekendag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”), Faroese vikudagur (“weekday”), Icelandic vikudagur (“weekday”).