Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounAny individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
nounAny individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.
Sentence Examples
She works 9-5 every weekday.
What is you typical weekday like?
On a recent brisk weekday morning, the market was vibrant.
CEFR Practice Quiz
I usually work from monday to friday, so every ____ is a working day for me.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The shop is open from Monday to Saturday, but it is unfortunately always closed on every single ____ today.
Word Origin & History
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”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The Nottingham to Skegness route and Robin Hood line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop will continue with their current weekday patterns; linked to the latter is EMR's commitment to carry out a feasibility study into operating Robin Hood trains to Ollerton."
— 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:
"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."
— 2026 January 21, Philip Haigh, “First course of action: changes in the capital”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 22: