weekday
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weekday
- /ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/
- [ˈwɪi̯kdeɪ̯]
- /ˈwiːkdæ̝ɪ̯/ Australia
- [ˈwɪi̯kdæ̝ɪ̯] Australia
Rhymes with -iːkdeɪ
Where it comes from
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”).
noun weekdays · week-day
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday. 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.
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but not Friday.
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam)
- Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday.
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Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday).
Similar: business day
Similar: workday, working day
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: days, week, semaine, regular, sevennight, hebdomad, five-day week, weekiversary, fortnight, full time, tuesday, semi-weekly, period, wednesday, quarter-day, night
noun
Similar: workday, working day
Translations
Every language
noun day of the week, excluding weekends
| Español | día de entre semana, día de entresemana, dia laborable, día de diario |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 평일 pyeong'il, 주중 jujung |
| 日本語 | 平日, ウィークデー wīkudē, 週日 shūjitsu |
| 中文 | 平日 píngrì, 平常日 píngchángrì |
| हिन्दी | वार vār, कार्यदिवस kāryadivas |
| Português | dia de semana |
| Français | jour de la semaine, jour ouvré |
| Deutsch | Wochentag, Werktag, Arbeitstag |
| Italiano | giorno feriale |
| Ελληνικά | καθημερινή kathimeriní |
| Română | zi a săptămânii, zi lucrătoare |
| Русский | рабо́чий день rabóčij denʹ, бу́дний день búdnij denʹ, бу́дни búdni |
| Tiếng Việt | ngày thường |
| العربية | يَوْم عَمَل yawm ʕamal |
| עברית | יום חול, יוֹם חֹל yóm khól |
Talk about this word "weekday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/weekday. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. weekday. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/weekday "weekday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/weekday.Cite this
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title = {weekday},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weekday},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
