weekend
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weekend
- /wiːˈkɛnd/ UK
- /ˈwiːˌkɛnd/ UK
- /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ US
- /ˈwiːˌkend/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like weakened (some accents) · Rhymes with -ɛnd, -iːkɛnd
Where it comes from
From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).
noun weekends · week-end · w/e
- The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday. “They can live upon barley-meal without a morsel of meat from week-end to week-end, can these miserable Sawnies,” quoth another.
verb weekends · weekending · weekended · week-end · w/e
- To spend the weekend. We'll weekend at the beach.
adjective week-end · w/e
- Of, relating to or for the weekend. I'm wearing my weekend shoes.
- Occurring at the weekend. a weekend break
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: holiday, sunday, saturday, vacation, week-end, saturdays, permission, week, sat, trip, end, sun, pub, zhou, semaine, sne
Translations
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noun break in the working week
| Español | fin de semana, finde |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 주말 jumal |
| 日本語 | 週末 shūmatsu, 土日 donichi |
| 中文 | 週末 /周末 zhōumò |
| हिन्दी | सप्ताहांत saptāhānt, वीकेंड vīkeṇḍ |
| Kiswahili | wikendi |
| Português | final de semana, fim de semana |
| Français | week-end, weekend, fin de semaine |
| Deutsch | Wochenende, Weekend |
| Italiano | weekend, fine settimana, intredima |
| Ελληνικά | σαββατοκύριακο savvatokýriako |
| Română | sfârșit de săptămână, weekend |
| Русский | уик-э́нд uik-énd, выходны́е vyxodnýje, коне́ц неде́ли konéc nedéli, суббо́та и воскресе́нье subbóta i voskresénʹje |
| Tiếng Việt | cuối tuần |
| العربية | نِهَايَة الْأُسْبُوع nihāyat al-ʔusbūʕ, عَطْلَة الْأُسْبُوع ʕaṭlat al-ʔusbūʕ |
| עברית | סוֹף שָׁבוּעַ sof shavúa', סוֹפָ״שׁ sofá"sh, סופש sofash |
Talk about this word "weekend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/weekend. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. weekend. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/weekend "weekend." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/weekend.Cite this
@misc{weekend_2026,
title = {weekend},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weekend},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
