weekly

English · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

weekly¹

  • /ˈwiːk.li/

Sounds like weakly · Rhymes with -iːk.li

Where it comes from

From Middle English wykely (adverb), equivalent to week + -ly (adverbial suffix) or week + -ly (adjectival suffix). Compare Dutch wekelijks (“weekly”), German wöchentlich (“weekly”), Danish ugentlig (“weekly”), Norwegian ukentlig (“weekly”), Icelandic vikulega (“weekly”), Swedish veckovis (“weekly”).

adverb

  1. not comparable Once every week. She visits her mother weekly.
  2. not comparable Every week.

Similar: hebdomadally

adjective

  1. not comparable Of or relating to a week.
  2. not comparable Happening once a week, or every week. He's going for his weekly check-up at the hospital.

Similar: hebdomadal, hebdomadary

noun weeklies

  1. A publication that is published once a week.

Weekly²

proper noun Weeklys

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: hebdomadally, each week, every week, week, magazine, newspaper, routine, ritual, chow, briefs, chou, zhou, weeks, hebdo, publishers, semaine

adverb

Similar: hebdomadally

adjective

Similar: hebdomadal, hebdomadary

Translations

Every language

adv once every week

Españolsemanalmente, cada semana
日本語毎週 maishū
中文每週 /每周 měizhōu
हिन्दीसाप्ताहिक sāptāhik
Portuguêssemanalmente
Françaishebdomadairement, chaque semaine
Deutschwöchentlich
Italianosettimanalmente
Ελληνικάεβδομαδιαία evdomadiaía, εβδομαδιαίως evdomadiaíos
Românăsăptămânal
Русскийраз в неде́лю raz v nedélju
עבריתאחת לשבוע akhát le-shavúa

adv every week

Españolsemanalmente, todas las semanas
한국어매주 maeju
日本語毎週 maishū
中文每週 /每周 měizhōu
हिन्दीसाप्ताहिक sāptāhik
Portuguêssemanalmente
Françaishebdomadairement, une fois par semaine
Deutschwöchentlich
Italianosettimanalmente
Ελληνικάεβδομαδιαία evdomadiaía, εβδομαδιαίως evdomadiaíos
Românăîn fiecare săptămână, săptămânal
Русскийеженеде́льно ježenedélʹno
العربيةأُسْبُوعِيًّا ʔusbūʕiyyan
עבריתכל שבוע kol shavúa

adj of or relating to a week

中文每週 /每周 měizhōu
हिन्दीसाप्ताहिक sāptāhik
Portuguêssemanal
Deutschwöchentlich
Italianosettimanale
Ελληνικάεβδομαδιαίος evdomadiaíos
Românăsăptămânal
Русскийнеде́льный nedélʹnyj
العربيةأُسْبُوعِيّ ʔusbūʕiyy
עבריתשבועי shvu'í

adj happening once a week or every week

Españolsemanal
한국어매주의 maejuui
日本語毎週の maishū no
中文每週 /每周 měizhōu
हिन्दीसाप्ताहिक sāptāhik
Portuguêssemanal
Françaishebdomadaire
Deutschwöchentlich
Italianosettimanale
Ελληνικάεβδομαδιαίος evdomadiaíos
Românăsăptămânal
Русскийеженеде́льный ježenedélʹnyj
العربيةأُسْبُوعِيّ ʔusbūʕiyy
עבריתשבועי shvu'í

noun publication that is published once a week

Españolsemanario, hebdomadario
日本語週刊 shūkan
中文周刊 zhōukān
हिन्दीसाप्ताहिक sāptāhik
Portuguêssemanário, hebdomadário
Françaishebdomadaire, hebdo
DeutschWochenzeitschrift, Wochenblatt, Wochenzeitung
Italianosettimanale
Românăsăptămânal, hebdomadar
Русскийеженеде́льник ježenedélʹnik
Tiếng Việttuần báo, tuần san
עבריתשבועון shavu'ón

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"weekly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/weekly. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

weekly. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/weekly

Chicago

"weekly." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/weekly.

BibTeX
@misc{weekly_2026,
  title = {weekly},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/weekly},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}