Friday

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of Frīġ and dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris, via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus. See also friend. Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag. Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). The root also appears in Old Saxon fri (“beloved lady”); in Swedish fria, in Danish and Norwegian as fri (“to propose for marriage”); a related meaning exists in Icelandic as frjá (“to love”) and similarly in Dutch vrijen (“to make love (to have sex)”). Compare Japanese 金曜日. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: frīʹdā, frīʹdē, IPA(key): /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/, /-.di/ Hyphenation: Fri‧day Rhymes: -aɪdeɪ, -aɪdi === Noun === Friday (plural Fridays) The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday. Synonym: (Quakerism) Sixth Day (colloquial, with possessive) The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday. ==== Synonyms ==== Fri, Fri. (abbreviations) ==== Symbols ==== F, Fr ♀ (archaic) ==== Hypernyms ==== day ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Tok Pisin: Fraide → Māori: Paraire ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== Friday on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Week-day names on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Adverb === Friday (not comparable) (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Friday. ==== Translations ==== === See also === days of the week (appendix): Sunday · Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday [edit] === Anagrams === fraidy == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ffryday, Freday, fridai, Fryda, fryday, vridai fridæi, Fridæig, friȝdæi (Early Middle English) === Etymology === From Old English frīġedæġ. Forms with -e- are probably after Old Norse freadagr, frjádagr, but may also represent the regular phonological development of frīġedæġ in some dialects. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfriːdæi̯/, /ˈfreːdæi̯/ === Noun === Friday Friday (sixth day of the week) ==== Descendants ==== English: FridayTok Pisin: Fraide→ Māori: Paraire Ottawa Valley: Freide West Yorkshire: Frida Middle Scots: Fryday, Frayday Scots: Friday, Freday Yola: Vreedie, Vridei, vreedei ==== References ==== “frī-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === See also === days of the week: wykedayes (appendix): Sonday · Monday · Tewesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saterday [edit]