weekday

== English == === Alternative forms === week-day (archaic) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/, [ˈwɪi̯kdeɪ̯] (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwiːkdæ̝ɪ̯/, [ˈwɪi̯kdæ̝ɪ̯] Rhymes: -iːkdeɪ Hyphenation: week‧day === Noun === weekday (plural weekdays) Any 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. (Islam) Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but not Friday. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam) (Judaism) Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday. (now rare) Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday). ==== Synonyms ==== workday working day (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === American Heritage Dictionary “weekday”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present. “weekday”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.