weekend

== English == === Alternative forms === week-end (dated) w/e (occasional use) === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /wiːˈkɛnd/, /ˈwiːˌkɛnd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈwiˌkɛnd/ (New Zealand, Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwiːˌkend/ Rhymes: -ɛnd, -iːkɛnd Homophone: weakened (some accents) === Noun === weekend (plural weekends) The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday. ==== Usage notes ==== Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the “weekend” might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts. To describe the soonest upcoming weekend: (UK, New Zealand) “at the weekend”, “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend” (Australia, US, Canada) “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend” (“at the weekend” is not used) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Arabic: ويكند → Armenian: վիքենդ (vikʻend) → Czech: víkend → Danish: weekend → French: weekend → Georgian: უიკენდი (uiḳendi) → German: Wochenende (calque), → Weekend → Hungarian: víkend → Italian: weekend → Macedonian: викенд (vikend) → Dutch: weekend → Polish: weekend → Romanian: weekend → Russian: уик-энд (uik-end) → Serbo-Croatian: vìkend → Slovak: víkend → Swedish: weekend ==== Translations ==== === Verb === weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended) To spend the weekend. === Adjective === weekend (not comparable) Of, relating to or for the weekend. Occurring at the weekend. ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === weekend on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English weekend. Displaced native Danish helg (“holiday, weekend”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈviːˌɡ̊ɛnˀd̥], [ˈʋiːˌɡ̊ɛnˀd̥], [ˈwiːˌɡ̊ɛnd̥] === Noun === weekend c (singular definite weekenden, plural indefinite weekender) weekend ==== Inflection ==== ==== See also ==== weekend on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English weekend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋikɛnt/ Hyphenation: week‧end === Noun === weekend n (plural weekenden or weekends, diminutive weekendje n) weekend ==== Synonyms ==== weekeinde == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English weekend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wi.kɛnd/ === Noun === weekend m (plural weekends) post-1990 spelling of week-end Synonym: fin de semaine == Italian == === Alternative forms === week-end === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English weekend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wiˈkɛnd/ Rhymes: -ɛnd === Noun === weekend m (invariable) weekend Synonym: fine settimana === References === == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English weekend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwi.kɛnt/ Rhymes: -ikɛnt Syllabification: wee‧kend === Noun === weekend m inan (related adjective weekendowy) weekend (break in the working week) Synonym: dwudzionek ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “weekend”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “weekend”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Romanian == === Alternative forms === week-end — dated === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English weekend. First attested in 1970. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈuj.kend/, /ˈwi.kend/ Hyphenation: week‧end Rhymes: -ujkend, -ikend === Noun === weekend n (plural weekenduri) weekend ==== Declension ==== === References === “weekend”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026 == Swedish == === Etymology === From English weekend. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wiːk.ɛnd/, /viːk.ɛnd/ === Noun === weekend c a weekend (break in the working week) ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== helg veckoslut === References === “weekend”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “weekend”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “weekend”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)