weekday

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18
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17
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/
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/ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/ · [ˈwɪi̯kdeɪ̯] · /ˈwiːkdæ̝ɪ̯/ · [ˈwɪi̯kdæ̝ɪ̯]

Definition of weekday

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
    “The Nottingham to Skegness route and Robin Hood line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop will continue with their current weekday patterns; linked to the latter is EMR's commitment to carry out a feasibility study into operating Robin Hood trains to Ollerton.”
    “TfL reckons that London Overground attracts annual ridership of 185 million from a network of 113 stations and 1,600 weekday services, delivered with an ARL staff numbering 1,500.”
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noun

  1. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
    “The Nottingham to Skegness route and Robin Hood line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop will continue with their current weekday patterns; linked to the latter is EMR's commitment to carry out a feasibility study into operating Robin Hood trains to Ollerton.”
    “TfL reckons that London Overground attracts annual ridership of 185 million from a network of 113 stations and 1,600 weekday services, delivered with an ARL staff numbering 1,500.”
  2. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
  3. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
  4. (Judaism)Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
  5. (archaic)Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday).

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wykeday, from Old English wicdæġ. By surface analysis, compound of week + day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).

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