Friday
The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week…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.
» Tom usually eats fish on Fridays.
Meaning
2 sensesThe 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.
Freitag
пя́тницаpjátnica
п'я́тницяpʺjátnycja
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
(colloquial)The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.
Tomorrow's Thursday, but I have Friday and Saturday off, so really it's my Friday.
Examples
41 sentencesTom usually eats fish on Fridays.
I hate working late, especially on Fridays.
Why do many Catholics eat fish on Fridays?
ruПочему многие католики едят рыбу по пятницам?
Tom always wears a tie to work, except on Fridays.
Tom and Mary often go out for dinner together on Fridays.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of Frīġ and dæġ (“day”), fFrom 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.
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