Meaning

2 senses
  1. 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.

    Freitag

    пя́тницаpjátnica

    п'я́тницяpʺjátnycja

    the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day

  2. (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 sentences
  1. Tom usually eats fish on Fridays.

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  2. I hate working late, especially on Fridays.

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  3. Why do many Catholics eat fish on Fridays?

    ruПочему многие католики едят рыбу по пятницам?

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  4. Tom always wears a tie to work, except on Fridays.

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  5. Tom and Mary often go out for dinner together on Fridays.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of Frīġ and dæġ (“day”), f

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.

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Forms

plural: Fridays
SingularFriday
PluralFridays

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Sixth DayFFriFri.Fr♀
Close in meaning
  • the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day:Fri

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
Friday — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto