A2noun · rare

weekday

week·day

weekday · weekdays

робочий день, будній день, будень

рабочий день, будни, будний день

Arbeitstag, Wochentag, Werktag

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or SundayAny 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.

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/ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/

» Shops are quiet on weekdays.

На вихідних у крамницях спокійно.

Meaning

5 senses

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.
any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday)
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.
(archaic)Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday).

Examples

33 sentences

Shops are quiet on weekdays.
На вихідних у крамницях спокійно.
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I wear white shirts on weekdays.
ruПо будням я ношу белую рубашку.
deWerktags trage ich weiße Hemden.
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Tom is always busy on weekdays.
ruПо будням Том всегда занят.
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We're open in the mornings on weekdays.
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What's your favorite way to relax on a weekday evening?
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

day of the week, excluding weekends:

Русский

By meaning 1

day of the week, excluding weekends:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

day of the week, excluding weekends:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English wykeday, from Old English wicdæġ (“weekday”), from Proto-Wes

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”).

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