Meanings
plural Fridays
- 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.
For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.
2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Oct 20201 more example
Their mindset is the grindset, and they love the grind. I used to have a sales manager who didn't think this way. On Fridays, he'd always say, “Happy Friday.” A lot of people feel that way, but I never liked that phrase because it[…]
2020 March 30, T.W. Lewis, Solid Ground: A Foundation For Winning In Work and In Life, T.W. Lewis, →ISBNSynonyms: Sixth Day
- CanadaUSinformalnot comparableOn Friday.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe 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.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindiēs Veneris
- Proto-West Germanic*Frījā dag
- Old Englishfrīġedæġ
- Middle EnglishFriday
- EnglishFriday
From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ, a compound of Frīġ + dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, equivalent to Frigg + day, 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. Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag. Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). The root also appears in Old Saxon fri (“beloved lady”); in Swedish fria, in Danish and Norwegian as fri (“to propose for marriage”); a related meaning exists in Icelandic as frjá (“to love”) and similarly in Dutch vrijen (“to make love (to have sex)”). Compare Japanese 金曜日.
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
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Afrikaans Vrydag
- Vrydagday of the week
Arabic الْجُمُعَة, الجُمْعَة
- الْجُمُعَة (al-jumuʕa)day of the week
- الجُمْعَة (al-jumʕa)day of the week
- يَوْم الْجُمُعَة (yawm al-jumuʕa)day of the week
- يَوْم الجُمْعَة (yawm al-jumʕa)day of the week
Basque ostiral
- ostiralday of the week
Bengali শুক্রবার, জুম্মাবার
- শুক্রবার (śukrobar)day of the week
- জুম্মাবার (jummabar)day of the week
Bulgarian пе́тък, петъчен
- пе́тък (pétăk)day of the week
- петъчен (petăčen)on Friday
Catalan divendres
- divendresday of the week
Chinese Cantonese 星期五, 禮拜五 /礼拜五
- 星期五 (sing¹ kei⁴ ng⁵)day of the week
- 禮拜五 /礼拜五 (lai⁵ baai³ ng⁵)day of the week
- 周五 (zau¹ ng⁵)day of the week
Chinese Mandarin 星期五, 禮拜五 /礼拜五
- 星期五 (xīngqīwǔ)day of the week
- 禮拜五 /礼拜五 (lǐbàiwǔ)day of the week
- 周五 (zhōuwǔ)day of the week
Czech pátek
- pátekday of the week
Danish fredag
- fredagday of the week
Dutch vrijdag, vrijdags
- vrijdagday of the week
- vrijdagson Friday
- 's vrijdagson Friday
Esperanto vendredo, vendrede
- vendredoday of the week
- vendredeon Friday
Estonian reede
- reededay of the week
Finnish perjantai, perjantaina
- perjantaiday of the week
- perjantainaon Friday
French vendredi
- vendrediday of the week
German Freitag, freitags
- Freitagday of the week
- freitagson Friday
- am Freitagon Friday
Greek Παρασκευή
- Παρασκευή (Paraskeví)day of the week
Hawaiian Pōʻalima
- Pōʻalimaday of the week
Hebrew יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי, יוֹם ו׳
- יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי (yom shishí)day of the week
- יוֹם ו׳ (yom vav)day of the week
Hindi शुक्रवार, शुक्र
- शुक्रवार (śukravār)day of the week
- शुक्र (śukra)day of the week
- जुमा (jumā)day of the week
Hungarian péntek
- péntekday of the week
Icelandic föstudagur
- föstudagurday of the week
Indonesian Jumat
- Jumatday of the week
Irish Aoine, Dé hAoine
- Aoineday of the week
- Dé hAoineon Friday
Italian venerdì
- venerdìday of the week
Japanese 金曜日, 金曜
- 金曜日 (kin'yōbi)day of the week
- 金曜 (kin'yō)day of the week
Korean 금요일, 금요
- 금요일 (geumyoil)day of the week
- 금요 (geumyo)day of the week
Latin diēs Veneris, parascēvē
- diēs Venerisday of the week
- parascēvēday of the week
- fēria sextaday of the week
Latvian piektdiena, piektdien
- piektdienaday of the week
- piektdienon Friday
Lithuanian penktadienis, penktadienį
- penktadienisday of the week
- penktadienįon Friday
Malay جمعة, هاري ليم
- جمعةday of the week
- هاري ليمday of the week
- Jumaatday of the week
- Hari Limaday of the week
Māori Paraire, Rārima
- Paraireday of the week
- Rārimaday of the week
- Rāmereday of the week
Norwegian Bokmål fredag
- fredagday of the week
Polish piątek
- piątekday of the week
Portuguese sexta-feira, sexta
- sexta-feiraday of the week
- sextaday of the week
- sexta-feiraon Friday
- sextaon Friday
Punjabi ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ, ਜੁਮਾ
- ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ (śukkarvār)day of the week
- ਜੁਮਾ (jumā)day of the week
Romanian vineri, vineri
- vineriday of the week
- vinerion Friday
- vinereaon Friday
Russian пя́тница
- пя́тница (pjátnica)day of the week
Scottish Gaelic Dihaoine, Dihaoine
- Dihaoineday of the week
- Dihaoineon Friday
Slovak piatok
- piatokday of the week
Spanish viernes, el viernes
- viernesday of the week
- el vierneson Friday
Swahili Ijumaa
- Ijumaaday of the week
Swedish fredag
- fredagday of the week
Tagalog Biyernes
- Biyernesday of the week
Tamil வெள்ளி, வெள்ளிக்கிழமை
- வெள்ளி (veḷḷi)day of the week
- வெள்ளிக்கிழமை (veḷḷikkiḻamai)day of the week
Thai วันศุกร์, ศุกร์
- วันศุกร์ (wan sùk)day of the week
- ศุกร์ (sùk)day of the week
Turkish cuma
- cumaday of the week
Ukrainian п'я́тниця
- п'я́тниця (pʺjátnycja)day of the week
Urdu جُمْعَہ, شُکْرْوار
- جُمْعَہ (jum'a)day of the week
- شُکْرْوار (śukrvār)day of the week
- شُکْر (śukr)day of the week
- آدِینَہ (ādīna)day of the week
- بَھرْگوبار (bhargobār)day of the week
Vietnamese thứ sáu
- thứ sáuday of the week
Welsh dydd Gwener, ddydd Gwener
- dydd Gwenerday of the week
- ddydd Gweneron Friday
Yiddish פֿרײַטאָג
- פֿרײַטאָג (fraytog)day of the week
Zulu uLwesihlanu
- uLwesihlanuday of the week
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Rhymes with Friday
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Cite this entry
Friday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Friday
“Friday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Friday. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Friday,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Friday.
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