Meanings
plural days off
- A day of vacation; a day when one does not go to work, school, etc.
Tuesday is my day off.
3 more examples
After the accident, he took a day off.
I can meet you tomorrow because I have the day off.
In addition to the extra labour at Christmas, because services kept running on Christmas Day many of the staff did not get the day off. […] Moreover, after Christmas Day he got a few days off and had "...a real old jolly time, as only we men of the iron road know how".
2022 December 14, David Turner, “The Edwardian Christmas getaway...”, in RAIL, number 972, page 35
Synonyms & antonyms
Translations
Arabic يَوْم عُطْلَة
- يَوْم عُطْلَة (yawm ʕuṭla)a day of vacation etc.
Bulgarian свобо́ден де́н
- свобо́ден де́н (svobóden dén)a day of vacation etc.
Catalan dia lliure
- dia lliurea day of vacation etc.
Chinese Mandarin 休息日, 假日
- 休息日 (xiūxirì)a day of vacation etc.
- 假日 (jiàrì)a day of vacation etc.
Czech volný den
- volný dena day of vacation etc.
Danish fridag
- fridaga day of vacation etc.
Dutch vrije dag
- vrije daga day of vacation etc.
Esperanto ferio
- ferioa day of vacation etc.
Estonian vaba päev
- vaba päeva day of vacation etc.
Finnish vapaapäivä
- vapaapäiväa day of vacation etc.
French jour de congé
- jour de congéa day of vacation etc.
German Ruhetag
- Ruhetaga day of vacation etc.
Greek ρέπο
- ρέπο (répo)a day of vacation etc.
Hindi छुट्टी का दिन
- छुट्टी का दिन (chuṭṭī kā din)a day of vacation etc.
Hungarian szabadnap
- szabadnapa day of vacation etc.
Irish lá saor
- lá saora day of vacation etc.
Italian giorno libero
- giorno liberoa day of vacation etc.
Japanese 休み, 休日
- 休み (yasumi)a day of vacation etc.
- 休日 (kyūjitsu)a day of vacation etc.
Korean 휴일, 쉬는 날
- 휴일 (hyuil)a day of vacation etc.
- 쉬는 날 (swineun nal)a day of vacation etc.
Lithuanian laisva diena
- laisva dienaa day of vacation etc.
Norwegian Bokmål fridag
- fridaga day of vacation etc.
Polish dzień wolny
- dzień wolnya day of vacation etc.
Portuguese dia de férias, folga
- dia de fériasa day of vacation etc.
- folgaa day of vacation etc.
Russian выходно́й, выходно́й день
- выходно́й (vyxodnój)a day of vacation etc.
- выходно́й день (vyxodnój denʹ)a day of vacation etc.
Scottish Gaelic latha dheth
- latha dhetha day of vacation etc.
Spanish día de libranza, día de asueto
- día de libranzaa day of vacation etc.
- día de asuetoa day of vacation etc.
- día librea day of vacation etc.
Swedish vilodag, semesterdag
- vilodaga day of vacation etc.
- semesterdaga day of vacation etc.
Thai วันหยุด
- วันหยุด (wan-yùt)a day of vacation etc.
Turkish izinli gün, izin
- izinli güna day of vacation etc.
- izina day of vacation etc.
Ukrainian вихідни́й день, вихідни́й
- вихідни́й день (vyxidnýj denʹ)a day of vacation etc.
- вихідни́й (vyxidnýj)a day of vacation etc.
Vietnamese ngày nghỉ
- ngày nghỉa day of vacation etc.
Welsh diwrnod i ffwrdd, diwrnod bant
- diwrnod i ffwrdda day of vacation etc.
- diwrnod banta day of vacation etc.
Cite this entry
day off. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20off
“day off.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/day%20off. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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