long weekend

noun

A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.

“I took a long weekend with my wife when no one else had a holiday.”

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Meanings

nounlong weekend (plural long weekends)

plural long weekends

  1. A weekend extended by one or more days off falling on a day or days immediately preceding or following it.

    I took a long weekend with my wife when no one else had a holiday.

    1 more example

    Labor Day weekend is the long weekend that defines the end of Summer in the US.

Translations

Afrikaans langnaweek
  • langnaweekweekend extended by one or more days off
Chinese Mandarin 長週末 /长周末
  • 長週末 /长周末 (chángzhōumò)weekend extended by one or more days off
Czech prodloužený víkend
  • prodloužený víkendweekend extended by one or more days off
Dutch lang weekend, lang weekeinde
  • lang weekendweekend extended by one or more days off
  • lang weekeindeweekend extended by one or more days off
Finnish pitkä viikonloppu
  • pitkä viikonloppuweekend extended by one or more days off
French pont
  • pontweekend extended by one or more days off
German langes Wochenende, verlängertes Wochenende
  • langes Wochenendeweekend extended by one or more days off
  • verlängertes Wochenendeweekend extended by one or more days off
Hungarian hosszú hétvége
  • hosszú hétvégeweekend extended by one or more days off
Italian ponte
  • ponteweekend extended by one or more days off
Polish długi weekend
  • długi weekendweekend extended by one or more days off
Portuguese ponte, feriadão
  • ponteweekend extended by one or more days off
  • feriadãoweekend extended by one or more days off
Spanish puente, sándwich
  • puenteweekend extended by one or more days off
  • sándwichweekend extended by one or more days off
Swedish långhelg
  • långhelgweekend extended by one or more days off
Cite this entry
APA

long weekend. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20weekend

MLA

“long weekend.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20weekend. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “long weekend,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/long%20weekend.

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