Meanings
plural weekdays · alternative archaic week-day
- 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.
TfL reckons that London Overground attracts annual ridership of 185 million from a network of 113 stations and 1,600 weekday services, delivered with an ARL staff numbering 1,500.
2026 January 21, Philip Haigh, “First course of action: changes in the capital”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 221 more example
The Nottingham to Skegness route and Robin Hood line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop will continue with their current weekday patterns; linked to the latter is EMR's commitment to carry out a feasibility study into operating Robin Hood trains to Ollerton.
2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58 - IslamSaturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but not Friday.
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam)
- JudaismSunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny day of the week (Monday through Sunday).
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*wikadagaz“weekday”
- Proto-West Germanic*wikadag
- Old Englishwicdæġ“weekday”
- Middle Englishwykeday
- Englishweekday
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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Arabic يَوْم عَمَل
- يَوْم عَمَل (yawm ʕamal)day of the week, excluding weekends
Basque astegun
- astegunday of the week, excluding weekends
Bulgarian де́лничен ден
- де́лничен ден (délničen den)day of the week, excluding weekends
Catalan dia feiner, dia laborable
- dia feinerday of the week, excluding weekends
- dia laborableday of the week, excluding weekends
Chinese Mandarin 平日, 平常日
- 平日 (píngrì)day of the week, excluding weekends
- 平常日 (píngchángrì)day of the week, excluding weekends
Czech všední den, pracovní den
- všední denday of the week, excluding weekends
- pracovní denday of the week, excluding weekends
Danish hverdag, arbejdsdag
- hverdagday of the week, excluding weekends
- arbejdsdagday of the week, excluding weekends
- almindelig ugedagday of the week, excluding weekends
Dutch werkdag, weekdag
- werkdagday of the week, excluding weekends
- weekdagday of the week, excluding weekends
Esperanto labortago, semajntago
- labortagoday of the week, excluding weekends
- semajntagoday of the week, excluding weekends
Estonian nädalapäev
- nädalapäevday of the week, excluding weekends
Finnish arkipäivä
- arkipäiväday of the week, excluding weekends
French jour de la semaine, jour ouvré
- jour de la semaineday of the week, excluding weekends
- jour ouvréday of the week, excluding weekends
German Wochentag, Werktag
- Wochentagday of the week, excluding weekends
- Werktagday of the week, excluding weekends
- Arbeitstagday of the week, excluding weekends
Greek καθημερινή
- καθημερινή (kathimeriní)day of the week, excluding weekends
Hawaiian lā noa
- lā noaday of the week, excluding weekends
Hebrew יום חול, יוֹם חֹל
- יום חולday of the week, excluding weekends
- יוֹם חֹל (yóm khól)day of the week, excluding weekends
Hindi वार, कार्यदिवस
- वार (vār)day of the week, excluding weekends
- कार्यदिवस (kāryadivas)day of the week, excluding weekends
Hungarian hétköznap, munkanap
- hétköznapday of the week, excluding weekends
- munkanapday of the week, excluding weekends
Icelandic vikudagur
- vikudagurday of the week, excluding weekends
Indonesian hari biasa
- hari biasaday of the week, excluding weekends
Irish lá den tseachtain
- lá den tseachtainday of the week, excluding weekends
Italian giorno feriale
- giorno ferialeday of the week, excluding weekends
Japanese 平日, ウィークデー
- 平日day of the week, excluding weekends
- ウィークデー (wīkudē)day of the week, excluding weekends
- 週日 (shūjitsu)day of the week, excluding weekends
Korean 평일, 주중
- 평일 (pyeong'il)day of the week, excluding weekends
- 주중 (jujung)day of the week, excluding weekends
Latin feria
- feriaday of the week, excluding weekends
Latvian darba dienā
- darba dienāday of the week, excluding weekends
Lithuanian darbo diena
- darbo dienaday of the week, excluding weekends
Norwegian Bokmål hverdag, virkedag
- hverdagday of the week, excluding weekends
- virkedagday of the week, excluding weekends
- arbeidsdagday of the week, excluding weekends
Polish dzień powszedni, dzień roboczy
- dzień powszedniday of the week, excluding weekends
- dzień roboczyday of the week, excluding weekends
Portuguese dia de semana
- dia de semanaday of the week, excluding weekends
Romanian zi a săptămânii, zi lucrătoare
- zi a săptămâniiday of the week, excluding weekends
- zi lucrătoareday of the week, excluding weekends
Russian рабо́чий день, бу́дний день
- рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ)day of the week, excluding weekends
- бу́дний день (búdnij denʹ)day of the week, excluding weekends
- бу́дни (búdni)day of the week, excluding weekends
Slovak všedný deň, robotný deň
- všedný deňday of the week, excluding weekends
- robotný deňday of the week, excluding weekends
Spanish día de entre semana, día de entresemana
- día de entre semanaday of the week, excluding weekends
- día de entresemanaday of the week, excluding weekends
- dia laborableday of the week, excluding weekends
- día de diarioday of the week, excluding weekends
Swedish vardag, arbetsdag
- vardagday of the week, excluding weekends
- arbetsdagday of the week, excluding weekends
Thai วันทำงาน
- วันทำงาน (wan-tam-ngaan)day of the week, excluding weekends
Turkish hafta içi, hafta arası
- hafta içiday of the week, excluding weekends
- hafta arasıday of the week, excluding weekends
Ukrainian бу́день, бу́дній день
- бу́день (búdenʹ)day of the week, excluding weekends
- бу́дній день (búdnij denʹ)day of the week, excluding weekends
- робо́чий день (robóčyj denʹ)day of the week, excluding weekends
Vietnamese ngày thường
- ngày thườngday of the week, excluding weekends
Welsh dydd o'r wythnos
- dydd o'r wythnosday of the week, excluding weekends
Cite this entry
weekday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weekday
“weekday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weekday. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weekday,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weekday.
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