Meanings
weekly1
adverbweekly (not comparable)
- not comparableEvery week.
adjectiveweekly (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or relating to a week.
- not comparableHappening once a week, or every week.
In summer, we cut the grass on a weekly basis.
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He's going for his weekly check-up at the hospital.
In Virginia, gone are the weekly outings to Walmart to stock up on provisions; to El Ranchito, the Mexican convenience store, to buy shell-shaped concha pastries; and to the laundromat to machine wash heavily soiled garments.
2020 October 19, Miriam Jordan, “Migrant Workers Restricted to Farms Under One Grower’s Virus Lockdown”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Oct 2020
Weekly2
Synonyms & antonyms
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adjectiveof or occurring every seven days
adverbwithout missing a week
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishwykely
- Englishweekly
From Middle English wykely (adverb), equivalent to week + -ly (adverbial suffix) or week + -ly (adjectival suffix). Compare Dutch wekelijks (“weekly”), German wöchentlich (“weekly”), Danish ugentlig (“weekly”), Norwegian ukentlig (“weekly”), Icelandic vikulega (“weekly”), Swedish veckovis (“weekly”).
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἑβδομαδιαῖος
- ἑβδομαδιαῖος (hebdomadiaîos)of or relating to a week
Arabic أُسْبُوعِيًّا, أُسْبُوعِيّ
- أُسْبُوعِيًّا (ʔusbūʕiyyan)every week
- أُسْبُوعِيّ (ʔusbūʕiyy)of or relating to a week
- أُسْبُوعِيّ (ʔusbūʕiyy)happening once a week or every week
Basque astean behin, astero
- astean behinonce every week
- asteroevery week
- asterokoof or relating to a week
- asterokohappening once a week or every week
- astekaripublication that is published once a week
Bengali সাপ্তাহিক, সাপ্তাহিক
- সাপ্তাহিক (śaptahik)once every week
- সাপ্তাহিক (śaptahik)happening once a week or every week
- হপ্তা হপ্তা (hopta hopta)happening once a week or every week
- সাপ্তাহিক (śaptahik)publication that is published once a week
Bulgarian седмично, ежесе́дмично
- седмично (sedmično)once every week
- ежесе́дмично (ežesédmično)every week
- се́дмичен (sédmičen)happening once a week or every week
- седмичник (sedmičnik)publication that is published once a week
Catalan setmanalment, setmanal
- setmanalmentonce every week
- setmanalonce every week
- setmanalmentevery week
- cada setmanaevery week
- setmanalof or relating to a week
- setmanalhappening once a week or every week
Chinese Mandarin 每週 /每周, 每週 /每周
- 每週 /每周 (měizhōu)once every week
- 每週 /每周 (měizhōu)every week
- 每週 /每周 (měizhōu)of or relating to a week
- 每週 /每周 (měizhōu)happening once a week or every week
- 周刊 (zhōukān)publication that is published once a week
Czech týdně, týdně
- týdněonce every week
- týdněevery week
- týdeníkpublication that is published once a week
Danish ugentlig
- ugentligonce every week
Dutch wekelijks, eenmaal per week
- wekelijksonce every week
- eenmaal per weekonce every week
- wekelijksevery week
- elke weekevery week
- wekelijksof or relating to a week
- wekelijkseof or relating to a week
- wekelijkshappening once a week or every week
- wekelijksehappening once a week or every week
- weekbladpublication that is published once a week
Finnish viikoittain, viikoittain
- viikoittainonce every week
- viikoittainevery week
- viikoittainenof or relating to a week
- viikko-of or relating to a week
- viikoittainenhappening once a week or every week
- viikkolehtipublication that is published once a week
French hebdomadairement, chaque semaine
- hebdomadairementonce every week
- chaque semaineonce every week
- hebdomadairementevery week
- une fois par semaineevery week
- hebdomadairehappening once a week or every week
- hebdomadairepublication that is published once a week
- hebdopublication that is published once a week
German wöchentlich, wöchentlich
- wöchentlichonce every week
- wöchentlichevery week
- wöchentlichof or relating to a week
- wöchentlichhappening once a week or every week
- Wochenzeitschriftpublication that is published once a week
- Wochenblattpublication that is published once a week
- Wochenzeitungpublication that is published once a week
Greek εβδομαδιαία, εβδομαδιαίως
- εβδομαδιαία (evdomadiaía)once every week
- εβδομαδιαίως (evdomadiaíos)once every week
- εβδομαδιαία (evdomadiaía)every week
- εβδομαδιαίως (evdomadiaíos)every week
- εβδομαδιαίος (evdomadiaíos)of or relating to a week
- εβδομαδιαίος (evdomadiaíos)happening once a week or every week
Hebrew אחת לשבוע, כל שבוע
- אחת לשבוע (akhát le-shavúa)once every week
- כל שבוע (kol shavúa)every week
- שבועי (shvu'í)of or relating to a week
- שבועי (shvu'í)happening once a week or every week
- שבועון (shavu'ón)publication that is published once a week
Hindi साप्ताहिक, साप्ताहिक
- साप्ताहिक (sāptāhik)once every week
- साप्ताहिक (sāptāhik)every week
- साप्ताहिक (sāptāhik)of or relating to a week
- साप्ताहिक (sāptāhik)happening once a week or every week
- साप्ताहिक (sāptāhik)publication that is published once a week
Hungarian hetenként, hetente
- hetenkéntonce every week
- hetenteonce every week
- minden hétenevery week
- hetievery week
- hetilappublication that is published once a week
Indonesian mingguan, mingguan
- mingguanonce every week
- mingguanpublication that is published once a week
Irish seachtainiúil, seachtanán
- seachtainiúilhappening once a week or every week
- seachtanánpublication that is published once a week
- páipéar seachtainepublication that is published once a week
- páipéar seachtainiúilpublication that is published once a week
- nuachtán seachtainiúilpublication that is published once a week
Italian settimanalmente, settimanalmente
- settimanalmenteonce every week
- settimanalmenteevery week
- settimanaleof or relating to a week
- settimanalehappening once a week or every week
- settimanalepublication that is published once a week
Japanese 毎週, 毎週
- 毎週 (maishū)once every week
- 毎週 (maishū)every week
- 毎週の (maishū no)happening once a week or every week
- 週刊 (shūkan)publication that is published once a week
Korean 매주, 매주의
- 매주 (maeju)every week
- 매주의 (maejuui)happening once a week or every week
Malay mingguan, mingguan
- mingguanonce every week
- mingguanhappening once a week or every week
Norwegian Bokmål ukentlig, ukeavis
- ukentlighappening once a week or every week
- ukeavispublication that is published once a week
Persian هفتگی, هفتهنامه
- هفتگی (haftegi)happening once a week or every week
- هفتهنامه (hafte-nâme)publication that is published once a week
Polish cotygodniowo, co tydzień
- cotygodniowoevery week
- co tydzieńevery week
- tygodniowyof or relating to a week
- cotygodniowyhappening once a week or every week
- tygodnikpublication that is published once a week
Portuguese semanalmente, semanalmente
- semanalmenteonce every week
- semanalmenteevery week
- semanalof or relating to a week
- semanalhappening once a week or every week
- semanáriopublication that is published once a week
- hebdomadáriopublication that is published once a week
Punjabi ਹਫ਼ਤਾਵਾਰ
- ਹਫ਼ਤਾਵਾਰ (haftāvār)once every week
Romanian săptămânal, în fiecare săptămână
- săptămânalonce every week
- în fiecare săptămânăevery week
- săptămânalevery week
- săptămânalof or relating to a week
- săptămânalhappening once a week or every week
- săptămânalpublication that is published once a week
- hebdomadarpublication that is published once a week
Russian раз в неде́лю, еженеде́льно
- раз в неде́лю (raz v nedélju)once every week
- еженеде́льно (ježenedélʹno)every week
- неде́льный (nedélʹnyj)of or relating to a week
- еженеде́льный (ježenedélʹnyj)happening once a week or every week
- еженеде́льник (ježenedélʹnik)publication that is published once a week
Spanish semanalmente, cada semana
- semanalmenteonce every week
- cada semanaonce every week
- semanalmenteevery week
- todas las semanasevery week
- semanalhappening once a week or every week
- semanariopublication that is published once a week
- hebdomadariopublication that is published once a week
Swedish en gång per vecka, en gång i veckan
- en gång per veckaonce every week
- en gång i veckanonce every week
- varje veckaevery week
- vecka-of or relating to a week
- vecka-happening once a week or every week
- veckotidningpublication that is published once a week
Tagalog lingguhan
- lingguhanonce every week
Tamil வாரந்தோறும்
- வாரந்தோறும் (vārantōṟum)once every week
Turkish haftada bir, her hafta
- haftada bironce every week
- her haftaevery week
- haftalıkhappening once a week or every week
Ukrainian щоти́жня, щотижне́во
- щоти́жня (ščotýžnja)every week
- щотижне́во (ščotyžnévo)every week
- щотижне́вий (ščotyžnévyj)happening once a week or every week
- тижне́вий (tyžnévyj)happening once a week or every week
- тижне́вик (tyžnévyk)publication that is published once a week
- тижне́вий часо́пис (tyžnévyj časópys)publication that is published once a week
- щотижне́вик (ščotyžnévyk)publication that is published once a week
Vietnamese tuần báo, tuần san
- tuần báopublication that is published once a week
- tuần sanpublication that is published once a week
Welsh wythnosol
- wythnosolonce every week
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