Meanings
nounworking day (plural working days)
plural working days
- UKmainlyAny of those days of a week on which work is done, officially Monday to Friday in many countries (even though many people work on weekends).
It will take five working days to process your application.
Synonyms: weekday, business day
- UKmainlyThe part of a day in which work is done; the number of hours one must work per day for a specified wage.
Your working day is 8 hours.
1 more example
That's all they really want / Is some fun / When the working day is done / Oh, girls, they wanna have fun / Oh, girls just wanna have...
1979, Robert Hazard, “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”, in She's So Unusual, performed by Cyndi Lauper, published 1983Synonyms: workday, 9 to 5, nine to five
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of those days of a week on which work is done, officially Monday to Friday in many countries (even though many people work on weekends).
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nounThe part of a day in which work is done; the number of hours one must work per day for a specified wage.
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Translations
Arabic يَوْم عَمَل, يَوْم الْعَمَل
- يَوْم عَمَل (yawm ʕamal)day of a week in which work is done
- يَوْم الْعَمَل (yawm al-ʕamal)day of a week in which work is done
Bengali কর্মদিবস
- কর্মদিবস (kormodiboś)day of a week in which work is done
Bulgarian рабо́тен ден, рабо́тен ден
- рабо́тен ден (rabóten den)part of a day in which work is done
- рабо́тен ден (rabóten den)day of a week in which work is done
- де́лничен ден (délničen den)day of a week in which work is done
Catalan dia feiner, dia laborable
- dia feinerday of a week in which work is done
- dia laborableday of a week in which work is done
Chinese Cantonese 工作日
- 工作日 (gung¹ zok³ jat⁶)day of a week in which work is done
Chinese Mandarin 工作時間 /工作时间, 工作日
- 工作時間 /工作时间 (gōngzuò shíjiān)part of a day in which work is done
- 工作日 (gōngzuòrì)day of a week in which work is done
Czech pracovní den
- pracovní denday of a week in which work is done
Danish arbejdsdag
- arbejdsdagday of a week in which work is done
Dutch werkdag
- werkdagday of a week in which work is done
Esperanto labortago
- labortagoday of a week in which work is done
Estonian tööpäev
- tööpäevday of a week in which work is done
Finnish työpäivä, työpäivä
- työpäiväpart of a day in which work is done
- työpäiväday of a week in which work is done
French journée de travail, jour ouvré
- journée de travailpart of a day in which work is done
- jour ouvréday of a week in which work is done
- jour ouvrableday of a week in which work is done
German Arbeitstag, Werktag
- Arbeitstagday of a week in which work is done
- Werktagday of a week in which work is done
Greek καθημερινή, εργάσιμη
- καθημερινή (kathimeriní)day of a week in which work is done
- εργάσιμη (ergásimi)day of a week in which work is done
Hebrew יוֹם עֲבוֹדָה
- יוֹם עֲבוֹדָה (yom avodá)day of a week in which work is done
Hindi कार्यदिवस, कार्य दिवस
- कार्यदिवस (kāryadivas)day of a week in which work is done
- कार्य दिवस (kārya divas)day of a week in which work is done
- काम का दिन (kām kā din)day of a week in which work is done
Hungarian munkaidő, munkanap
- munkaidőpart of a day in which work is done
- munkanapday of a week in which work is done
Icelandic virkur dagur
- virkur dagurday of a week in which work is done
Indonesian hari kerja
- hari kerjaday of a week in which work is done
Irish lá oibre
- lá oibreday of a week in which work is done
Italian giorno lavorativo
- giorno lavorativoday of a week in which work is done
Japanese 仕事日, 労働日
- 仕事日 (shigotobi)day of a week in which work is done
- 労働日 (rōdōbi)day of a week in which work is done
- 平日 (heijitsu)day of a week in which work is done
- 勤務日 (kinmubi)day of a week in which work is done
Korean 근무일, 평일
- 근무일 (geunmu'il)day of a week in which work is done
- 평일 (pyeong'il)day of a week in which work is done
Latvian darba diena
- darba dienaday of a week in which work is done
Lithuanian darbo diena
- darbo dienaday of a week in which work is done
Malay hari kerja, hari bekerja
- hari kerjaday of a week in which work is done
- hari bekerjaday of a week in which work is done
Norwegian Bokmål hverdag, arbeidsdag
- hverdagday of a week in which work is done
- arbeidsdagday of a week in which work is done
- virkedagday of a week in which work is done
Polish roboczodniówka, dzień powszedni
- roboczodniówkapart of a day in which work is done
- dzień powszedniday of a week in which work is done
- dzień roboczyday of a week in which work is done
Portuguese dia de trabalho, jornada
- dia de trabalhopart of a day in which work is done
- jornadapart of a day in which work is done
- dia útilday of a week in which work is done
Romanian zi lucrătoare, zi de muncă
- zi lucrătoareday of a week in which work is done
- zi de muncăday of a week in which work is done
Russian рабо́чий день
- рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ)day of a week in which work is done
Slovak pracovný deň, robotný deň
- pracovný deňday of a week in which work is done
- robotný deňday of a week in which work is done
Spanish jornada, día hábil
- jornadapart of a day in which work is done
- día hábilday of a week in which work is done
- día laborableday of a week in which work is done
- día de diarioday of a week in which work is done
Swedish arbetsdag, vardag
- arbetsdagday of a week in which work is done
- vardagday of a week in which work is done
Thai วันทำงาน
- วันทำงาน (wan-tam-ngaan)day of a week in which work is done
Turkish iş günü
- iş günüday of a week in which work is done
Ukrainian робо́чий день, робо́чий день
- робо́чий день (robóčyj denʹ)part of a day in which work is done
- робо́чий день (robóčyj denʹ)day of a week in which work is done
Urdu یَومِ کار, کام کا دِن
- یَومِ کار (yaum-i kār)day of a week in which work is done
- کام کا دِن (kām kā din)day of a week in which work is done
Vietnamese ngày công, ngày làm việc
- ngày côngday of a week in which work is done
- ngày làm việcday of a week in which work is done
Yiddish אַרבעטסטאָג
- אַרבעטסטאָג (arbetstog)day of a week in which work is done
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