everyday

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/

Adjective

everyday (not comparable)

1. appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
   • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,

     When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.

2. commonplace, ordinary
   • 2010, Malcolm Knox, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 42:

     Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.

Synonyms

• mundane
• quotidian
• routine
• unremarkable
• workaday

Translations

• German: (in combined words) Alltag, alltäglich
• Italian: quotidiano, giornaliero
• Portuguese: cotidiano
• Russian: повседне́вный
• Spanish: de diario (clothes)

Translations

• French: usuel
• German: alltäglich, gemein
• Italian: ordinario, comune
• Portuguese: comum, ordinário
• Russian: обы́чный
• Spanish: común

Adverb

1. Misspelling of every day

Noun

everyday (uncountable)

1. (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion

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