weekday

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈwiːkdeɪ/

Noun

weekday (plural weekdays)

1. A day of the week except those which form the weekend; that is:
   1. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.
   2. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam)
   3. (Judaism) Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday.
   4. (Persian) Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but not Friday.
2. (now, rare) Any day of the week Monday through Sunday.

Synonyms

• workday
• working day
• (day on which work is done in legal and official usage) business day

Related terms

• week
• weeknight

Translations

• French: jour de la semaine, jour ouvré
• German: Wochentag, Werktag
• Italian: giorno feriale
• Portuguese: dia de semana
• Russian: рабо́чий день
• Spanish: entresemana

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