workday

(Anglais)

Noun

1. (US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).
2. (US) That part of a day in which work is done.

Adj

Alternative form of workaday.

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: werkdai

Hérité de ancien anglais: weorcdæġ

Appartenant à frison occidental: wurkdei

Appartenant à néerlandais: werkdag

Appartenant à allemand: Werktag

In summary

From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday.

Concepts

jour ouvrable

jour ouvré

jour de la semaine

jour de travail

journée de travail

Synonymes

working day

weekday

work day

nondramatic

shift

untheatrical

work

workaday

workforce

business day

feria

time of work

unamazing

unmiraculous

unexotic

common

nonexceptional

diurnal

labor force

Traductions

Arbeitstag

día laborable

giorno lavorativo

werkdag

Werktag

dia útil

dzień roboczy

giornata lavorativa

εργάσιμη ημέρα

giorno feriale

jornada

alltäglich

Frondienst

Schicht

dia laborable