week

Senso (Inglese)

1. Any period of seven consecutive days.
2. A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
3. A period of five days beginning with Monday.
4. A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
5. A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/wik/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *wīkaną (“to bend, yield, cease”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis, Finnish viikko. Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.

Frasi

Are you sure that Joe case is going on next week ?

Sei sicuro che Joe Case andrà avanti la prossima settimana?

I would give a good review of the new TV I bought a week ago .

Darei una buona recensione della nuova TV che ho comprato una settimana fa.

That's almost a hundred dollars a week !

Sono quasi cento dollari a settimana!

The tape is removed after one week and cut into day-length sections .

Il nastro viene rimosso dopo una settimana e tagliato in sezioni di lunghezza diurna.