week

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

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.

Intj

The squeal of a pig.

Concetti

settimana

ebdomada

eddomada

sinonimi

hebdomad

workweek

sennight

Sunday

weekly

calendar week

revolution

revolve

Sabbath

septet

state

vine

worship

religious service

weekly wage

w.

enfeeble

week from Monday

grass

lawn

powerless

province

return

Traduzioni

semaine

semana

Woche

week

semana

setmana

εβδομάδα

hafta

hebdomas

setmana

septimana

أسبوع

hefte

أُسْبُوع

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/wik/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: weke

Ereditato da inglese antico: wiċe

Affine saterfriesisch: Wiek

Affine frisone occidentale: wike

Affine olandese: week

Affine tedesco: Woche

Affine danese: uge

Affine norvegese nynorsk: veke

Affine svedese: vecka

Affine islandese: vika

Affine gotico: 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉

Affine latino: vicis

Affine finlandese: viikko

Affine inglese antico: wīcan

In summary

From Middle English wyke, 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 really liked the film we saw last week .

Mi è piaciuto molto il film che abbiamo visto la scorsa 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.

I have three essays due in the next week .

Ho tre saggi dovuti nella prossima settimana.

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.