Friday

Meaning

Noun

1. The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.
2. (colloquial) The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.

Adv

On Friday.

Synonyms

Fri

fall

preparation

day

F

friday

Sabbath

Translations

vendredi

venerdì

viernes

Freitag

vrijdag

sexta-feira

Παρασκευή

divendres

cuma

dies Veneris

الجمعة

divendres

Cuma

eynî

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɹaɪdeɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Friday

Inherited from Old English: frīġedæġ

Cognate with Western Frisian: freed

Cognate with Dutch: vrijdag

Cognate with German: Freitag

Cognate with Danish: fredag

Cognate with Old Norse: Frigg

Cognate with Old Saxon: Fri

Cognate with Old English: Frīġ

Cognate with Sanskrit: प्रिया

Cognate with Old Saxon: fri

Cognate with Swedish: fria

Cognate with Danish: -

Cognate with Norwegian: -

Cognate with Dutch: vrijen

In summary

From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of Frīġ and dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris, via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus.
Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag.
Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). The root also appears in Old Saxon fri (“beloved lady”); in Swedish fria, in Danish and Norwegian as fri (“to propose for marriage”); a related meaning exists in Icelandic as frjá (“to love”) and similarly in Dutch vrijen (“to make love (to have sex)”).
Compare Japanese 金曜日.

Sentences

Trips peak Friday evenings for medallion cabs , and Saturday night for Green Taxis .