workaday

Meaning

Synonyms

everyday
B2
mundane
C2
daily
B2
routine
B2
ordinary
B1
quotidian
unremarkable
40k
commonplace
25k
homely
26k
humdrum
40k
operable
plain
B2
practical
B2
pragmatic
30k
pragmatical
prosaic
49k
stock
B2
trite
33k
unexceptional
unoriginal
unspectacular
wonted
workable
37k
workday
38k

Demotic

banal
25k
operatable
beaten
B2
bland
C2
businesslike
49k
customary
C2
familiar
B1
habitual
30k
hackneyed
Translations

quotidiano
alledaags
quotidiano
cotidiano
alltäglich
täglich
banal
quotidien

de cada dia

dagelijks
diário
giornaliero
diari
banal
daags
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈwɜːkədeɪ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
werkedei
In summary

Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + -a- + day. First attested in c. 1200.

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