weekdag

Meaning

a work day, any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off

Concepts

weekday

Synonyms

werkdag

Translations

Wochentag

dia feiner

dia laborable

Werktag

jour de la semaine

Werktags…

καθημερινή

καθημερινή μέρα

jour

jour ouvrable

Alltags…

jour de semaine

jour ouvré

giorno feriale

feria

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʋeːk.dɑx/

Etymology

Cognate with Western Frisian: wikedei

Cognate with German: Wochentag

Cognate with Danish: ugedag

Cognate with Swedish: veckodag

Cognate with Norwegian: ukedag

In summary

Compound of week (“week”) + dag (“day”), compare cognates West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).