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語源

Inherited from 中期英語 wykeday, from 古期英語 wicdæġ. By surface analysis, compound of week +‎ day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).

発音

• IPA: /ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/, [ˈwɪi̯kdeɪ̯]
• (General Australian) IPA: /ˈwiːkdæ̝ɪ̯/, [ˈwɪi̯kdæ̝ɪ̯]
• 韻: -iːkdeɪ
• ハイフネーション: week‧day

名詞

weekday (plural weekdays)

1. Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:
   1. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.
      • 2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:

        The Nottingham to Skegness route and Robin Hood line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop will continue with their current weekday patterns; linked to the latter is EMR's commitment to carry out a feasibility study into operating Robin Hood trains to Ollerton.

      • 2026 January 21, Philip Haigh, “First course of action: changes in the capital”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 22:

        TfL reckons that London Overground attracts annual ridership of 185 million from a network of 113 stations and 1,600 weekday services, delivered with an ARL staff numbering 1,500.

   2. (Islam) Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, but not Friday.
   3. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam)
   4. (Judaism) Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday.
2. (now rare) Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday).

同意語

• workday
• working day
• (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day

関連する語

参照

• American Heritage Dictionary
• “weekday”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “weekday”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.