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語源

From 中期英語 werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from 古期英語 weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work +‎ day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday.

名詞

workday (plural workdays)

1. (chiefly US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).

   It will take five workdays to process your application.

2. (chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done.

   My workday is 8 hours.

同意語

• working day (mainly UK)
• (part of the day): 9 to 5, nine to five
• (day on which work is done): weekday
• (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day
• jobday

Meronyms

• beginning of day, end of day, EOD, close of business, COB, quitting time

等位語

• worknight

派生語

• teacher workday

参考

• day off, time off, PTO (often antonymous, but one can be off during a workday)
• schoolday
• weekend (often antonymous, depending on one's work schedule)

形容詞

workday (comparative more workday, superlative most workday)

1. Alternative form of workaday.

関連する語

• workaday

アナグラム

• day work, day-work, daywork