# weekday

Pronunciation: say "WEEK-day" /ˈwiːkdeɪ/

## Noun

1. Any day from Monday to Friday, not counting Saturday or Sunday.
   - Simple: One of the days from Monday to Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.
   - _Garbage collection falls on a weekday, usually a Tuesday._
   - _Most offices keep regular hours on weekdays and close for the weekend._
2. Any day from Sunday through Friday, excluding Saturday, in places where Saturday is the only rest day.
   - Simple: One of the days from Sunday to Friday, but not Saturday.
   - _Since Saturday alone is the day off here, Sunday is treated as an ordinary weekday._
   - _Schools run lessons across these weekdays and pause only on Saturday._
3. Any day from Saturday through Thursday, excluding Friday, in places where Friday is the day of rest.
   - Simple: One of the days from Saturday to Thursday, but not Friday.
   - _Because Friday is set aside for prayer, the working weekday here runs from Saturday to Thursday._
   - _Students attend classes on the six weekdays and rest on Friday._
4. Any day from Monday through Saturday, excluding only Sunday, in places where Sunday is the single rest day.
   - Simple: One of the days from Monday to Saturday, but not Sunday.
   - _Since Sunday alone is the day of rest, Saturday counts as a normal weekday._
   - _Factories operate across these weekdays and pause only on Sunday._

## Noun

5. Any single day of the week, Saturday and Sunday included, with no day set apart. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Any one of the seven days of the week, even Saturday and Sunday.
   - _The almanac marked feast days falling on any weekday, the Sabbath not excepted._
   - _Travelers departed on whatever weekdays the weather allowed, Sundays included._

## Origin

Inherited from Middle English "wykeday", from Old English "wicdæġ", which by surface analysis is a compound of "week" and "day". It is related to West Frisian "wikedei", Dutch "weekdag", German "Wochentag", Danish "ugedag", Swedish "veckodag", and Norwegian "ukedag".

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/weekday (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).