weekday
noun/ˈwiːkdeɪ̯/ · [ˈwɪi̯kdeɪ̯]
Etymology Inherited from Middle English wykeday, from Old English wicdæġ (“weekday”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikadag, from Proto-Germanic *wikadagaz (“weekday”). By surface analysis, compound of week + day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Low German Wekendag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”), Faroese vikudagur (“weekday”), Icelandic vikudagur (“weekday”).
› Any individual day of the week, except those…
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday or Sunday.
- 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.2019 October, Tony Miles, Philip Sherratt, “EMR kicks off new era”, in Modern Railways, page 58:
- 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 1,500.2026 January 21, Philip Haigh, “First course of action: changes in the capital”, in RAIL, number 1053, page 22:
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, but not Sunday. (e.g. in Vietnam)
Judaism Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, but not Saturday.
Archaic Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday).
- Synonyms
- workday, working day, business day