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Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der. Proto-Germanic *wikǭ Proto-West Germanic *wikā Old English wice Middle English wyke English week From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, curve”). Related to weak and dialectal English wick (“corner”); see Proto-Germanic *wīk(w)aną (“to bend, yield, cease”). Cognates Cognate with Scots ouk, oulk (“week”), Yola wick, wik (“week”), North Frisian waag, Week, weg (“week”), Saterland Frisian Wiek, Wíek (“week”), West Frisian wike (“week”), Bavarian Wochn (“week”), Cimbrian boch, bòcha (“week”), Dutch week (“week”), German Woche (“week”), German Low German Week (“week”), Limburgish waek, Wéëk (“week”), Luxembourgish Woch (“week”), Mòcheno boch (“week”), Vilamovian woch (“week”), Yiddish וואָך (vokh, “week”), Danish uge (“week”), Elfdalian wiku, wikå (“week”), Faroese and Icelandic vika (“week”), Jamtish vuku (“week”), Norwegian Bokmål uke (“week”), Norwegian Nynorsk veke, vika, viku, vukku, vuku (“week”), Scanian uga (“week”), Swedish vecka (“week”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “sequence; week”); also Cornish gwigh (“periwinkles, whelks”), Irish faocha, faochóg (“periwinkle”), Latin vicis (“alteration, turn; time”), Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō, “to yield”), Albanian vig (“bier, litter, stretcher”), Northern Kurdish avêtin, avitin, avîtin, havêtin, havîtin (“to cast, hurl, throw”), Persian آویختَن (âvixtan, “to hang, suspend”), بیختن (bēxtan / bixtan, “to sieve, sift”). Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.
Meanings
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Any period of seven consecutive days.
Holonyms: megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day, weekday < weekend
Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just a little over a week ago are expecting severe storms again Monday afternoon and evening.
2024 May 5, Allison Chinchar, “Multiday severe weather threat could continue tornado streak this week”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 May 2024:Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
2013 July 6, “The rise of smart beta”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8843, archived from the original on 01 May 2024, page 68:
- A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
- A period of five days beginning with Monday.
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A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
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(qualifier:following a named day) A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.
I'll see you Thursday week. [a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next]
The wedding is tomorrow week. [a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| weeks | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| weeke | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Deriveds
run of week (other) · any day of the week (idioms and proverbs) · schoolies week (weeks and parts of weeks) · white week (weeks and parts of weeks) · four-day week (weeks and parts of weeks) · rag week (weeks and parts of weeks) · for weeks on end (idioms and proverbs) · week of Saturdays (idioms and proverbs) · any day of the week and twice on Sundays (idioms and proverbs) · 0th week (weeks and parts of weeks) · prophetic week (weeks and parts of weeks) · weekend (weeks and parts of weeks) · today week · Ember week (weeks and parts of weeks) · flavour of the week (idioms and proverbs) · mid-week (weeks and parts of weeks) · boxing week (weeks and parts of weeks) · freshers' week (weeks and parts of weeks) · workweek (weeks and parts of weeks) · any day of the week and twice on Sunday (idioms and proverbs) · this week · noughth week (weeks and parts of weeks) · week to week · coasties week (weeks and parts of weeks) · light week (other) · two week millionaire (idioms and proverbs) · Festival of Weeks (other) · last week · weekly · revision week (weeks and parts of weeks) · finals week (weeks and parts of weeks) · Holy Week (weeks and parts of weeks) · every day of the week and twice on Sunday (idioms and proverbs) · working week (weeks and parts of weeks) · be born last week (idioms and proverbs) · second Tuesday of the week (idioms and proverbs) · every day of the week and twice on Sundays (idioms and proverbs) · five-day week (weeks and parts of weeks) · week-long · Golden Week (weeks and parts of weeks) · leap week (weeks and parts of weeks) · red week (weeks and parts of weeks) · a week is a long time in politics (idioms and proverbs) · reading week (weeks and parts of weeks) · every day of the week (idioms and proverbs) · knock someone into the middle of next week (idioms and proverbs) · a week from next Tuesday (idioms and proverbs) · next week · fashion week (weeks and parts of weeks) · school week (weeks and parts of weeks) · bull week (weeks and parts of weeks) · orientation week (weeks and parts of weeks) · hell week (weeks and parts of weeks) · week of Sundays (idioms and proverbs) · tomorrow week · flavor of the week (idioms and proverbs) · bush week (weeks and parts of weeks) · as modern as next week (idioms and proverbs) · midweek (weeks and parts of weeks) · leavers week (weeks and parts of weeks) · shark week (weeks and parts of weeks) · frosh week (weeks and parts of weeks) · monster of the week (idioms and proverbs) · technical week (weeks and parts of weeks) · I'm here all week (idioms and proverbs) · next week, East Lynne (idioms and proverbs) · dead week (weeks and parts of weeks) · modern as next week (idioms and proverbs) · two-week wait (idioms and proverbs) · yesterday week · villain of the week (idioms and proverbs) · week-end (weeks and parts of weeks) · the Three Weeks (weeks and parts of weeks) · spirit week (weeks and parts of weeks) · tech week (weeks and parts of weeks) · weeklong
Descendants
Holonyms
fortnight · year · halfmonth · month
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
leap week · five-day week · workweek · frosh week · noughth week · yesterweek · matchweek · rag week · schoolies week · working week · red week · white week · orientation week · dead week · 0th week · Golden Week · March break · half term · shark week · technical week · Rogation Week · Ember week · reading week · next week · hell week · freshers' week · Whitweek · Whitsuntide · spirit week · May Week · revision week · fashion week · bull week · bush week · swot vac · Gangtide · Holy Week · jobweek · holiweek · tech week · boxing week
Meronyms
midweek · weekend · day · weekday
Relateds
Synonyms
sennight · week · hebdomad · sevennight · sevennight · hebdomad · sennight
Translations (367)
wo ayubés (period of seven days) · ka კვირა (period of seven days) · alt јети конок (period of seven days) · tl linggo (period of seven days) · ti ሰሙን (period of seven days) · fro semeine (period of seven days) · km សប្តាហៈ (period of seven days) · zdj mfumo (period of seven days) · kk жұма (period of seven days) · th สัตตาห (period of seven days) · dlm jedma (period of seven days) · it settimana (period of seven days) · ty hepetoma (period of seven days) · om torbee (period of seven days) · ar جمعة (period of seven days) · el εβδομάδα (period of seven days) · gl domá (period of seven days) · lol eyenga (period of seven days) · lez гьафте (period of seven days) · sm vāiaso (period of seven days) · lo ອາທິດ (period of seven days) · pap siman (period of seven days) · lld setemena (period of seven days) · fa هَفْتِه (period of seven days) · ha mako (period of seven days) · gil wiki (period of seven days) · ast selmana (period of seven days) · gug arapokõindy (period of seven days) · tr hafta (period of seven days) · ruq săptămănă (period of seven days) · roa-ona semana (period of seven days) · vec stemana (period of seven days) · zza hewte (diq) (period of seven days) · zu iviki (period of seven days) · eo semajno (period of seven days) · rup stãmãnã (period of seven days) · qu simana (period of seven days) · fo vika (period of seven days) · la septimāna (period of seven days) · el εφταήμερο (period of seven days) · km សប្តាហ៍ (period of seven days) · lou lasmènn (period of seven days) · yi וואָך (period of seven days) · mt ġimgħa (period of seven days) · br sizhun (period of seven days) · koi недель (period of seven days) · sh сѐдмица (period of seven days) · la hebdomas (period of seven days) · he שבוע (period of seven days) · ar أُسبوع (period of seven days) · haw pule (period of seven days) · osp setmana (period of seven days) · nn veke (period of seven days) · pdt Wäakj (period of seven days) · ba аҙна (period of seven days) · pml settimana (period of seven days) · krl nedäli (period of seven days) · ruq sămǫnă (period of seven days) · bn সপ্তাহ (period of seven days) · ms minggu (period of seven days) · vi tuần lễ (period of seven days) · th สัปดาห์ (period of seven days) · es semana (period of seven days) · rom kurko (period of seven days) · bg се́дмица (period of seven days) · fur setemane (period of seven days) · sh нѐдјеља (period of seven days) · uk ти́ждень (period of seven days) · orv тꙑжьдьнь (period of seven days) · rm emda (period of seven days) · sa सप्ताह (period of seven days) · chr ᏑᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ (period of seven days) · kn ವಾರ (period of seven days) · so toddobaad (period of seven days) · bh हप्ता (period of seven days) · lo ສັດຕາຫະ (period of seven days) · nds Week (period of seven days) · rsk тидзень (period of seven days) · nap semana (period of seven days) · ia septimana (period of seven days) · gl semá (period of seven days) · wa samwinne (period of seven days) · ht semèn (period of seven days) · tyv чедилик (period of seven days) · hu hét (period of seven days) · za lijbai (period of seven days) · kmr hefte (period of seven days) · km សត្តាហៈ (period of seven days) · sv vecka (period of seven days) · sh tȅdan (period of seven days) · got 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (period of seven days) · frp semana (period of seven days) · ja 週 (period of seven days) · tl semana (period of seven days) · sga sechtmain (period of seven days) · vi tuần (period of seven days) · ky жума (period of seven days) · twf tumį́ku (period of seven days) · ar إسبوع (period of seven days) · pt semana (period of seven days) · lo ສັບດາ (period of seven days) · vec setimana (period of seven days) · scn simana (period of seven days) · mai सप्ताह (period of seven days) · xh veki (period of seven days) · ngc eyenga (period of seven days) · pal 𐭤𐭯𐭲𐭪 (period of seven days) · gl semán (period of seven days) · fro semaine (period of seven days) · tr yedil (period of seven days) · dv ހަފްތާ (period of seven days) · nv damį́įgo (period of seven days) · lo ສັບປະດາ (period of seven days) · fi viikko (period of seven days) · tg ҳафта (period of seven days) · nl week (period of seven days) · ruo šetimana (period of seven days) · av анкь (period of seven days) · rm eamda (period of seven days) · ar أُسبوع (period of seven days) · egl stmèna (period of seven days) · ab амчыбжь (period of seven days) · lv nedēļa (period of seven days) · sl téden (period of seven days) · gv shiaghtin (period of seven days) · nv damóo (period of seven days) · wo besboai (period of seven days) · nrf s'maine (period of seven days) · ms pekan (period of seven days) · bh 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂯 (period of seven days) · sw juma (period of seven days) · qu hunk'a (period of seven days) · liv nädīļ (period of seven days) · sh nèdelja (period of seven days) · krc ыйыкъ (period of seven days) · mag 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂯 (period of seven days) · ckb حەفتە (period of seven days) · rgn stmana (period of seven days) · roa-leo selmana (period of seven days) · srn wiki (period of seven days) · tyv неделя (period of seven days) · mww lis tiam (period of seven days) · arc ܫܒܘܥܐ (period of seven days) · nap semmana (period of seven days) · zh 禮拜 /礼拜 (period of seven days) · tet semana (period of seven days) · lad סימאנה (period of seven days) · sco wouk (period of seven days) · gl somana (period of seven days) · rap tāpati (period of seven days) · sma våhkoe (period of seven days) · sh те̏дан (period of seven days) · mhn boch (period of seven days) · kpv вежон (period of seven days) · ps اونۍ (period of seven days) · os къуыри (period of seven days) · tpi wik (period of seven days) · sh тје̏дан (period of seven days) · lou smènn (period of seven days) · nn vika (Høgnorsk) (period of seven days) · mr आठवडा (period of seven days) · zza hefte (diq) (period of seven days) · fa هَفْتَه (period of seven days) · mn гариг (period of seven days) · myv тарго (period of seven days) · ja 週間 (period of seven days) · rup stãmene (period of seven days) · kmr heftî (period of seven days) · mg herinandro (period of seven days) · mi wiki (period of seven days) · gd seachdain (period of seven days) · crs semenn (period of seven days) · tyv чеди хонук (period of seven days) · io semano (period of seven days) · si සතිය (period of seven days) · fj macava (period of seven days) · roa-tar sumáne (period of seven days) · my တစ်ပတ် (period of seven days) · lg sabbiiti (period of seven days) · ruq smǫnă (period of seven days) · lb Woch (period of seven days) · sh nèdjelja (period of seven days) · dlm setemúna (period of seven days) · fa هَفْتَه (period of seven days) · inh кӏира (period of seven days) · rup siptãmãnã (period of seven days) · eu aste (period of seven days) · ks ہَفتہٕ (period of seven days) · rhg hafta (period of seven days) · tn beke (period of seven days) · ltg nedeļa (period of seven days) · za singgeiz (period of seven days) · zh чи (period of seven days) · ast semana (period of seven days) · ln mposo (period of seven days) · tt атна (period of seven days) · nmn bìikì (period of seven days) · sc chita (period of seven days) · udi шаматӏ (period of seven days) · klw minggu (period of seven days) · mhr арня (period of seven days) · ar جمعة (period of seven days) · li waek (period of seven days) · sms neäʹttel (period of seven days) · te వారము (period of seven days) · th สัตวาร (period of seven days) · co simana (period of seven days) · ro săptămână (period of seven days) · az həftə (period of seven days) · ru неде́ля (period of seven days) · ast sermana (period of seven days) · as সপ্তাহ (period of seven days) · ar أُسْبُوع (period of seven days) · sc cida (period of seven days) · am ሳምንት (period of seven days) · sh нѐђеља (period of seven days) · af week (period of seven days) · ang wice (period of seven days) · ar اسبوع (period of seven days) · pms sman-a (period of seven days) · orv тꙑижьдьнь (period of seven days) · lad semana (period of seven days) · ast sumana (period of seven days) · id pekan (period of seven days) · qu qanchischaw (period of seven days) · arc ܫܒܬܐ (period of seven days) · sah нэдиэлэ (period of seven days) · sh nèđelja (period of seven days) · bo བདུན་ཕྲག (period of seven days) · krl nedali (period of seven days) · mn долоо хоног (period of seven days) · co sittimana (period of seven days) · pl tydzień (period of seven days) · oj anamiʼe-giizhik (period of seven days) · se vahkku (period of seven days) · an semana (period of seven days) · nb uke (period of seven days) · ruq săptămǫnă (period of seven days) · mk седмица (period of seven days) · is vika (period of seven days) · wa samaîun (period of seven days) · da uge (period of seven days) · id minggu (period of seven days) · ssy liggidina (period of seven days) · km អាទិត្យ (period of seven days) · cu седмица (period of seven days) · nah chicōntōnalli (period of seven days) · vec stimana (period of seven days) · aa ayam (period of seven days) · wuu 星期 (period of seven days) · za cou (period of seven days) · co settimana (period of seven days) · nlc minggu (period of seven days) · ceb semana (period of seven days) · ar جُمْعَة (period of seven days) · ve vhege (period of seven days) · xal долан хонг (period of seven days) · yo ọ̀sẹ̀ (period of seven days) · ms jemaat (period of seven days) · ta கிழமை (period of seven days) · yai ҳафта (period of seven days) · zh 禮拜 /礼拜 (period of seven days) · koi вежон (period of seven days) · cs týden (period of seven days) · gu હપતો (period of seven days) · ga seachtain (period of seven days) · mk недела (period of seven days) · lld ena (period of seven days) · osp semana (period of seven days) · hak 禮拜 /礼拜 (period of seven days) · tum sabata (period of seven days) · uz hafta (period of seven days) · yue 禮拜 /礼拜 (period of seven days) · ur سَپْتاہ (period of seven days) · mn ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭᠠ ᠬᠣᠨᠤᠭ (period of seven days) · ko 주 (period of seven days) · fr huit jours (period of seven days) · ky апта (period of seven days) · az yeddinək (period of seven days) · sq javë (period of seven days) · hi हफ़्ता (period of seven days) · ny mlungu (period of seven days) · lbe нужмяр (period of seven days) · sh недеља (period of seven days) · mfe semenn (period of seven days) · mai अठबार (period of seven days) · mdh saka padian (period of seven days) · roa-tar sumana (period of seven days) · dlm setimuón (period of seven days) · udm арня (period of seven days) · fy wike (period of seven days) · mn ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ (period of seven days) · ca setmana (period of seven days) · cy wythnos (period of seven days) · fr semaine (period of seven days) · mdf тарга (period of seven days) · ko 주일 (period of seven days) · zh щинчи (period of seven days) · smn okko (period of seven days) · ms jumaat (period of seven days) · sk týždeň (period of seven days) · yue 星期 (period of seven days) · kk апта (period of seven days) · dsb tyźeń (period of seven days) · mdf недяля (period of seven days) · ar سيمانة (period of seven days) · tsg pitu (period of seven days) · mns-nor са̄т (period of seven days) · my ရက်သတ္တပတ် (period of seven days) · ast semá (period of seven days) · vec setemana (period of seven days) · ce кӏира (period of seven days) · sc chida (period of seven days) · gl semana (period of seven days) · zh 週 /周 (period of seven days) · ny sabata (period of seven days) · ug ھەپتە (period of seven days) · sc chída (period of seven days) · vo vig (period of seven days) · ne हप्ता (period of seven days) · de Woche (period of seven days) · zh 星期 (period of seven days) · sh tjȅdan (period of seven days) · sc cira (period of seven days) · bua долоон хоног (period of seven days) · sh sèdmica (period of seven days) · ta வாரம் (period of seven days) · osx wika (period of seven days) · ur ہَفْتَہ (period of seven days) · za singhgiz (period of seven days) · gu સપ્તાહ (period of seven days) · th อาทิตย์ (period of seven days) · cdo 禮拜 /礼拜 (period of seven days) · be ты́дзень (period of seven days) · fax semana (period of seven days) · rm emna (period of seven days) · hsb tydźeń (period of seven days) · crh afta (period of seven days) · rue ты́ждень (period of seven days) · et nädal (period of seven days) · tk hepde (period of seven days) · szl tydźyń (period of seven days) · frr weg (period of seven days) · he שָׁבוּעַ (period of seven days) · el επταήμερο (period of seven days) · gu અઠવાડિયું (period of seven days) · mwl sumana (period of seven days) · myv недля (period of seven days) · or ସପ୍ତାହ (period of seven days) · mrw padiqan (period of seven days) · grc ἑβδομάς (period of seven days) · oc setmana (period of seven days) · hi सप्ताह (period of seven days) · ky жетикүн (period of seven days) · yao ci-juma (period of seven days) · ml ആഴ്ച (period of seven days) · rm jamna (period of seven days) · nrf s'môine (period of seven days) · wuu 禮拜 /礼拜 (period of seven days) · csb tidzéń (period of seven days) · cv эрне (period of seven days) · pa ਹਫ਼ਤੇ (period of seven days) · hy շաբաթ (period of seven days) · sw wiki (period of seven days) · ady тхьамафэ (period of seven days) · non vika (period of seven days) · lt savaitė (period of seven days)