Dictionary

weeknight en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der. Proto-Germanic *wikǭ Proto-West Germanic *wikā Old English wice Middle English wyke English week English night English weeknight From week + night.

Meanings

1. The evening of a weekday.
   • For Ms. Park, a forensic chemist for the New Jersey State Police who has since retired, bulgogi was a weeknight workhorse, even without the convenience of pre-sliced meat. 2021 July 23, Eric Kim, “Bulgogi, Any Way You Slice It”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 Jul 2021, Food:
   • On weeknights other than Saturdays, the last Bedford train leaves St. Pancras at 10.35 instead of 10.0 p.m. and is 20 min. faster, and the last Luton train at 11.35 instead of 11.15 p.m. 1960 February 14, “The dieselised St. Pancras suburban service”, in Trains Illustrated, page 95:

Forms

Relateds

week · worknight · school night · weekday

Translations (2)

de Abend unter der Woche (evening of a weekday) · pl noc między dniami powszednimi (evening of a weekday)