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workday en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English 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.

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of workaday.
    alt of workaday

Forms

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most workday Degree=Sup lexicographic
more workday Degree=Cmp lexicographic
work day alternative lexicographic

Relateds

workaday

workday en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English 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.

Meanings

  1. (US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
    • It will take five workdays to process your application.
  2. (US) That part of a day in which work is done.
    • My workday is 8 hours.

Forms

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workdays Number=Plur lexicographic
work day alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

worknight

Deriveds

teacher workday

Meronyms

end of day · COB · quitting time · close of business · EOD · beginning of day

Relateds

time off · day off · weekend · PTO · schoolday

Synonyms

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

Translations (46)

da arbejdsdag (part of a day on which work is done) · hu munkanap (day on which work is done) · fi työpäivä (part of a day on which work is done) · fr jour ouvrable (day on which work is done) · da arbejdsdag (day on which work is done) · vi ngày công (day on which work is done) · alt ишкӱн (day on which work is done) · kum иш гюн (day on which work is done) · ru рабо́чий день (part of a day on which work is done) · pt dia útil (day on which work is done) · nb arbeidsdag (day on which work is done) · nb arbeidsdag (part of a day on which work is done) · pdt Woakjeldach (day on which work is done) · ru будний день (day on which work is done) · pl roboczodniówka (part of a day on which work is done) · fi työpäivä (day on which work is done) · fr journée de travail (part of a day on which work is done) · vi ngày làm việc (day on which work is done) · cmn 工作日 (day on which work is done) · ca dia feiner (day on which work is done) · ru рабочее вре́мя (part of a day on which work is done) · es jornada (part of a day on which work is done) · es día laboral (day on which work is done) · ru рабо́чий день (day on which work is done) · pl dzień powszedni (day on which work is done) · bg работно време (part of a day on which work is done) · hi कार्यदिवस (day on which work is done) · es día laborable (day on which work is done) · mk работен ден (day on which work is done) · is virkur dagur (day on which work is done) · mk работно време (part of a day on which work is done) · es día hábil (day on which work is done) · bg работен ден (day on which work is done) · ro zi lucrătoare (day on which work is done) · gl día laborable (day on which work is done) · nl werkdag (day on which work is done) · gl día solto (day on which work is done) · ro timp zilnic de lucru (part of a day on which work is done) · bg делник (day on which work is done) · pl dzień roboczy (day on which work is done) · oj anokii-giizhigad (day on which work is done) · eo labortago (day on which work is done) · mk делник (day on which work is done) · ca jornada diària (part of a day on which work is done) · ru трудодень (day on which work is done) · cmn 工作時間 /工作时间 (part of a day on which work is done)