friday
//ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ//
Forms
- Plural
- fridays
Definitions
1.The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.
2.The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.(colloquial)
- Tomorrow's Thursday, but I have Friday and Saturday off, so really it's my Friday.
1.On Friday.(informal)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1101
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of Frīġ and dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris, via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus. See also friend.