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friday

//ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

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Forms

Plural
fridays

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 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. 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.

Adverb

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or a clause.

  1. 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.

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