Friday

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US /ˈfraɪ.deɪ/ UK /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #1709

Meanings

1

noun
The day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.

We are going out for dinner on Friday evening.
2

adv
On Friday.

I will call you Friday to confirm the plan.

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friday night
the evening and nighttime period of Friday

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Simplified etymology

Friday means “Freya’s day” or “Frigga’s day,” named for the Germanic goddess of love and fertility. It was formed as part of the same weekday-naming system that associated Germanic deities with days corresponding to those named for Roman gods.

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. Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag. Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). The root also appears in Old Saxon fri (“…

*dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European Friday Middle English frīġedæġ Old English *Frījā dag Proto-West Germanic diēs Veneris Latin

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# Friday

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈfraɪ.deɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 1709

## Meanings
1. The day of the week between Thursday and Saturday.
2. On Friday.

## Examples
- We are going out for dinner on Friday evening.
- I will call you Friday to confirm the plan.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰegʷʰ-
- Root: Friday
- Root: frīġedæġ
- Root: *Frījā dag
- Root: diēs Veneris

## 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. Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag. Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). The root also appears in Old Saxon fri (“…

## AI Etymology
Friday comes 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. Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag. Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). In current use, the main senses are “The day of the week between Thursday and Saturday” and “On Friday”.

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