weekday

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Any individual day of the week, except those which form the weekend or the single weekly day off; that is:

   The Nottingham to Skegness route and Robin Hood line from Nottingham to Mansfield and Worksop will continue with their current weekday patterns; linked to the latter is EMR's commitment to carry out a feasibility study into operating Robin Hood trains to Ollerton.

2. 2
   noun

   any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday)

3. 3
   noun

   Any day of the week (Monday through Sunday).

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English wykeday, from Old English wicdæġ. By surface analysis, compound of week + day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).