English Explanatory Dictionary

workday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
  2. That part of a day in which work is done.
adj
  1. Alternative form of workaday.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-workday.wav

Word forms

workday workdays work day more workday most workday

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.

Synonyms

working day jobday 9 to 5 nine to five weekday business day

Related words

day off time off PTO schoolday weekend workaday

Derived words

teacher workday

Translations

Bulgarian: работно време Catalan: jornada diària Chinese Mandarin: 工作時間 /工作时间 Danish: arbejdsdag Finnish: työpäivä French: journée de travail Macedonian: работно време Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsdag Polish: roboczodniówka Romanian: timp zilnic de lucru Russian: рабочее вре́мя Russian: рабо́чий день Spanish: jornada
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