schoolday

English

Alternative forms

• school day

Etymology

From school +‎ day.

Noun

schoolday (plural schooldays)

1. A day during which the public schools are open, usually synonymous with weekday during the school year.

   In modern China, Sunday is not usually a schoolday except around major holidays.

2. The part of a day when students attend school.

   I couldn't contact my child during the schoolday because of the school's no-cellphone policy.

   The schoolday starts at 9:00 am and ends at 3:00 pm.

Derived terms

• every day is a schoolday
• schooldays

Translations

the day when school is open

• Finnish: koulupäivä (fi)
• German: Schultag (de) m
• Icelandic: skóladagur m
• Spanish: jornada escolar f

See also

• weekday
• workday, work day, working day
• school night
• school year

Anagrams

• day school