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weekend

See also: week-end

English Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

From week +‎ end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century.[1][2] Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

weekend (plural weekends)

  1. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
    • 1874 July–December, W. Senior, “With the Herring Fleet”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 704:
      “They can live upon barley-meal without a morsel of meat from week-end to week-end, can these miserable Sawnies,” quoth another.
    • 1903, Francis Markham with Sir Clements Robert Markham, Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849–1855, page 34:
      […] often took a few boys down there for what we North Country folk call the week-end — Saturday and Sunday; it was also used as a sanatorium if required.
    • 1921 June 21, The Earl of Oxford and Asquith, K.G., chapter XX, in Memories and Reflections 1852–1927, volume 2, Cassell and Company, published 1928, →OCLC, page 197:
      I love a phrase of Dizzy's in one of his later letters to Lady Bradford, whom he reproaches for her addiction to what we now call week-end visits to country houses: “the monotony of organized platitude.”

Usage notes Edit

  • Historically in North America and parts of Europe, people would often work on Saturday as well, or at least until noon on Saturday. Thus the “weekend” might begin at noon or later on Saturday in older texts.

To describe the soonest upcoming weekend:

  • (UK, Australia, New Zealand) “at the weekend”, “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend”
    • 1886, New Zealand Parliament, “Parliamentary debates”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 324, page 2371:
      Let them work at their ordinary jobs during the week, and then take them out of circulation at the weekend, which is usually the time when the trouble is ...
    • 2009, Great Britain House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee, “Pre-appointment Hearing with the Chairman-elect of Ofcom, Dr. Colette Bowe”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 16:
      Whether it is on the BBC, ITV or commercial radio does not really matter. ...can give you a radio example of two things I was listening to at the weekend.
  • (US, Canada) “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend” (“at the weekend” is not used)
    • 2002, United States Senate: Committee on Armed Services, Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2002, page 722:
      I am going to Moscow on the weekend to participate in the discussion, ...

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Verb Edit

weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)

  1. To spend the weekend.
    We'll weekend at the beach.

Adjective Edit

weekend (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to or for the weekend.
    I'm wearing my weekend shoes.
  2. Occurring at the weekend.
    a weekend break

Translations Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “weekend”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  2. ^ weekend, week-end at Google Ngram Viewer

Further reading Edit

Danish Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈʋiːˌɡ̊ɛnˀd̥], [ˈwiːˌɡ̊ɛnd̥]

Noun Edit

weekend c (singular definite weekenden, plural indefinite weekender)

  1. weekend

Inflection Edit

Declension of weekend
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative weekend weekenden weekender weekenderne
genitive weekends weekendens weekenders weekendernes

See also Edit

Dutch Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋikɛnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: week‧end

Noun Edit

weekend n (plural weekenden or weekends, diminutive weekendje n)

  1. weekend

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French Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

weekend m (plural weekends)

  1. post-1990 spelling of week-end
    Synonym: (Canada) fin de semaine

Italian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

Unadapted borrowing from English weekend.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

weekend m (invariable)

  1. weekend
    Synonym: fine settimana

References Edit

  1. ^ week-end in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Polish Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

Unadapted borrowing from English weekend.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

weekend m inan

  1. weekend
    Synonym: dwudzionek

Declension Edit

Declension of weekend
singular plural
nominative weekend weekendy
genitive weekendu weekendów
dative weekendowi weekendom
accusative weekend weekendy
instrumental weekendem weekendami
locative weekendzie weekendach
vocative weekendzie weekendy

Derived terms Edit

adjective
noun
verb

Related terms Edit

adverb

Further reading Edit

  • weekend in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • weekend in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

Unadapted borrowing from English weekend. First attested in 1970.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

weekend n (plural weekenduri)

  1. weekend

Declension Edit

Declension of weekend
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) weekend weekendul (niște) weekenduri weekendurile
genitive/dative (unui) weekend weekendului (unor) weekenduri weekendurilor
vocative weekendule weekendurilor

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Swedish Edit

Etymology Edit

From English weekend.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /wiːk.ɛnd/, /viːk.ɛnd/

Noun Edit

weekend c

  1. a weekend (break in the working week)

Declension Edit

Declension of weekend 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative weekend weekenden weekender weekenderna
Genitive weekends weekendens weekenders weekendernas

Synonyms Edit

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