"workaday" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈwɜːkədeɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/ [General-American] Forms: more workaday [comparative], most workaday [superlative]
Etymology: Circa 1200, Middle English werkedei, from Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”). Cognate to later workday; see work and day. Used in adjective sense from 16th century. By surface analysis, work + a + day. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|werkedei}} Middle English werkedei, {{der|en|non|virkr dagr||working day}} Old Norse virkr dagr (“working day”), {{m|en|workday}} workday, {{m|en|work}} work, {{m|en|day}} day, {{surface analysis|en|work|a|day}} By surface analysis, work + a + day Head templates: {{en-adj}} workaday (comparative more workaday, superlative most workaday)
  1. Suitable for everyday use. Translations (suitable for everyday use): делничен (delničen) (Bulgarian), всекидневен (vsekidneven) (Bulgarian), 日常 (rìcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 日用 (rìyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), arkinen (Finnish), Alltags- (German)
    Sense id: en-workaday-en-adj-pUrvS3z~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'suitable for everyday use': 94 6
  2. Mundane or commonplace. Translations (mundane or commonplace): обикновен (obiknoven) (Bulgarian), 平凡 (píngfán) (Chinese Mandarin), 普通 (pǔtōng) (Chinese Mandarin), arkinen (Finnish), Alltags- (German), alltäglich (German)
    Sense id: en-workaday-en-adj-An-phMrw Disambiguation of 'mundane or commonplace': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: workyday [obsolete] Related terms: workday

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