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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈwɜːkədeɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-workaday.wav 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”), {{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): де́лничен (délničen) (Bulgarian), всекидне́вен (vsekidnéven) (Bulgarian), 日常 (rìcháng) (Chinese Mandarin), 日用 (rìyòng) (Chinese Mandarin), arkinen (Finnish), Alltags- (German)
    Sense id: en-workaday-en-adj-pUrvS3z~ Disambiguation of 'suitable for everyday use': 93 7
  2. Mundane or commonplace. Translations (mundane or commonplace): обикнове́н (obiknovén) (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

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈwɜːkədeɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈwɜɹkədeɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-workaday.wav Forms: workadays [plural]
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”), {{surface analysis|en|work|a|day}} By surface analysis, work + a + day Head templates: {{en-noun}} workaday (plural workadays)
  1. (archaic, dialect) A workday. Tags: archaic, dialectal
    Sense id: en-workaday-en-noun-4cwElGKq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 32 40 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 23 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 21 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 12 13 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 16 18 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: workyday [obsolete]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "workyday"
    }
  ],
  "word": "workaday"
}

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