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Adjective [English]

Forms: more workday [comparative], most workday [superlative]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|werkdai}} Middle English werkdai, {{inh|en|ang|weorcdæġ|t=workday}} Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), {{af|en|work|day}} work + day, {{cog|fy|wurkdei|t=workday}} West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), {{cog|nl|werkdag|t=workday}} Dutch werkdag (“workday”), {{cog|nds-de|Warkdag|t=workday}} German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), {{cog|de|Werktag|t=workday}} German Werktag (“workday”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} workday (comparative more workday, superlative most workday)
  1. Alternative form of workaday. Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: workaday Related terms: workaday
    Sense id: en-workday-en-adj-GVqhO-oD
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: work day

Noun [English]

Forms: workdays [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|werkdai}} Middle English werkdai, {{inh|en|ang|weorcdæġ|t=workday}} Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), {{af|en|work|day}} work + day, {{cog|fy|wurkdei|t=workday}} West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), {{cog|nl|werkdag|t=workday}} Dutch werkdag (“workday”), {{cog|nds-de|Warkdag|t=workday}} German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), {{cog|de|Werktag|t=workday}} German Werktag (“workday”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} workday (plural workdays)
  1. (chiefly US) Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends). Tags: US Categories (topical): Calendar Synonyms (day on which work is done): weekday Synonyms (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day Translations (day on which work is done): делник (delnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), работен ден (raboten den) (Bulgarian), 工作日 (gōngzuòrì) (Chinese Mandarin), arbejdsdag [common-gender] (Danish), werkdag [masculine] (Dutch), labortago (Esperanto), työpäivä (Finnish), jour ouvrable [masculine] (French), día solto [masculine] (Galician), día laborable [masculine] (Galician), munkanap (Hungarian), virkur dagur (Icelandic), делник (delnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), работен ден (raboten den) [masculine] (Macedonian), anokii-giizhigad (Ojibwe), Woakjeldach [masculine] (Plautdietsch), dia útil [masculine] (Portuguese), zi lucrătoare [feminine] (Romanian), рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ) [masculine] (Russian), будний день (budnij denʹ) [masculine] (Russian), трудодень (trudodenʹ) [masculine] (Russian), día laborable [masculine] (Spanish), día hábil [masculine] (Spanish), ngày công (Vietnamese), ngày làm việc (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-workday-en-noun-LZXdegzB Disambiguation of Calendar: 5 84 11 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Ojibwe translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 73 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 9 80 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 82 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 88 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 13 68 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 7 74 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 13 75 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 8 71 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 68 19 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 14 75 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 12 68 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 14 67 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 11 68 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 12 68 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 12 66 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Ojibwe translations: 8 71 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 5 84 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 12 68 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 78 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 9 83 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 11 68 21 Disambiguation of 'day on which work is done': 57 43 Disambiguation of 'day on which work is done in legal and official usage': 68 32 Disambiguation of 'day on which work is done': 57 43
  2. (chiefly US) That part of a day in which work is done. Tags: US
    Sense id: en-workday-en-noun-SnoWb~vw Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: working day [UK, mainly], jobday, work day Synonyms (part of the day): 9 to 5, nine to five Meronyms: beginning of day, end of day, EOD, close of business, COB, quitting time Derived forms: teacher workday Related terms: day off, time off, PTO (english: often antonymous, but one can be off during a workday), schoolday, weekend (english: often antonymous, depending on one's work schedule) Coordinate_terms: worknight Translations (part of a day on which work is done): работно време (rabotno vreme) (Bulgarian), 工作時間 /工作时间 (gōngzuò shíjiān) (Chinese Mandarin), arbejdsdag [common-gender] (Danish), työpäivä (Finnish), работно време (rabotno vreme) [neuter] (Macedonian), timp zilnic de lucru [neuter] (Romanian), рабочее вре́мя (rabočeje vrémja) [neuter] (Russian), рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'part of the day': 49 51 Disambiguation of 'part of a day on which work is done': 49 51

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "day on which work is done",
      "word": "virkur dagur"
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      "word": "zi lucrătoare"
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  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in English: '9 to 5', originally '9 to 5'",
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