"workweek" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: workweeks [plural]
Etymology: work + week Etymology templates: {{compound|en|work|week}} work + week Head templates: {{en-noun}} workweek (plural workweeks)
  1. (US) The range of days of the week that are normally worked Wikipedia link: workweek Tags: US Categories (topical): Calendar Synonyms: working week, jobweek Translations (range of days of the week): 工作週 (Chinese Mandarin), 工作周 (gōngzuòzhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), pracovní týden [masculine] (Czech), arbejdsuge [common-gender] (Danish), werkweek [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), arbeiðsvika (Faroese), työviikko (Finnish), semaine de travail [feminine] (French), Arbeitswoche [feminine] (German), vinnuvika [feminine] (Icelandic), Arbeitsweek [German-Low-German, feminine] (Low German), arbeidsuke [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), arbeidsveke [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tydzień pracowniczy [masculine] (Polish), semana de trabalho [feminine] (Portuguese), рабо́чая неде́ля (rabóčaja nedélja) [feminine] (Russian), semana de trabajo [feminine] (Spanish), arbetsvecka [common-gender] (Swedish)

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