English Online Dictionary. What means weekend? What does weekend mean?
English
Alternative forms
- week-end (dated)
- w/e (occasional use)
Etymology
From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /wiːˈkɛnd/, /ˈwiːˌkɛnd/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈwiˌkɛnd/
- (New Zealand, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈwiːˌkend/
- Rhymes: -ɛnd, -iːkɛnd
- Homophone: weakened (some accents)
Noun
weekend (plural weekends)
- The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
Usage notes
- 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”
- (US, Canada) “on the weekend”, “this weekend”, “for the weekend” (“at the weekend” is not used)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Arabic: ويكند
- → Armenian: վիքենդ (vikʻend)
- → Czech: víkend
- → Danish: weekend
- → French: weekend
- → German: Wochenende (calque)
- → Hungarian: víkend
- → Italian: weekend
- → Macedonian: викенд (vikend)
- → Dutch: weekend
- → Polish: weekend
- → Romanian: weekend
- → Russian: уик-энд (uik-end)
- → Serbo-Croatian: vìkend
- → Slovak: víkend
- → Swedish: weekend
Translations
Verb
weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)
- To spend the weekend.
Adjective
weekend (not comparable)
- Of, relating to or for the weekend.
- Occurring at the weekend.
Translations
References
Further reading
- weekend on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English weekend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʋiːˌɡ̊ɛnˀd̥], [ˈwiːˌɡ̊ɛnd̥]
Noun
weekend c (singular definite weekenden, plural indefinite weekender)
- weekend
Inflection
See also
- weekend on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English weekend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋikɛnt/
- Hyphenation: week‧end
Noun
weekend n (plural weekenden or weekends, diminutive weekendje n)
- weekend
Synonyms
- weekeinde
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English weekend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wi.kɛnd/
Noun
weekend m (plural weekends)
- post-1990 spelling of week-end
- Synonym: fin de semaine
Italian
Alternative forms
- week-end
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English weekend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiˈkɛnd/
- Rhymes: -ɛnd
Noun
weekend m (invariable)
- weekend
- Synonym: fine settimana
References
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English weekend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwi.kɛnt/
- Rhymes: -ikɛnt
- Syllabification: wee‧kend
Noun
weekend m inan (related adjective weekendowy)
- weekend (break in the working week)
- Synonym: dwudzionek
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- weekend in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- weekend in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Alternative forms
- week-end — dated
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English weekend. First attested in 1970.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuj.kend/, /ˈwi.kend/
- Hyphenation: week‧end
- Rhymes: -ujkend, -ikend
Noun
weekend n (plural weekenduri)
- weekend
Declension
References
- weekend in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Etymology
From English weekend.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wiːk.ɛnd/, /viːk.ɛnd/
Noun
weekend c
- a weekend (break in the working week)
Declension
Synonyms
- helg
- veckoslut
References
- weekend in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- weekend in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- weekend in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)