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Friday
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English
Etymology
en ine-pro *dʰegʷʰ- *preyH-
From en enm Friday, from en ang frīġedæġ, a compound of ang Frīġ + ang dæġ day, from en gmw-pro *Frījā dag, equivalent to en Frigg day, a calque of en la diēs Veneris, via an association (la interpretātiō germānica) of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus. See also friend.
Compare fy freed, nds-de Freedag, nds-de Friedag, nl vrijdag, de Freitag, da fredag.
non Frigg (genitive non Friggjar), osx Fri, and ang Frīġ are derived from gem-pro *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with sa प्रिया priyā́ wife. The root also appears in osx fri beloved lady; in sv fria, in da - and no - as da fri to propose for marriage; a related meaning exists in Icelandic as is frjá to love and similarly in nl vrijen to make love (to have sex).
Compare Japanese 金曜日.
Pronunciation
frīʹdā frīʹdē RP,GA, en /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/ /-.di/
en En-uk-Friday.ogg RP
en En-us-Friday.ogg GA
en /ˈfɹaɪ.də/ Northumbria
en Fri day
en aɪdeɪ aɪdi 2
Noun
en Q130The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.
en Sixth Day Quakerism
en https://web.archive.org/web/20201029114129/https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2019/09/11/first-time-years-full-moon-will-occur-this-friday-th/ w:The Washington Post For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA. For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th 2019-09-13 Matthew Cappucci
en 2020-03-30 T.W. Lewis Solid Ground: A Foundation For Winning In Work and In Life T.W. Lewis 9780960095308 Their mindset is the grindset, and they love the grind. I used to have a sales manager who didn't think this way. On Fridays, he'd always say, “Happy Friday.” A lot of people feel that way, but I never liked that phrase because it
en colloquial, with possessive The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.
en Tomorrow's Thursday, but I have Friday and Saturday off, so really it's my Friday.
Synonyms
en Fri, en Fri. abbreviations
en F, en Fr
mul ♀ archaic
Hypernyms
en day
Hyponyms
en Black Friday Bloody Friday casual Friday dress-down Friday Easter Friday expiration Friday First Friday Friday the thirteenth gal Friday girl Friday Girl Friday Golden Friday Good Friday Great and Holy Friday Great Friday guy Friday Hollywood Black Friday Holy Friday Long Friday man Friday Man Friday Marlboro Friday next sitting Friday person Friday Red Friday
Derived terms
en Black Friday<t:sales period> Fraturday Friday afternoon car Friday car Friday Eve Friday-face Friday-faced Friday-fare Friday fast Friday-feat Friday Harbor<qq:from the surname> Friday hat Fridayish Fridayitis Friday-look Friday Mosque Fridayness Friday night death slot Friday Prayer Friday prayers Fridays<pos:adverb> Friday tree Friyay thank God it's Friday thank goodness it's Friday that'll be the frosty Friday virtual Friday when two Fridays come together
Descendants
tpi Fraide
mi Paraire 1
Translations
day of the week
Abkhaz: ab ахәаша
Afrikaans: af Vrydag
Aghwan: xag 𐕗𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕚𐕄𐔴
Akan: ak Fiada
Alabama: akz atáɬɬàapi, akz nihta istáɬɬàapi
Albanian: sq e premte
Alutiiq: ems Tallimiin
Amharic: am ዓርብ
Arabic: ar الْجُمُعَة f, ar الجُمْعَة f, ar يَوْم الْجُمُعَة m, ar يَوْم الجُمْعَة m
Egyptian Arabic: arz الجمعة f el-gómʕa
Gulf Arabic: afb يوم اليمعة m yōm ʔil-yimʕa
Aragonese: an viernes
Aramaic: arc ערובתא f ʿruvta
Armenian: hy ուրբաթ
Old Armenian: xcl ուրբաթ
Aromanian: rup viniri, rup vinjiri, rup Vinjiri
Assamese: as শুক্রবাৰ
Asturian: ast vienres m
Avar: av Рузман
Azerbaijani: az cümə
Bashkir: ba йома
Basque: eu ostiral
Bats: bbl პარასკ, bbl პარასკინა̄
Belarusian: be пя́тніца f
Bengali: bn শুক্রবার, bn জুম্মাবার
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl Biyernes
Blackfoot: bla mamiiksistsiko
Breton: br Gwener m, br digwener adverb
Buginese: bug juma
Bulgarian: bg пе́тък m
Burmese: my သောကြာ
Buryat: bua пятница, bua баасан
Catalan: ca divendres m
Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵙⴰⵎ
Chechen: ce пӏераска
Cherokee: chr ᏧᎾᎩᎶᏍᏗ
Chichewa: ny Lachisanu
Chickasaw: cic Nittak Ishtalhlha'pi'
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 星期五 sing1 kei4 ng5, yue 禮拜五 lai5 baai3 ng5, yue 周五 zau1 ng5
Dungan: dng щинчиву, dng либэву, dng җўма
Eastern Min: cdo 禮拜五, cdo 拜五
Hakka: hak 拜五 pai-ńg
Hokkien: nan-hbl 禮拜五 lé-pài-gō͘, nan-hbl 拜五 pài-gō͘
Mandarin: cmn 星期五 xīngqīwǔ, cmn 禮拜五 lǐbàiwǔ, cmn 周五 zhōuwǔ
Wu: wuu 禮拜五
Choctaw: cho Flaiti
Chuvash: cv эрнекун
Circassian:
East Circassian: kbd мэрем
West Circassian: ady бэрэскэшху
Cornish: kw Gwener, kw de Gwener, kw dy'Gwener
Corsican: co vennari, co venneri
Cree:
Atikamekw: atj tcipaiatikw kicikaw
Crimean Tatar: crh cuma
Czech: cs pátek m
Dakota: dak Aŋpetu Izaptaŋ
Dalmatian: dlm vindre
Danish: da fredag c
Dutch: nl vrijdag m
Dzongkha: dz སྤེན་པ
Emilian: egl vèner m
Erzya: myv сюконьчи, myv пеця
Esperanto: eo vendredo
Estonian: et reede
Extremaduran: ext viernis
Farefare: gur Arzũma
Faroese: fo fríggjadagur m
Fijian: fj siga Vakaraubuka
Finnish: fi perjantai
Franco-Provençal: frp divendres, frp di-Vendres
French: fr vendredi m
Frisian:
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: frr freidai
Mooring: frr fraidi
Sylt: frr Friidai
West Frisian: fy freed
Friulian: fur vinars
Galician: gl venres m, gl sexta feira f
Georgian: ka პარასკევი
German: de Freitag m
Old High German: goh frīatag m, goh pherintag m
Gilbertese: gil Danimabong
Greek: el Παρασκευή f
Mariupol Greek: grk-mar паращиви́ f
Greenlandic: kl tallimanngorneq
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug arapoteĩ, gug arapoteĩ
Guianese Creole: gcr vandrédi
Gujarati: gu શુક્રવાર m
Gurani: hac ئادینە
Haitian Creole: ht vandredi
Hausa: ha Jumma'a
Hawaiian: haw Pōʻalima
Hebrew: he יום שישי יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי m yom shishí, he יוֹם ו' m yom vav
Hiligaynon: hil Biyernes
Hindi: hi शुक्रवार m, hi शुक्र m, hi जुमा m
Hungarian: hu péntek
Iban: iba Hari Lima
Icelandic: is föstudagur m
Ido: io venerdio
Indonesian: id Jumat
Ingush: inh пӏаьраска
Interlingua: ia venerdi
Irish: ga Aoine f
Italian: it venerdì m
Japanese: ja 金曜日 きんようび, kin'yōbi, ja 金曜 きんよう, kin'yō
Javanese: jv
Kalmyk: xal басң өдр
Karakalpak: kaa juma
Karelian: krl piätteniččy
Kashmiri: ks جُمعہ jumāh, ks شۆکُروار
Kashubian: csb piątk m
Kazakh: kk жұма
Khmer: km ថ្ងៃសុក្រ
Koine Greek: grc-koi Παρασκευή f
Komi:
Komi-Permyak: koi пекнича
Kongo: kg Lumbu kia ntanu
Korean: ko 금요일(金曜日), ko 금요(金曜)
Kumyk: kum жумагюн
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb ھھینی, ckb جمعھ, ckb ھەینی
Northern Kurdish: kmr în f, kmr înî, kmr eynî f, kmr cume f
Kusaal: kus arzũm daat
Kyrgyz: ky жума
Ladin: lld vender
Lakota: lkt Aŋpétu Záptaŋ
Lao: lo ວັນສຸກ, lo ສຸກ
Latin: la diēs Veneris m f, la parascēvē f Late Latin, la fēria sexta f ecclesiastical
Latvian: lv piektdiena f
Laz: lzz პარასკე, lzz ობიჩხა
Lezgi: lez жумя
Limburgish: li vriedig
Lithuanian: lt penktadienis m
Livonian: liv brēḑig
Lombard: lmo venerdi
Louisiana Creole: lou vendredi, lou vendrédi
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl vriedag m
German Low German: nds Freedag m
Lü: khb ᦞᧃᦉᦳᧅ
Luganda: lg Lwakutaano
Luxembourgish: lb Freiden m, lb Freideg m
Macedonian: mk петок m
Makasar: mak juma
Malay:
Jawi: ms جمعة, ms هاري ليم Sabah, Singapore
Rumi: ms Jumaat, ms Hari Lima Sabah, Singapore
Malayalam: ml വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച
Maltese: mt il-Ġimgħa
Manchu: mnc ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ ᡠᠰᡳᠩᡤᡳ
Manx: gv Jeheiney
Māori: mi Paraire, mi Rārima, mi Rāmere
Mapudungun: arn fiernes antü
Marathi: mr शुक्रवार m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: mhr кугарня
Marshallese: mh Bōraide
Mauritian Creole: mfe vandredi
Mingrelian: xmf ობიშხა
Mirandese: mwl sesta-feira
Mizo: lus Zirtâwpni
Mòcheno: mhn vraita m
Mokilese: mkj nialim
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn баасан written, mn тав дахь өдөр spoken, mn гарагийн таван China
Mongolian script: mn ᠪᠠᠰᠠᠩ mn ᠲᠠᠪᠤ ᠳᠠᠬᠢ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ, mn ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠲᠠᠪᠤᠨ
Moore: mos arzũma
Navajo: nv Ndaʼiiníísh
Neapolitan: nap viernarì
Niuean: niu Aho Falaile
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb fredag m
Nynorsk: nn fredag m
Occitan: oc divendres m
Odia: or ଶୁକ୍ରବାର
Ojibwe: oj naanogiizhigad
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu пѧтъкъ m
Old English: ang frīġedæġ m
Old Norse: non frjádagr m
Oromo: om Jimmata
Ossetian:
Digor Ossetian: os майрӕнбон
Iron Ossetian: os майрӕмбон
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk пияток m
Papiamentu: pap djabièrnè
Pashto: ps آدينه f ādiná, ps جمعه f jum'á
Pennsylvania German: pdc Freidaag
Persian:
Dari: prs آدِینَه, prs جُمْعَه
Iranian Persian: fa-ira آدینِه, fa-ira جُمْعِه
Piedmontese: pms vëner m, pms vënner m
Plautdietsch: pdt Friedach m
Polish: pl piątek m-in
Portuguese: pt sexta-feira f, pt sexta f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ m, pa ਜੁਮਾ
Quechua: qu ch'askachaw
Rapa Nui: rap mahana pae
Rohingya: rhg jumá
Romani: rom paraśtuj f
Romanian: ro vineri f
Romansh: rm venderdi m, rm venderdis m, rm vendergis m, rm vendarde m
Russian: ru пя́тница f
Rwanda-Rundi: rw Kwagatanu
Sami:
Inari Sami: smn vástuppeivi
Kildin Sami: sjd пе̄тнэһць
Northern Sami: se bearjadat
Skolt Sami: sms piâtnâc
Samoan: sm Aso Faraile
Sanskrit: sa शुक्रवार m
Sardinian: sc canàbara, sc chenàbura f, sc cenàbara
Scottish Gaelic: gd Dihaoine m
Semai: sea Jumaat
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh пе́так m
Latin: sh pétak m
Seychellois Creole: crs vandredi
Shona: sn Chishanu
Sicilian: scn vènniri m, scn venniridìa m
Sindhi: sd جُمعو, sd ٿاروُن, sd ٿانرُ, sd شُڪرُ
Sinhalese: si සිකුරාදා
Slovak: sk piatok m
Slovene: sl pétek m
Somali: so jimco
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb pětk m
Upper Sorbian: hsb pjatk m
Sotho: st Labohlano
Southern Altai: alt пятница
Spanish: es viernes m
Sranan Tongo: srn freida
Subanen:
Lapuyan Subanun: laa Dyuma'at
Svan: sva უ̂ებიშ
Swahili: sw Ijumaa
Swazi: ss Lesíhlánu
Swedish: sv fredag c
Tabasaran: tab жвуми
Tagalog: tl Biyernes
Tahitian: ty mahana pae
Tajik: tg ҷумъа, tg одина
Tamil: ta வெள்ளி, ta வெள்ளிக்கிழமை
Taos: twf míalnąsi
Tarantino: roa-tar venerdìe
Tatar: tt җомга
Tausug: tsg Jumaat
Telugu: te శుక్రవారము
Tetum: tet loron-sesta
Thai: th วันศุกร์ wan sùk, th ศุกร์
Tibetan: bo གཟའ་པ་སངས
Tigrinya: ti ዓርቢ
Tok Pisin: tpi Fraide
Tokelauan: tkl Ahofalaile
Tongan: to Falaite
Tswana: tn Labotlhano
Turkish: tr cuma
Turkmen: tk anna, tk juma
Udi: udi пӏараскӏи
Udmurt: udm пятница, udm удмуртарня
Ukrainian: uk п'я́тниця f
Urdu: ur جُمْعَہ m, ur شُکْرْوار m, ur شُکْر m, ur آدِینَہ m, ur بَھرْگوبار m
Uyghur: ug جۈمە
Uzbek: uz juma
Vai: vai ꔱꕞꔤꔐ Fíláide, vai ꕉꔤꕀꕮ Aijíma
Venetan: vec vènere m, vec vénare
Veps: vep videnzʹpäiv
Vietnamese: vi thứ sáu (lit.: number six)
Volapük: vo fridel, vo mälüdel, vo flidel
Võro: vro riidi
Walloon: wa vénrdi, wa divénr
Welsh: cy dydd Gwener m
Winnebago: win Hąąp Hisacąhą
Wolaytta: wal Bizza
Wolof: wo àjjuma
Xhosa: xh uLwesihlanu
Yakan: yka Juma'at
Yakut: sah бээтинсэ
Yiddish: yi פֿרײַטאָג m
Yup'ik: esu Tallimirin
Zazaki: zza êne, zza yene, zza yenne, zza enne, zza ine
Zulu: zu uLwesihlanu
References
Week-day names
Adverb
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en US Canada informal in UK On Friday.
Translations
on Friday
Bulgarian: bg петъчен
Dutch: nl vrijdags, nl 's vrijdags Belgium
Esperanto: eo vendrede
Faroese: fo fríggjadagin
Finnish: fi perjantaina
Galician: gl o venres
Georgian: ka პარასკევს
German: de freitags, de am Freitag
Ingrian: izh päätetsä, izh viijespäivä
Irish: ga Dé hAoine
Latvian: lv piektdien
Lithuanian: lt penktadienį
Macedonian: mk во петок, mk петочно, mk петочко
Manx: gv Jeheiney
Marathi: mr शुक्रवारी
Portuguese: pt sexta-feira, pt sexta
Romanian: ro vineri, ro vinerea
Scottish Gaelic: gd Dihaoine
Spanish: es el viernes
Volapük: vo fridelo, vo mälüdelo, vo flidelo
Welsh: cy ddydd Gwener
Zazaki: zza yene
See also
Anagrams
en adfiry fraidy
Middle English
Alternative forms
enm ffryday Freday fridai Fryda fryday vridai
enm fridæi Fridæig friȝdæi early
Etymology
enm gmw-pro 1
From enm ang frīġedæġ. Forms with -e- are probably after non freadagr, non frjádagr, but may also represent the regular phonological development of ang frīġedæġ in some dialects.
Pronunciation
enm /ˈfriːdæi̯/ /ˈfreːdæi̯/
Noun
enm noun
en Friday sixth day of the week
Descendants
en Friday
Ottawa Valley: en Freide 1
West Yorkshire: en Frida 1
gmw-msc Fryday Frayday
sco Friday Freday
yol Vreedie 1
References
frī-dai n MED17735
See also
enm Days of the week