weekend

See also: week-end

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From week +‎ end. Compare West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekend (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wiːˈkɛnd/, /ˈwiːˌkɛnd/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈwiˌkɛnd/, /ˈwikɛnd/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

weekend (plural weekends)

  1. The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in western countries, Saturday and Sunday. Occasionally abbreviated to w/e.
    • 1903, Francis Markham; Sir Clements Robert Markham, Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849-1855, page 34:
      ... often took a few boys down there for what we North Country folk call the weekend — Saturday and Sunday; it was also used as a sanatorium if required.

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:

  • (Britain, New Zealand) "at the weekend", "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend"
    • 1886, New Zealand Parliament, “Parliamentary debates”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), volume 324, page 2371:
      Let them work at their ordinary jobs during the week, and then take them out of circulation at the weekend, which is usually the time when the trouble is ...
    • 2009, Great Britain House of Commons: Business and Enterprise Committee, “Pre-appointment Hearing with the Chairman-elect of Ofcom, Dr. Colette Bowe”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 16:
      Whether it is on the BBC, ITV or commercial radio does not really matter. ...can give you a radio example of two things I was listening to at the weekend.
  • (US, Canada) "on the weekend", "this weekend", "for the weekend" ("at the weekend" is not used)
    • 2002, United States Senate: Committee on Armed Services, Department of Defense authorization for appropriations for fiscal year 2002, page 722:
      I am going to Moscow on the weekend to participate in the discussion, ...

Descendants

Translations

Verb

weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)

  1. To spend the weekend.
    We'll weekend at the beach.

Adjective

weekend (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to or for the weekend.
    I'm wearing my weekend shoes.
  2. Occurring at the weekend.
    a weekend break

Translations

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viːɡɛnd/, [ˈviːˌɡ̊ɛnˀd̥], [ˈviːˌɡ̊ɛnd̥], [ˈwiːˌɡ̊ɛnd̥]

Noun

weekend c (singular definite weekenden, plural indefinite weekender)

  1. weekend

Inflection

See also

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋikɛnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: week‧end

Noun

weekend n (plural weekenden or weekends, diminutive weekendje n)

  1. weekend

Synonyms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wi.kɛnd/

Noun

weekend m (plural weekends)

  1. (1990 spelling reform) Alternative form of week-end
    Synonym: fin de semaine (Canada)

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /wiˈkɛnd/, [wiˈkɛn̪d̪]

Noun

weekend m (invariable)

  1. weekend

Synonyms

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English weekend.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈwikɛn̪t̪/, rare: /ˈwikɛn̪d̪/

Noun

weekend m inan

  1. weekend

Declension

Derived terms

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