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week
English
Alternative forms
- weeke (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English weke, from Old English wice, wucu (“week”), from Proto-Germanic *wik? (“turn, succession, change, week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Related to Proto-Germanic *w?kan? (“to bend, yield, cease”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian Wiek, West Frisian wike, Dutch week, German Woche, Danish uge, Norwegian Nynorsk veke, Swedish vecka, Icelandic vika, Gothic ???????????????? (wik?, “turn for temple service”), Latin vicis. Related also to Old English w?can (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /wik/
- enPR: w?k, IPA(key): /wi?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
- Homophone: weak
Noun
week (plural weeks)
- Any period of seven consecutive days.
- A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
- A period of five days beginning with Monday.
- A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
- Seven days after (sometimes before) a specified date.
Synonyms
- hebdomad, sennight
Hypernyms
- time, day, month, year
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday,? Monday,? Tuesday,? Wednesday,? Thursday,? Friday,? Saturday (Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]
- Sabbath
- calendar
Further reading
- ISO 8601 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch week, from Middle Dutch weke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wik?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”). Compare English week, West Frisian wike, German Woche.
Noun
week (plural weke)
- week
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e?k/
- Hyphenation: week
- Rhymes: -e?k
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch w?ke, from Old Dutch *wika, from Proto-Germanic *wik?, from Proto-Indo-European *weyg- (“to bend, wind, turn, yield”).
Noun
week f (plural weken, diminutive weekje n)
- week
Derived terms
- feestweek
- van de week
- weekblad
- weekloon
- wekelijks
Descendants
- Afrikaans: week
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch wêec, from Old Dutch *w?k, from Proto-Germanic *waikwaz.
Adjective
week (comparative weker, superlative weekst)
- soft, tender, fragile
- weak, gentle, weakhearted
Inflection
Antonyms
- hard
Derived terms
- weekdier
- weekheid
- weke delen (in Dutch plurale tantum): soft tissues
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
week
- first-person singular present indicative of weken
- imperative of weken
Verb
week
- singular past indicative of wijken
Anagrams
- weke
Middle English
Noun
week
- Alternative form of weke (“week”)
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weeknight
English
Etymology
week +? night
Noun
weeknight (plural weeknights)
- The evening of a weekday.
Translations
Related terms
- week
- weekday
See also
- school night
- worknight
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