Friday

English

Etymology

From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of Frīġ and dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris, via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus.

Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag. Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). The root also appears in Old Saxon fri (“beloved lady”); in Swedish fria, in Danish and Norwegian as fri (“to propose for marriage”); a related meaning exists in Icelandic as frjá (“to love”) and similarly in Dutch vrijen (“to make love (to have sex)”).

Compare Japanese 金曜日.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: frīʹdā, frīʹdē, IPA^(key): /ˈfɹaɪdeɪ/, /-di/

• Audio (Received Pronunciation):

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɹaɪˌdeɪ/, /-ˌdi/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -aɪdeɪ, -aɪdi
• Hyphenation: Fri‧day

Noun

Friday (plural Fridays)

2. The 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.
   • 2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post‎^[1], archived from the original on 2020-10-29:

     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.

   • 2020 March 30, T.W. Lewis, Solid Ground: A Foundation For Winning In Work and In Life, T.W. Lewis, →ISBN:

     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 […]

3. (colloquial, with possessive) The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.

   Tomorrow's Thursday, but I have Friday and Saturday off, so really it's my Friday.

Synonyms

• Fri, Fri. (abbreviations)

Symbols

• F, Fr
• ♀ (archaic)

Hypernyms

• day

Hyponyms

• Black Friday
• Bloody Friday
• casual Friday
• dress-down Friday
• expiration Friday
• First Friday
• 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
• thank God it's Friday
• thank goodness it's Friday
• virtual Friday

Derived terms

• Black Friday
• Friday-face
• Friday-faced
• Friday-fare
• Friday-feat
• Friday Harbor (from the surname)
• Fridayish
• Fridayitis
• Friday-look
• Fridays
• that'll be the frosty Friday
• virtual Friday

Related terms

• Friday afternoon car
• Friday car
• Friday Eve
• Friday fast
• Friday hat
• Friday Mosque
• Friday night death slot
• Friday Prayer
• Friday the thirteenth
• Friday tree
• when two Fridays come together

Descendants

• Tok Pisin: Fraide
• → Maori: Paraire

Translations

day of the week

• Abkhaz: ахәаша (axʷaŝa)
• Adyghe: бэрэскэшху (bɛrɛskɛšxʷu)
• Afrikaans: Vrydag (af)
• Aghwan: 𐕗𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕚𐕄𐔴 (ṗarasḳe)
• Akan: Fiada
• Alabama: atáɬɬàapi, nihta istáɬɬàapi
• Albanian: e premte (sq)
• Alutiiq: Tallimiin
• Amharic: ዓርብ (ʿarb)
• Arabic: الْجُمُعَة (ar) f (al-jumuʕa), الجُمْعَة (ar) f (al-jumʕa), يَوْم الْجُمُعَة m (yawm al-jumuʕa), يَوْم الجُمْعَة m (yawm al-jumʕa)

  Egyptian Arabic: الجمعة f (el-gómʕa)

  Gulf Arabic: يوم اليمعة m (yōm ʔil-yimʕa)

• Aragonese: viernes (an)
• Aramaic: ערובתא f (ʿruvta)
• Armenian: ուրբաթ (hy) (urbatʻ)

  Old Armenian: ուրբաթ (urbatʻ)

• Aromanian: viniri (roa-rup), vinjiri, Vinjiri
• Assamese: শুক্রবাৰ
• Asturian: vienres (ast) m
• Atikamekw: tcipaiatikw kicikaw
• Avar: Рузман (Ruzman)
• Azerbaijani: cümə (az)
• Bashkir: йома (yoma)
• Basque: ostiral (eu)
• Bats: პარასკ (ṗarasḳ), პარასკინა̄ (ṗarasḳinā)
• Belarusian: пя́тніца f (pjátnica)
• Bengali: শুক্রবার (bn) (śukrobar), জুম্মাবার (bn) (jummabar)
• Blackfoot: mamiiksistsiko
• Breton: Gwener (br) m, digwener (br) (adverb)
• Buginese: juma
• Bulgarian: пе́тък (bg) m (pétǎk)
• Burmese: သောကြာ (my) (sau:kra)
• Buryat: пятница (pjatnica), баасан (baasan)
• Catalan: divendres (ca) m
• Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰⵎ (sam)
• Chechen: пӏераска (pʼeraska)
• Cherokee: ᏧᎾᎩᎶᏍᏗ (tsunagilosdi)
• Chichewa: Lachisanu
• Chickasaw: Nittak Ishtalhlha'pi'
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 星期五 (sing¹ kei⁴ ng⁵), 禮拜五 / 礼拜五 (lai⁵ baai³ ng⁵), 周五 (zau¹ ng⁵)

  Dungan: щинчиву (xinčivu), либэву (libevu), җўма (žwma)

  Eastern Min: 禮拜五 / 礼拜五 (lā̤-bái-ngô), 拜五 (bái-ngô)

  Hakka: 拜五 (pai-ńg)

  Hokkien: 禮拜五 / 礼拜五 (lé-pài-gō͘), 拜五 (pài-gō͘)

  Mandarin: 星期五 (zh) (xīngqīwǔ), 禮拜五 / 礼拜五 (zh) (lǐbàiwǔ), 周五 (zhōuwǔ)

  Wu: 禮拜五 / 礼拜五 (⁶li-pa-ng)

• Chuvash: эрнекун (ernek̬un)
• Cornish: Gwener, de Gwener, dy'Gwener
• Corsican: vennari (co), venneri (co)
• Crimean Tatar: cuma
• Czech: pátek (cs) m
• Dakota: Aŋpetu Izaptaŋ
• Dalmatian: vindre
• Danish: fredag (da) c
• Dutch: vrijdag (nl) m
• Dzongkha: སྤེན་པ (spen pa)
• Erzya: сюконьчи (śukońči), пеця (peća)
• Esperanto: vendredo (eo)
• Estonian: reede (et)
• Extremaduran: viernis
• Farefare: Arzũma
• Faroese: fríggjadagur (fo) m
• Fijian: siga Vakaraubuka
• Finnish: perjantai (fi)
• Franco-Provençal: divendres, di-Vendres
• French: vendredi (fr) m
• Friulian: vinars
• Galician: venres (gl) m, sexta feira (gl) f
• Georgian: პარასკევი (ka) (ṗarasḳevi)
• German: Freitag (de) m
• Gilbertese: Danimabong
• Greek: Παρασκευή (el) f (Paraskeví)
• Greenlandic: tallimanngorneq
• Guaraní: arapoteĩ, arapoteĩ
• Gujarati: શુક્રવાર (gu) m (śukravār)
• Gurani: ئادینە (adîne)
• Haitian Creole: vandredi
• Hausa: Jumma'a
• Hawaiian: Pōʻalima
• Hebrew: יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי (he) m (yom shishí), יוֹם ו' m (yom vav)
• Hiligaynon: Biyernes
• Hindi: शुक्रवार (hi) m (śukravār), शुक्र (hi) m (śukra), जुमा (hi) m (jumā)
• Hungarian: péntek (hu)
• Icelandic: föstudagur (is) m
• Ido: venerdio (io)
• Inari Sami: vástuppeivi
• Indonesian: Jumat (id)
• Ingush: пӏаьраска (pʼäraska)
• Interlingua: venerdi (ia)
• Irish: Aoine (ga) f
• Italian: venerdì (it) m
• Japanese: 金曜日 (ja) (きんようび, kin'yōbi), 金曜 (ja) (きんよう, kin'yō)
• Kabardian: мэрем (kbd) (mɛrem)
• Kalmyk: басң өдр (basñ ödr)
• Karakalpak: juma
• Karelian: piätteniččy
• Kashmiri: جُمعہ (ks) (jumāh), شۆکُروار (ks) (śokurvār)
• Kashubian: piątk (csb) m
• Kazakh: жұма (kk) (jūma)
• Khmer: ថ្ងៃសុក្រ (km) (thngay sok)
• Komi-Permyak: пекнича (pekńića)
• Kongo: Lumbu kia ntanu
• Korean: 금요일(金曜日) (ko) (geumyoil), 금요(金曜) (ko) (geumyo)
• Kumyk: жумагюн (jumagün)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: ھھینی (hhînî), جمعھ (cim'hi)

  Northern Kurdish: în (ku) f, înî (ku), eynî (ku) f, cume (ku) f

• Kusaal: arzũm daat
• Kyrgyz: жума (ky) (juma)
• Ladin: vender
• Lakota: Aŋpétu Záptaŋ
• Lao: ວັນສຸກ (lo) (wan suk), ສຸກ (suk)
• Latin: diēs Veneris (la) m or f, parascēvē f (Late Latin), fēria sexta f (ecclesiastical)
• Latvian: piektdiena (lv) f
• Laz: პარასკე (p̌arasǩe), ობიჩხა (obiçxa)
• Lezgi: жумя (žumä)
• Limburgish: vriedig (li)
• Lithuanian: penktadienis (lt) m
• Livonian: brēḑig
• Lombard: venerdi
• Louisiana Creole French: vendredi, vendrédi
• Low German:

  Dutch Low Saxon: vriedag m

  German Low German: Freedag m

• Lower Sorbian: pětk m
• Lü: ᦞᧃᦉᦳᧅ (vanṡuk)
• Luganda: Lwakutaano
• Luxembourgish: Freiden (lb) m, Freideg (lb) m
• Macedonian: петок (mk) m (petok)
• Makasar: juma
• Malay:

  Jawi: جمعة, هاري ليم (Sabah, Singapore)

  Rumi: Jumaat (ms), Hari Lima (ms) (Sabah, Singapore)

• Malayalam: വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച (ml) (veḷḷiyāḻca)
• Maltese: il-Ġimgħa
• Manchu: ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ
  ᡠᠰᡳᠩᡤᡳ (aisin usinggi)
• Manx: Jeheiney
• Maori: Paraire, Rārima, Rāmere
• Marathi: शुक्रवार (mr) m (śukravār)
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari: кугарня (kugarńa)

• Mauritian Creole: vandredi
• Mingrelian: ობიშხა (obišxa)
• Mirandese: sesta-feira
• Mòcheno: vraita m
• Mokilese: nialim
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: баасан (mn) (baasan) (written), тав дахь өдөр (tav daxʹ ödör) (spoken), гарагийн таван (garagiin tavan) (China)

  Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠰᠠᠩ (basang) ᠲᠠᠪᠤ
  ᠳᠠᠬᠢ
  ᠡᠳᠦᠷ (tabu daki edür), ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ
  ᠲᠠᠪᠤᠨ (ɣarag-ün tabun)

• Moore: arzũma
• Navajo: Ndaʼiiníísh
• Neapolitan: viernarì
• North Frisian:

  Föhr-Amrum: freidai

  Mooring: fraidi

  Sylt: Friidai

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fredag (no) m

  Nynorsk: fredag (nn) m

• Occitan: divendres (oc) m
• Odia: ଶୁକ୍ରବାର (śukrabāra)
• Ojibwe: naanogiizhigad
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: пѧтъкъ m (pętŭkŭ)

• Old English: frīġedæġ m
• Old High German: frīatag m, pherintag m
• Old Norse: frjádagr m
• Oromo: Jimmata
• Ossetian:

  Digor: майрӕнбон (majrænbon)

  Iron: майрӕмбон (majræmbon)

• Pannonian Rusyn: пияток m (pijatok)
• Papiamentu: djabièrnè
• Pashto: آدينه f (ādiná), جمعه (ps) f (jum'á)
• Pennsylvania German: Freidaag
• Persian:

  Dari: آدِینَه (ādīna), جُمْعَه (jum'a)

  Iranian Persian: آدینِه (âdine), جُمْعِه (jom'e)

• Piedmontese: vëner m, vënner m
• Plautdietsch: Friedach m
• Polish: piątek (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: sexta-feira (pt) f, sexta (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ (pa) m (śukkarvār), ਜੁਮਾ (pa) (jumā)

• Quechua: ch'askachaw
• Rohingya: jumá
• Romani: paraśtuj f
• Romanian: vineri (ro) f
• Romansch: venderdi m, venderdis m, vendergis m, vendarde m
• Russian: пя́тница (ru) f (pjátnica)
• Rwanda-Rundi: Kwagatanu
• Sami:

  Northern: bearjadat

• Samoan: Aso Faraile
• Sanskrit: शुक्रवार (sa) m (śukravāra)
• Sardinian: canàbara, chenàbura f, cenàbara
• Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine (gd) m
• Semai: Jumaat
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пе́так m

  Roman: pétak (sh) m

• Seychellois Creole: vandredi
• Shona: Chishanu
• Sicilian: vènniri (scn) m, venniridìa (scn) m
• Sindhi: جُمعو (sd), ٿاروُن, ٿانرُ, شُڪرُ
• Sinhalese: සිකුරාදා (si) (sikurādā)
• Skolt Sami: piâtnâc
• Slovak: piatok (sk) m
• Slovene: pétek (sl) m
• Somali: jimco
• Sotho: Labohlano (st)
• Spanish: viernes (es) m
• Sranan Tongo: freida
• Svan: უ̂ებიშ (ûebiš)
• Swahili: Ijumaa
• Swazi: Lesíhlánu
• Swedish: fredag (sv) c
• Tabasaran: жвуми (ž°umi)
• Tagalog: Biyernes (tl), biyernes
• Tahitian: mahana pae
• Tajik: ҷумъа (tg) (jumʾa), одина (tg) (odina)
• Tamil: வெள்ளி (ta) (veḷḷi)
• Taos: míalnąsi
• Tarantino: venerdìe
• Tatar: җомга (tt) (comga)
• Tausug: Jumaat
• Telugu: శుక్రవారము (te) (śukravāramu)
• Tetum: loron-sesta
• Thai: วันศุกร์ (th) (wan sùk), ศุกร์ (th) (sùk)
• Tibetan: གཟའ་པ་སངས (gza' pa sangs)
• Tigrinya: ዓርቢ (ti) (ʿarbi)
• Tok Pisin: Fraide (tpi)
• Tongan: Falaite
• Tswana: Labotlhano (tn)
• Turkish: cuma (tr)
• Turkmen: anna (tk), juma
• Udi: пӏараскӏи (ṗarasḳi)
• Udmurt: пятница (patńica), удмуртарня (udmurtarńa)
• Ukrainian: п'я́тниця (uk) f (pʺjátnycja)
• Upper Sorbian: pjatk m
• Urdu: جُمْعَہ (ur) m (jum'a), شُکْرْوار m (śukrvār), شُکْر m (śukr), آدِینَہ (ur) m (ādīna), بَھرْگوبار m (bhargobār)
• Uyghur: جۈمە (ug) (jüme)
• Uzbek: juma (uz)
• Vai: ꔱꕞꔤꔐ (Fíláide), ꕉꔤꕀꕮ (Aijíma)
• Venetan: vènere m, vénare (vec)
• Veps: videnz'päiv
• Vietnamese: thứ sáu (vi) (lit.: number six)
• Volapük: fridel (vo), mälüdel, flidel
• Võro: riidi
• Walloon: vénrdi (wa), divénr (wa)
• Welsh: dydd Gwener (cy) m
• West Frisian: freed (fy)
• Winnebago: Hąąp Hisacąhą
• Wolof: àjjuma (wo)
• Xhosa: uLwesihlanu
• Yakan: Juma'at
• Yakut: бээтинсэ (beetinse)
• Yiddish: פֿרײַטאָג m (fraytog)
• Yup'ik: Tallimirin
• Zazaki: êne (diq), yene (diq), yenne, enne, ine (diq)
• Zulu: uLwesihlanu

References

• Friday on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Week-day names on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adverb

Friday (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Friday.

Translations

on Friday

• Bulgarian: петъчен (petǎčen)
• Faroese: fríggjadagin
• Finnish: perjantaina (fi)
• Galician: o venres
• Georgian: პარასკევს (ṗarasḳevs)
• German: freitags (de), am Freitag
• Ingrian: päätetsä, viijespäivä
• Irish: Dé hAoine (ga)
• Latvian: piektdien
• Lithuanian: penktadienį
• Macedonian: во петок (vo petok), петочно (petočno), петочко (petočko)
• Manx: Jeheiney
• Marathi: शुक्रवारी (śukravārī)
• Portuguese: sexta-feira (pt), sexta (pt)
• Romanian: vineri (ro), vinerea (ro)
• Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine (gd)
• Spanish: el viernes
• Volapük: fridelo, mälüdelo, flidelo
• Welsh: ddydd Gwener
• Zazaki: yene (diq)

See also

• days of the week (appendix): Sunday · Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday ^[edit]

Anagrams

• fraidy

Middle English

Alternative forms

• ffryday, Freday, fridai, Fryda, fryday, Vriday, vridei
• fridæi, Fridæig, friȝdæi (Early Middle English)

Etymology

From Old English frīġedæġ. Forms with -e- are possibly after Old Norse freadagr, frjádagr, but may also represent the regular phonological development of frīġedæġ in some dialects.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfriːdɛi̯/, /ˈfreːdæi̯/

Proper noun

Friday

1. Friday

Descendants

• English: Friday
  • Tok Pisin: Fraide
  • → Maori: Paraire
• Scots: Friday
• Yola: Vreedie, Vridei, vreedei

References

• “frī-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

See also

• days of the week: weke-dayes (appendix): Sunnenday · Monday · Tewesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saterday ^[edit]