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Friday

adv · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: frīʹdā
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: frīʹdē
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/
  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /-.di/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northumbria: /ˈfɹaɪ.də/
  • rhymes with -aɪdeɪ
  • rhymes with -aɪdi
  • CMU ARPABET: F R AY1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: F R AY1 D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

On Friday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, informal, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Sixth Day

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Fri

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weekday

History

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. See also friend. 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.

Across languages

Translations

370 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: петъчен (petǎčen) — on Friday
  • Dutch: vrijdags — on Friday
  • Dutch: 's vrijdags — on Friday
  • Esperanto: vendrede — on Friday
  • Faroese: fríggjadagin — on Friday
  • Finnish: perjantaina — on Friday
  • Galician: o venres — on Friday
  • Georgian: პარასკევს (ṗarasḳevs) — on Friday
  • German: freitags — on Friday
  • German: am Freitag — on Friday
  • Ingrian: päätetsä — on Friday
  • Ingrian: viijespäivä — on Friday
  • Irish: Dé hAoine — on Friday
  • Latvian: piektdien — on Friday
  • Lithuanian: penktadienį — on Friday
  • Macedonian: во петок (vo petok) — on Friday
  • Macedonian: петочно (petočno) — on Friday
  • Macedonian: петочко (petočko) — on Friday
  • Manx: Jeheiney — on Friday
  • Marathi: शुक्रवारी (śukravārī) — on Friday
  • Portuguese: sexta-feira — on Friday
  • Portuguese: sexta — on Friday
  • Romanian: vineri — on Friday
  • Romanian: vinerea — on Friday
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine — on Friday
  • Spanish: el viernes — on Friday
  • Volapük: fridelo — on Friday
  • Volapük: mälüdelo — on Friday
  • Volapük: flidelo — on Friday
  • Welsh: ddydd Gwener — on Friday
  • Zazaki: yene (diq) — on Friday
  • Abkhaz: ахәаша (axwaŝa) — day of the week
  • Afrikaans: Vrydag — day of the week
  • Aghwan: 𐕗𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕚𐕄𐔴 (ṗarasḳe) — day of the week
  • Akan: Fiada — day of the week
  • Alabama: atáɬɬàapi — day of the week
  • Alabama: nihta istáɬɬàapi — day of the week
  • Albanian: e premte — day of the week
  • Alutiiq: Tallimiin — day of the week
  • Amharic: ዓርብ (ʿarb) — day of the week
  • Arabic: الْجُمُعَة (al-jumuʕa) — day of the week
  • Arabic: الجُمْعَة (al-jumʕa) — day of the week
  • Arabic: يَوْم الْجُمُعَة (yawm al-jumuʕa) — day of the week
  • Arabic: يَوْم الجُمْعَة (yawm al-jumʕa) — day of the week
  • Arabic: الجمعة (el-gómʕa) — day of the week
  • Arabic: يوم اليمعة (yōm ʔil-yimʕa) — day of the week
  • Aragonese: viernes — day of the week
  • Aramaic: ערובתא (ʿruvta) — day of the week
  • Armenian: ուրբաթ (urbatʻ) — day of the week
  • Old Armenian: ուրբաթ (urbatʻ) — day of the week
  • Aromanian: viniri (roa-rup) — day of the week
  • Aromanian: vinjiri — day of the week
  • Aromanian: Vinjiri — day of the week
  • Assamese: শুক্রবাৰ — day of the week
  • Asturian: vienres — day of the week
  • Avar: Рузман (Ruzman) — day of the week
  • Azerbaijani: cümə — day of the week
  • Bashkir: йома (yoma) — day of the week
  • Basque: ostiral — day of the week
  • Bats: პარასკ (ṗarasḳ) — day of the week
  • Bats: პარასკინა̄ (ṗarasḳinā) — day of the week
  • Belarusian: пя́тніца (pjátnica) — day of the week
  • Bengali: শুক্রবার (śukrobar) — day of the week
  • Bengali: জুম্মাবার (jummabar) — day of the week
  • Central Bikol: Biyernes — day of the week
  • Blackfoot: mamiiksistsiko — day of the week
  • Breton: Gwener — day of the week
  • Breton: digwener — day of the week
  • Buginese: juma — day of the week
  • Bulgarian: пе́тък (pétǎk) — day of the week
  • Burmese: သောကြာ (sau:kra) — day of the week
  • Buryat: пятница (pjatnica) — day of the week
  • Buryat: баасан (baasan) — day of the week
  • Catalan: divendres — day of the week
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰⵎ (sam) — day of the week
  • Chechen: пӏераска (pʼeraska) — day of the week
  • Cherokee: ᏧᎾᎩᎶᏍᏗ (tsunagilosdi) — day of the week
  • Chichewa: Lachisanu — day of the week
  • Chickasaw: Nittak Ishtalhlha'pi' — day of the week
  • Chinese Cantonese: 星期五 (sing1 kei4 ng5) — day of the week
  • Chinese Cantonese: 禮拜五 /礼拜五 (lai5 baai3 ng5) — day of the week
  • Chinese Cantonese: 周五 (zau1 ng5) — day of the week
  • Chinese: щинчиву (xinqivu) — day of the week
  • Chinese: либэву (libevu) — day of the week
  • Chinese: җўма (žwma) — day of the week
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 禮拜五 /礼拜五 (lā̤-bái-ngô) — day of the week
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 拜五 (bái-ngô) — day of the week
  • Hakka Chinese: 拜五 (pai-ńg) — day of the week
  • Chinese: 禮拜五 /礼拜五 (lé-pài-gō͘) — day of the week
  • Chinese: 拜五 (pài-gō͘) — day of the week
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星期五 (xīngqīwǔ) — day of the week
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禮拜五 /礼拜五 (lǐbàiwǔ) — day of the week
  • Chinese Mandarin: 周五 (zhōuwǔ) — day of the week
  • Wu Chinese: 禮拜五 /礼拜五 (6li-pa-ng) — day of the week
  • Choctaw: Flaiti — day of the week
  • Chuvash: эрнекун (ernek̬un) — day of the week
  • East Circassian: мэрем (mɛrem) — day of the week
  • West Circassian: бэрэскэшху (bɛrɛskɛšxwu) — day of the week
  • Cornish: Gwener — day of the week
  • Cornish: de Gwener — day of the week
  • Cornish: dy'Gwener — day of the week
  • Corsican: vennari — day of the week
  • Corsican: venneri — day of the week
  • Atikamekw: tcipaiatikw kicikaw — day of the week
  • Crimean Tatar: cuma — day of the week
  • Czech: pátek — day of the week
  • Dakota: Aŋpetu Izaptaŋ — day of the week
  • Dalmatian: vindre — day of the week
  • Danish: fredag — day of the week
  • Dutch: vrijdag — day of the week
  • Dzongkha: སྤེན་པ (spen pa) — day of the week
  • Emilian: vèner — day of the week
  • Erzya: сюконьчи (śukońči) — day of the week
  • Erzya: пеця (peća) — day of the week
  • Esperanto: vendredo — day of the week
  • Estonian: reede — day of the week
  • Extremaduran: viernis — day of the week
  • Farefare: Arzũma — day of the week
  • Faroese: fríggjadagur — day of the week
  • Fijian: siga Vakaraubuka — day of the week
  • Finnish: perjantai — day of the week
  • Franco-Provençal: divendres — day of the week
  • Franco-Provençal: di-Vendres — day of the week
  • French: vendredi — day of the week
  • North Frisian: freidai — day of the week
  • North Frisian: fraidi — day of the week
  • North Frisian: Friidai — day of the week
  • West-Frisian: freed — day of the week
  • Friulian: vinars — day of the week
  • Galician: venres — day of the week
  • Galician: sexta feira — day of the week
  • Georgian: პარასკევი (ṗarasḳevi) — day of the week
  • German: Freitag — day of the week
  • Old High German: frīatag — day of the week
  • Old High German: pherintag — day of the week
  • Gilbertese: Danimabong — day of the week
  • Greek: Παρασκευή (Paraskeví) — day of the week
  • Greenlandic: tallimanngorneq — day of the week
  • Gujarati: શુક્રવાર (śukravār) — day of the week
  • Gurani: ئادینە (adîne) — day of the week
  • Haitian Creole: vandredi — day of the week
  • Hausa: Jumma'a — day of the week
  • Hawaiian: Pōʻalima — day of the week
  • Hebrew: יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי (yom shishí) — day of the week
  • Hebrew: יוֹם ו׳ (yom vav) — day of the week
  • Hiligaynon: Biyernes — day of the week
  • Hindi: शुक्रवार (śukravār) — day of the week
  • Hindi: शुक्र (śukra) — day of the week
  • Hindi: जुमा (jumā) — day of the week
  • Hungarian: péntek — day of the week
  • Iban: Hari Lima — day of the week
  • Icelandic: föstudagur — day of the week
  • Ido: venerdio — day of the week
  • Indonesian: Jumat — day of the week
  • Ingush: пӏаьраска (pʼäraska) — day of the week
  • Interlingua: venerdi — day of the week
  • Irish: Aoine — day of the week
  • Italian: venerdì — day of the week
  • Japanese: 金曜日 (kin'yōbi) — day of the week
  • Japanese: 金曜 (kin'yō) — day of the week
  • Kalmyk: басң өдр (basñ ödr) — day of the week
  • Karakalpak: juma — day of the week
  • Karelian: piätteniččy — day of the week
  • Kashmiri: جُمعہ (jumāh) — day of the week
  • Kashmiri: شۆکُروار (śokurvār) — day of the week
  • Kashubian: piątk — day of the week
  • Kazakh: жұма (jūma) — day of the week
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃសុក្រ (thngay sok) — day of the week
  • Komi-Permyak: пекнича (pekńića) — day of the week
  • Kongo: Lumbu kia ntanu — day of the week
  • Korean: 금요일 (geumyoil) — day of the week
  • Korean: 금요 (geumyo) — day of the week
  • Kumyk: жумагюн (jumagün) — day of the week
  • Central Kurdish: ھھینی (hhînî) — day of the week
  • Central Kurdish: جمعھ (cim'hi) — day of the week
  • Central Kurdish: ھەینی (heynî) — day of the week
  • Northern Kurdish: în — day of the week
  • Northern Kurdish: înî — day of the week
  • Northern Kurdish: eynî — day of the week
  • Northern Kurdish: cume — day of the week
  • Kusaal: arzũm daat — day of the week
  • Kyrgyz: жума (juma) — day of the week
  • Ladin: vender — day of the week
  • Lakota: Aŋpétu Záptaŋ — day of the week
  • Lao: ວັນສຸກ (wan suk) — day of the week
  • Lao: ສຸກ (suk) — day of the week
  • Latin: diēs Veneris — day of the week
  • Latin: parascēvē — day of the week
  • Latin: fēria sexta — day of the week
  • Latvian: piektdiena — day of the week
  • Laz: პარასკე (p̌arasǩe) — day of the week
  • Laz: ობიჩხა (obiçxa) — day of the week
  • Lezgi: жумя (žumä) — day of the week
  • Limburgish: vriedig — day of the week
  • Lithuanian: penktadienis — day of the week
  • Livonian: brēḑig — day of the week
  • Lombard: venerdi — day of the week
  • Louisiana Creole: vendredi — day of the week
  • Louisiana Creole: vendrédi — day of the week
  • Low German: Freedag — day of the week
  • : ᦞᧃᦉᦳᧅ (vanṡuk) — day of the week
  • Luganda: Lwakutaano — day of the week
  • Luxembourgish: Freiden — day of the week
  • Luxembourgish: Freideg — day of the week
  • Macedonian: петок (petok) — day of the week
  • Makasar: juma — day of the week
  • Malay: جمعة — day of the week
  • Malay: هاري ليم — day of the week
  • Malay: Jumaat — day of the week
  • Malay: Hari Lima — day of the week
  • Malayalam: വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച (veḷḷiyāḻca) — day of the week
  • Maltese: il-Ġimgħa — day of the week
  • Manchu: ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ ᡠᠰᡳᠩᡤᡳ (aisin usinggi) — day of the week
  • Manx: Jeheiney — day of the week
  • Māori: Paraire — day of the week
  • Māori: Rārima — day of the week
  • Māori: Rāmere — day of the week
  • Mapudungun: fiernes antü — day of the week
  • Marathi: शुक्रवार (śukravār) — day of the week
  • Eastern Mari: кугарня (kugarńa) — day of the week
  • Marshallese: Bōraide — day of the week
  • Mauritian Creole: vandredi — day of the week
  • Mingrelian: ობიშხა (obišxa) — day of the week
  • Mirandese: sesta-feira — day of the week
  • Mizo: Zirtâwpni — day of the week
  • Mòcheno: vraita — day of the week
  • Mokilese: nialim — day of the week
  • Mongolian: баасан (baasan) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: тав дахь өдөр (tav daxʹ ödör) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: гарагийн таван (garagiin tavan) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠰᠠᠩ ᠲᠠᠪᠤ ᠳᠠᠬᠢ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ (basang) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠲᠠᠪᠤᠨ (ɣaraɣ-ün tabun) — day of the week
  • Moore: arzũma — day of the week
  • Navajo: Ndaʼiiníísh — day of the week
  • Neapolitan: viernarì — day of the week
  • Niuean: Aho Falaile — day of the week
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fredag — day of the week
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fredag — day of the week
  • Occitan: divendres — day of the week
  • Odia: ଶୁକ୍ରବାର (śukrabāra) — day of the week
  • Ojibwe: naanogiizhigad — day of the week
  • Church Slavic: пѧтъкъ (pętŭkŭ) — day of the week
  • Old English: frīġedæġ — day of the week
  • Old Norse: frjádagr — day of the week
  • Oromo: Jimmata — day of the week
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пияток (pijatok) — day of the week
  • Papiamentu: djabièrnè — day of the week
  • Pashto: آدينه (ādiná) — day of the week
  • Pashto: جمعه (jum'á) — day of the week
  • Pennsylvania German: Freidaag — day of the week
  • Dari: آدِینَه (ādīna) — day of the week
  • Dari: جُمْعَه (jum'a) — day of the week
  • Iranian Persian: آدینِه (âdine) — day of the week
  • Iranian Persian: جُمْعِه (jom'e) — day of the week
  • Piedmontese: vëner — day of the week
  • Piedmontese: vënner — day of the week
  • Plautdietsch: Friedach — day of the week
  • Polish: piątek — day of the week
  • Portuguese: sexta-feira — day of the week
  • Portuguese: sexta — day of the week
  • Punjabi: ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ (śukkarvār) — day of the week
  • Punjabi: ਜੁਮਾ (jumā) — day of the week
  • Quechua: ch'askachaw — day of the week
  • Rapa Nui: mahana pae — day of the week
  • Rohingya: jumá — day of the week
  • Romani: paraśtuj — day of the week
  • Romanian: vineri — day of the week
  • Romansh: venderdi — day of the week
  • Romansh: venderdis — day of the week
  • Romansh: vendergis — day of the week
  • Romansh: vendarde — day of the week
  • Russian: пя́тница (pjátnica) — day of the week
  • Rwanda-Rundi: Kwagatanu — day of the week
  • Inari-Sami: vástuppeivi — day of the week
  • Kildin-Sami: пе̄тнэһць (pietnehc’) — day of the week
  • Northern Sami: bearjadat — day of the week
  • Skolt-Sami: piâtnâc — day of the week
  • Samoan: Aso Faraile — day of the week
  • Sanskrit: शुक्रवार (śukravāra) — day of the week
  • Sardinian: canàbara — day of the week
  • Sardinian: chenàbura — day of the week
  • Sardinian: cenàbara — day of the week
  • Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine — day of the week
  • Semai: Jumaat — day of the week
  • Serbo-Croatian: пе́так — day of the week
  • Serbo-Croatian: pétak — day of the week
  • Seychellois Creole: vandredi — day of the week
  • Shona: Chishanu — day of the week
  • Sicilian: vènniri — day of the week
  • Sicilian: venniridìa — day of the week
  • Sindhi: جُمعو (jumʻo) — day of the week
  • Sindhi: ٿاروُن (thārvũ) — day of the week
  • Sindhi: ٿانرُ (thā̃ru) — day of the week
  • Sindhi: شُڪرُ (śukru) — day of the week
  • Sinhalese: සිකුරාදා (sikurādā) — day of the week
  • Slovak: piatok — day of the week
  • Slovene: pétek — day of the week
  • Somali: jimco — day of the week
  • Lower Sorbian: pětk — day of the week
  • Upper Sorbian: pjatk — day of the week
  • Sotho: Labohlano — day of the week
  • Southern Altai: пятница (pyatnica) — day of the week
  • Spanish: viernes — day of the week
  • Sranan Tongo: freida — day of the week
  • Svan: უ̂ებიშ (ûebiš) — day of the week
  • Swahili: Ijumaa — day of the week
  • Swazi: Lesíhlánu — day of the week
  • Swedish: fredag — day of the week
  • Tabasaran: жвуми — day of the week
  • Tagalog: Biyernes — day of the week
  • Tahitian: mahana pae — day of the week
  • Tajik: ҷумъа (jum'a) — day of the week
  • Tajik: одина (odina) — day of the week
  • Tamil: வெள்ளி (veḷḷi) — day of the week
  • Tamil: வெள்ளிக்கிழமை (veḷḷikkiḻamai) — day of the week
  • Taos: míalnąsi — day of the week
  • Tarantino: venerdìe — day of the week
  • Tatar: җомга (comğa) — day of the week
  • Tausug: Jumaat — day of the week
  • Telugu: శుక్రవారము (śukravāramu) — day of the week
  • Tetum: loron-sesta — day of the week
  • Thai: วันศุกร์ (wan sùk) — day of the week
  • Thai: ศุกร์ (sùk) — day of the week
  • Tibetan: གཟའ་པ་སངས — day of the week
  • Tigrinya: ዓርቢ (ʿarbi) — day of the week
  • Tok Pisin: Fraide — day of the week
  • Tokelauan: Ahofalaile — day of the week
  • Tongan: Falaite — day of the week
  • Tswana: Labotlhano — day of the week
  • Turkish: cuma — day of the week
  • Turkmen: anna — day of the week
  • Turkmen: juma — day of the week
  • Udi: пӏараскӏи (ṗarasḳi) — day of the week
  • Udmurt: пятница (patńica) — day of the week
  • Udmurt: удмуртарня (udmurtarńa) — day of the week
  • Ukrainian: п'я́тниця (pʺjátnycja) — day of the week
  • Urdu: جُمْعَہ (jum'a) — day of the week
  • Urdu: شُکْرْوار (śukrvār) — day of the week
  • Urdu: شُکْر (śukr) — day of the week
  • Urdu: آدِینَہ (ādīna) — day of the week
  • Urdu: بَھرْگوبار (bhargobār) — day of the week
  • Uyghur: جۈمە (jüme) — day of the week
  • Uzbek: juma — day of the week
  • Vai: ꔱꕞꔤꔐ (Fíláide) — day of the week
  • Vai: ꕉꔤꕀꕮ (Aijíma) — day of the week
  • Venetan: vènere — day of the week
  • Venetan: vénare — day of the week
  • Veps: videnzʹpäiv — day of the week
  • Vietnamese: thứ sáu — day of the week
  • Volapük: fridel — day of the week
  • Volapük: mälüdel — day of the week
  • Volapük: flidel — day of the week
  • Võro: riidi — day of the week
  • Walloon: vénrdi — day of the week
  • Walloon: divénr — day of the week
  • Welsh: dydd Gwener — day of the week
  • Winnebago: Hąąp Hisacąhą — day of the week
  • Wolaytta: Bizza — day of the week
  • Wolof: àjjuma — day of the week
  • Xhosa: uLwesihlanu — day of the week
  • Yakan: Juma'at — day of the week
  • Yakut: бээтинсэ (beetinse) — day of the week
  • Yiddish: פֿרײַטאָג (fraytog) — day of the week
  • Yup'ik: Tallimirin — day of the week
  • Zazaki: êne (diq) — day of the week
  • Zazaki: yene (diq) — day of the week
  • Zazaki: yenne — day of the week
  • Zazaki: enne — day of the week
  • Zazaki: ine (diq) — day of the week
  • Zulu: uLwesihlanu — day of the week
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