weekend

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• UK: /wiːˈkɛnd/
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• UK: /ˈwiːˌkɛnd/
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• US: /ˈwiˌkɛnd/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈwiːˌkend/
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɛnd
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• rhymes with -iːkɛnd
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• homophone: weakened (some accents)
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• CMU ARPABET: W IY1 K EH2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: W IY1 K IH2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).

160 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: уикенден (uikenden) — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Bulgarian: съботно-неделен (sǎbotno-nedelen) — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Esperanto: semajnfina — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Faroese: vikuskiftis- — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Finnish: viikonloppu- — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Finnish: viikonloppuinen — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Hungarian: hétvégi — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Macedonian: ви́кенд- (víkend-) — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Polish: weekendowy — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Slovak: víkendový — of, relating to or for the weekend
• Bulgarian: уикенден (uikenden) — occurring at the weekend
• Bulgarian: съботно-неделен (sǎbotno-nedelen) — occurring at the weekend
• Esperanto: semajnfina — occurring at the weekend
• Faroese: vikuskiftis- — occurring at the weekend
• Finnish: viikonloppuinen — occurring at the weekend
• Hungarian: hétvégi — occurring at the weekend
• Macedonian: ви́кенд- (víkend-) — occurring at the weekend
• Polish: weekendowy — occurring at the weekend
• Slovak: víkendový — occurring at the weekend
• Afrikaans: naweek — break in the working week
• Albanian: fundjavë — break in the working week
• Albanian: uikend — break in the working week
• Arabic: نِهَايَة الْأُسْبُوع (nihāyat al-ʔusbūʕ) — break in the working week
• Arabic: عَطْلَة الْأُسْبُوع (ʕaṭlat al-ʔusbūʕ) — break in the working week
• Arabic: ويكند (wīkand) — break in the working week
• Arabic: ويكند (wīkind) — break in the working week
• Arabic: نهاية الأسبوع (nihāyat al-ʔusbūʕ) — break in the working week
• Arabic: آخر الأسبوع (ʔāḵer il-ʔusbūʕ) — break in the working week
• Arabic: نهاية الأسبوع (nihāyet il-ʔusbūʕ) — break in the working week
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܠܵܡ ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (šūlām šāḇōˁā) — break in the working week
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܚܘܼܬܵܡ ܫܵܒ݂ܘܿܥܵܐ (ḥūtām šāḇōˁā) — break in the working week
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܘܼܠܵܫܵܐ (šullāšā) — break in the working week
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܘܝܼܟܲܢܕ (w-īkand) — break in the working week
• Armenian: շաբաթ-կիրակի (šabatʻ-kiraki) — break in the working week
• Armenian: շաբաթվա վերջ (šabatʻva verǰ) — break in the working week
• Armenian: ուիքենդ (uikʻend) — break in the working week
• Armenian: վիքենդ (vikʻend) — break in the working week
• Armenian: շաբաթավերջ (šabatʻaverǰ) — break in the working week
• Asturian: fin de selmana — break in the working week
• Asturian: cabu selmana — break in the working week
• Azerbaijani: həftəsonu — break in the working week
• Azerbaijani: altı-bazar — break in the working week
• Basque: asteburu — break in the working week
• Basque: astebukaera — break in the working week
• Belarusian: выхадны́я (vyxadnýja) — break in the working week
• Belarusian: уік-э́нд (uik-énd) — break in the working week
• Belarusian: кане́ц ты́дня (kanjéc týdnja) — break in the working week
• Breton: dibenn-sizhun — break in the working week
• Bulgarian: уике́нд (uikénd) — break in the working week
• Bulgarian: съ́бота и неде́ля (sǎ́bota i nedélja) — break in the working week
• Burmese: အားလပ်ရက် (a:lap-rak) — break in the working week
• Catalan: cap de setmana — break in the working week
• Chinese Cantonese: 週末 /周末 (zau1 mut6) — break in the working week
• Chinese Cantonese: 禮拜尾 /礼拜尾 (lai5 baai3 mei5) — break in the working week
• Chinese: 週末 /周末 (chiu-boa̍t) — break in the working week
• Chinese Mandarin: 週末 /周末 (zhōumò) — break in the working week
• Czech: konec týdne — break in the working week
• Czech: víkend — break in the working week
• Danish: weekend — break in the working week
• Dutch: weekend — break in the working week
• Dutch: weekeinde — break in the working week
• Esperanto: semajnfino — break in the working week
• Estonian: nädalavahetus — break in the working week
• Faroese: vikuskifti — break in the working week
• Finnish: viikonloppu — break in the working week
• French: week-end — break in the working week
• French: weekend — break in the working week
• French: fin de semaine — break in the working week
• Galician: fin de semana — break in the working week
• Galician: finde — break in the working week
• Georgian: უიკენდი (uiḳendi) — break in the working week
• Georgian: შაბათ-კვირა (šabat-ḳvira) — break in the working week
• Georgian: უქმეები (ukmeebi) — break in the working week
• German: Wochenende — break in the working week
• German: Weekend — break in the working week
• Greek: σαββατοκύριακο (savvatokýriako) — break in the working week
• Greenlandic: weekendi — break in the working week
• Hawaiian: hopena pule — break in the working week
• Hebrew: סוֹף שָׁבוּעַ (sof shavúa') — break in the working week
• Hebrew: סוֹפָ״שׁ (sofá"sh) — break in the working week
• Hebrew: סופש (sofash) — break in the working week
• Hindi: सप्ताहांत (saptāhānt) — break in the working week
• Hindi: वीकेंड (vīkeṇḍ) — break in the working week
• Hungarian: hétvége — break in the working week
• Hunsrik: Wocheenn — break in the working week
• Icelandic: helgi — break in the working week
• Indonesian: akhir pekan — break in the working week
• Irish: deireadh seachtaine — break in the working week
• Italian: weekend — break in the working week
• Italian: fine settimana — break in the working week
• Italian: intredima — break in the working week
• Japanese: 週末 (shūmatsu) — break in the working week
• Japanese: 土日 (donichi) — break in the working week
• Kazakh: демалыс күндері (demalys künderı) — break in the working week
• Kazakh: уик-энд (uik-énd) — break in the working week
• Khmer: ចុងអាទិត្យ (cong ʼaatɨt) — break in the working week
• Korean: 주말 (jumal) — break in the working week
• Kyrgyz: демалыш күндөрү (demalış kündörü) — break in the working week
• Ladino: fin de semana — break in the working week
• Lao: ທ້າຍສັບປະດາ (thāi sap pa dā) — break in the working week
• Latgalian: nedeļgols — break in the working week
• Latvian: vīkends — break in the working week
• Lithuanian: savaitgalis — break in the working week
• Macedonian: викенд (vikend) — break in the working week
• Malay: hujung minggu — break in the working week
• Malayalam: വാരാന്ത്യം (vārāntyaṁ) — break in the working week
• Maltese: tmiem il-ġimgħa — break in the working week
• Māori: mutunga wiki — break in the working week
• Māori: wīkene — break in the working week
• Mongolian: амралтын өдөр (amraltyn ödör) — break in the working week
• Navajo: Damóo yázhí dóó Damóo — break in the working week
• Norwegian Bokmål: helg — break in the working week
• Norwegian Nynorsk: helg — break in the working week
• Occitan: dimenjada — break in the working week
• Pannonian Rusyn: викенд (vikend) — break in the working week
• Iranian Persian: آخِرِ هَفْتِه (âxer-e hafte) — break in the working week
• Plautdietsch: Wäakjenenj — break in the working week
• Polish: weekend — break in the working week
• Polish: koniec tygodnia — break in the working week
• Portuguese: final de semana — break in the working week
• Portuguese: fim de semana — break in the working week
• Romanian: sfârșit de săptămână — break in the working week
• Romanian: weekend — break in the working week
• Russian: уик-э́нд (uik-énd) — break in the working week
• Russian: выходны́е (vyxodnýje) — break in the working week
• Russian: коне́ц неде́ли (konéc nedéli) — break in the working week
• Russian: суббо́та и воскресе́нье (subbóta i voskresénʹje) — break in the working week
• Samoan: fa'ai'uga o vāiaso — break in the working week
• Scottish Gaelic: deireadh-seachdain — break in the working week
• Serbo-Croatian: вѝкенд — break in the working week
• Serbo-Croatian: vìkend — break in the working week
• Slovak: víkend — break in the working week
• Slovak: koniec týždňa — break in the working week
• Slovene: vikend — break in the working week
• Slovene: konec tedna — break in the working week
• Sotho: wikente — break in the working week
• Spanish: fin de semana — break in the working week
• Spanish: finde — break in the working week
• Sranan Tongo: wikènt — break in the working week
• Swahili: wikendi — break in the working week
• Swedish: helg — break in the working week
• Swedish: veckoslut — break in the working week
• Swedish: weekend — break in the working week
• Tajik: охири ҳафта — break in the working week
• Tetum: semana rohan — break in the working week
• Thai: สุดสัปดาห์ (sùt-sàp-daa) — break in the working week
• Thai: วันสุดสัปดาห์ (wan sùt-sàp-daa) — break in the working week
• Turkish: hafta sonu — break in the working week
• Ukrainian: вихідні́ (vyxidní) — break in the working week
• Ukrainian: уїк-е́нд (ujik-énd) — break in the working week
• Ukrainian: кіне́ць ти́жня (kinécʹ týžnja) — break in the working week
• Urdu: ہَفْتے کے آخِر (hafte ke āxir) — break in the working week
• Urdu: اِخْتِتامِ ہَفْتَہ (ixtitām-i hafta) — break in the working week
• Urdu: آخِرِ ہَفْتَہ (āxir-i hafta) — break in the working week
• Urdu: خَتْمِ ہَفْتَہ — break in the working week
• Urdu: ہَفْتے کا اِخْتِتام (hafte kā ixtitām) — break in the working week
• Uzbek: hafta oxiri — break in the working week
• Vietnamese: cuối tuần — break in the working week
• Welsh: penwythnos — break in the working week
• Yiddish: סוף־וואָך (sof-vokh) — break in the working week