adj · noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
adj
Meaning 1
Alternative form of workaday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
It will take five workdays to process your application.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
That part of a day in which work is done.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Examples
My workday is 8 hours.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
the amount of time that a worker must work for an agreed daily wage
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
they work an 8-hour day
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: working day
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: day
5
noun
Meaning 5
a day on which work is done
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: working day, work day
Antonyms: rest day
Broader terms: weekday
History
Etymology
From Middle English werkdai, werkedei, werkedai, from Old English weorcdæġ (“workday”), equivalent to work + day. Cognate with West Frisian wurkdei (“workday”), Dutch werkdag (“workday”), German Low German Warkdag (“workday”), German Werktag (“workday”). See also workaday.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Southern Altai:
ишкӱн
(iškün)
— day on which work is done
Bulgarian:
делник
(delnik)
— day on which work is done
Bulgarian:
работен ден
(raboten den)
— day on which work is done
Catalan:
dia feiner
— day on which work is done
Chinese Mandarin:
工作日
(gōngzuòrì)
— day on which work is done
Danish:
arbejdsdag
— day on which work is done
Dutch:
werkdag
— day on which work is done
Esperanto:
labortago
— day on which work is done
Finnish:
työpäivä
— day on which work is done
French:
jour ouvrable
— day on which work is done
Galician:
día solto
— day on which work is done
Galician:
día laborable
— day on which work is done
Hindi:
कार्यदिवस
(kāryadivas)
— day on which work is done
Hungarian:
munkanap
— day on which work is done
Icelandic:
virkur dagur
— day on which work is done
Kumyk:
иш гюн
(iş gün)
— day on which work is done
Macedonian:
делник
(delnik)
— day on which work is done
Macedonian:
работен ден
(raboten den)
— day on which work is done
Norwegian Bokmål:
arbeidsdag
— day on which work is done
Ojibwe:
anokii-giizhigad
— day on which work is done
Plautdietsch:
Woakjeldach
— day on which work is done
Polish:
dzień powszedni
— day on which work is done
Polish:
dzień roboczy
— day on which work is done
Portuguese:
dia útil
— day on which work is done
Romanian:
zi lucrătoare
— day on which work is done
Russian:
рабо́чий день
(rabóčij denʹ)
— day on which work is done
Russian:
будний день
(budnij denʹ)
— day on which work is done
Russian:
трудодень
(trudodenʹ)
— day on which work is done
Spanish:
día laborable
— day on which work is done
Spanish:
día hábil
— day on which work is done
Spanish:
día laboral
— day on which work is done
Vietnamese:
ngày công
— day on which work is done
Vietnamese:
ngày làm việc
— day on which work is done
Bulgarian:
работно време
(rabotno vreme)
— part of a day on which work is done
Catalan:
jornada diària
— part of a day on which work is done
Chinese Mandarin:
工作時間 /工作时间
(gōngzuò shíjiān)
— part of a day on which work is done
Danish:
arbejdsdag
— part of a day on which work is done
Finnish:
työpäivä
— part of a day on which work is done
French:
journée de travail
— part of a day on which work is done
Macedonian:
работно време
(rabotno vreme)
— part of a day on which work is done
Norwegian Bokmål:
arbeidsdag
— part of a day on which work is done
Polish:
roboczodniówka
— part of a day on which work is done
Romanian:
timp zilnic de lucru
— part of a day on which work is done
Russian:
рабочее вре́мя
(rabočeje vrémja)
— part of a day on which work is done
Russian:
рабо́чий день
(rabóčij denʹ)
— part of a day on which work is done
Spanish:
jornada
— part of a day on which work is done