Phrase guide

working day

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any of those days of a week on which work is done, officially Monday to Friday in many countries (even though many people work on weekends).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, mainly

Examples

  • It will take five working days to process your application.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The part of a day in which work is done; the number of hours one must work per day for a specified wage.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, mainly

Examples

  • Your working day is 8 hours.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

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: workday

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: day

4

noun

Meaning 4

a day on which work is done

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: workday, work day

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weekday

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

99 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: ditë pune — day of a week in which work is done
  • Arabic: يَوْم عَمَل (yawm ʕamal) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Arabic: يَوْم الْعَمَل (yawm al-ʕamal) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Armenian: աշխատանքային օր (ašxatankʻayin ōr) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Azerbaijani: iş günü — day of a week in which work is done
  • Belarusian: працо́ўны дзень (pracówny dzjenʹ) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Bengali: কর্মদিবস (kormodiboś) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Bulgarian: рабо́тен ден (rabóten den) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Bulgarian: де́лничен ден (délničen den) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Catalan: dia feiner — day of a week in which work is done
  • Catalan: dia laborable — day of a week in which work is done
  • Chinese Cantonese: 工作日 (gung1 zok3 jat6) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作日 (gōngzuòrì) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Czech: pracovní den — day of a week in which work is done
  • Danish: arbejdsdag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Dutch: werkdag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Esperanto: labortago — day of a week in which work is done
  • Estonian: tööpäev — day of a week in which work is done
  • Finnish: työpäivä — day of a week in which work is done
  • French: jour ouvré — day of a week in which work is done
  • French: jour ouvrable — day of a week in which work is done
  • Galician: día solto — day of a week in which work is done
  • Georgian: სამუშაო დღე (samušao dɣe) — day of a week in which work is done
  • German: Arbeitstag — day of a week in which work is done
  • German: Werktag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Greek: καθημερινή (kathimeriní) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Greek: εργάσιμη (ergásimi) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Hebrew: יוֹם עֲבוֹדָה (yom avodá) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Hindi: कार्यदिवस (kāryadivas) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Hindi: कार्य दिवस (kārya divas) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Hindi: काम का दिन (kām kā din) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Hungarian: munkanap — day of a week in which work is done
  • Icelandic: virkur dagur — day of a week in which work is done
  • Indonesian: hari kerja — day of a week in which work is done
  • Irish: lá oibre — day of a week in which work is done
  • Italian: giorno lavorativo — day of a week in which work is done
  • Japanese: 仕事日 (shigotobi) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Japanese: 労働日 (rōdōbi) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Japanese: 平日 (heijitsu) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Japanese: 勤務日 (kinmubi) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Kazakh: жұмыс күні (jūmys künı) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Korean: 근무일 (geunmu'il) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Korean: 평일 (pyeong'il) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Northern Kurdish: roja kar — day of a week in which work is done
  • Kyrgyz: иш күнү (iş künü) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Latvian: darba diena — day of a week in which work is done
  • Lithuanian: darbo diena — day of a week in which work is done
  • Luxembourgish: Aarbechtsdag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Luxembourgish: Schaffdag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Macedonian: ра́ботен ден (ráboten den) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Macedonian: делник (delnik) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Malay: hari kerja — day of a week in which work is done
  • Malay: hari bekerja — day of a week in which work is done
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hverdag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Norwegian Bokmål: arbeidsdag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Norwegian Bokmål: virkedag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kvardag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Iranian Persian: روزِ کاری (ruz-e kâri) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Polish: dzień powszedni — day of a week in which work is done
  • Polish: dzień roboczy — day of a week in which work is done
  • Portuguese: dia útil — day of a week in which work is done
  • Romanian: zi lucrătoare — day of a week in which work is done
  • Romanian: zi de muncă — day of a week in which work is done
  • Russian: рабо́чий день (rabóčij denʹ) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Serbo-Croatian: радни дан — day of a week in which work is done
  • Serbo-Croatian: radni dan — day of a week in which work is done
  • Slovak: pracovný deň — day of a week in which work is done
  • Slovak: robotný deň — day of a week in which work is done
  • Slovene: delovni dan — day of a week in which work is done
  • Southern Altai: иштеер кӱн (išteer kün) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Spanish: día hábil — day of a week in which work is done
  • Spanish: día laborable — day of a week in which work is done
  • Spanish: día de diario — day of a week in which work is done
  • Swedish: arbetsdag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Swedish: vardag — day of a week in which work is done
  • Tajik: рӯзи корӣ (rüz-i kori) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Tatar: эш көне (eş köne) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Thai: วันทํางาน (wan-tam-ngaan) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Turkish: iş günü — day of a week in which work is done
  • Turkmen: iş güni — day of a week in which work is done
  • Ukrainian: робо́чий день (robóčyj denʹ) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Urdu: یَومِ کار (yaum-i kār) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Urdu: کام کا دِن (kām kā din) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Uyghur: ئىش كۈنى (ish küni) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Uzbek: ish kuni — day of a week in which work is done
  • Vietnamese: ngày công — day of a week in which work is done
  • Vietnamese: ngày làm việc — day of a week in which work is done
  • Yiddish: אַרבעטסטאָג (arbetstog) — day of a week in which work is done
  • Bulgarian: рабо́тен ден (rabóten den) — part of a day in which work is done
  • Chinese Mandarin: 工作時間 /工作时间 (gōngzuò shíjiān) — part of a day in which work is done
  • Finnish: työpäivä — part of a day in which work is done
  • French: journée de travail — part of a day in which work is done
  • Hungarian: munkaidő — part of a day in which work is done
  • Macedonian: работно време (rabotno vreme) — part of a day in which work is done
  • Polish: roboczodniówka — part of a day in which work is done
  • Portuguese: dia de trabalho — part of a day in which work is done
  • Portuguese: jornada — part of a day in which work is done
  • Spanish: jornada — part of a day in which work is done
  • Ukrainian: робо́чий день (robóčyj denʹ) — part of a day in which work is done