everyday

English

Adjective

everyday (not comparable)

1. appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions
   • 1906, Edith Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 4: The engine-burglar,

     When they had gone, Bobbie put on her everyday frock, and went down to the railway.

2. commonplace, ordinary
   • 2010, Malcolm Knox, The Monthly, April 2010, Issue 55, The Monthly Ptd Ltd, page 42:

     Although it is an everyday virus, there is something about influenza that inspires awe.

Synonyms

• mundane
• quotidian
• routine
• unremarkable
• workaday

Translations

appropriate for ordinary use, rather than for special occasions

• Bulgarian: ежедневен (bg) (ežedneven)
• Dutch: alledaags (nl)
• Finnish: tavallinen (fi), arkinen (fi)

• German: Alltags- (in combined words)
• Greek: καθημερινός (el) (kathimerinós)
• Russian: повседневный (ru) (povsednévnyj) , ежедневный (ru) (ježednévnyj)  (daily)

commonplace, ordinary

• Bulgarian: обикновен (bg) (obiknoven), делничен (bg) (delničen)
• Dutch: alledaags (nl)
• Esperanto: vulgara (eo)
• Finnish: jokapäiväinen (fi), tavallinen (fi), arkinen (fi)

• French: usuel (fr)
• German: alltäglich (de), gemein (de)
• Russian: обычный (ru) (obýčnyj) , обыденный (ru) (obýdennyj) 

Adverb

everyday

1. Common misspelling of every day.

Usage notes

When describing the frequency of an event, it is considered correct to separate the individual words: every hour, every day, every week, etc.

Noun

everyday (uncountable)

1. (rare) the ordinary or routine day or occasion