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