workday

English

Etymology

From Old English weorcdæg; see work, day, and workaday.

Noun

workday (plural workdays)

1. Any of the days of a week on which work is done. The five working days in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends).

   It will take five working days to process your application.

2. That part of a day in which work is done.

   My workday is 8 hours.

Synonyms

• working day
• (part of the day): 9 to 5, nine to five
• (day on which work is done): weekday
• (day on which work is done in legal and official usage): business day

Translations

Those days of a week in which work is done

• Finnish: työpäivä (fi)
• Ojibwe: anokii-giizhigad

• Portuguese: dia útil (pt) m
• Russian: рабочий день (ru) (rabočij denʹ) m, будний день (ru) (budnij denʹ) m, трудодень (ru) (trudodenʹ) m

That part of a day in which work is done

• Finnish: työpäivä (fi)

• Russian: рабочее время (ru) (rabočeje vremja) n, рабочий день (ru) (rabočij denʹ) m

Adjective

workday (comparative more workday, superlative most workday)

1. workaday

Related terms

• workaday

Anagrams

• daywork