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From Middle English Friday Old English frīġedæġ frīġe dæġ ( “ day ” ) , corresponding to late Proto-Germanic *Frijjōz dagaz ( “ day of Frigg ” ) , a calque of Latin diēs Veneris interpretātiō germānica Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus .
Compare West Frisian freed German Low German Freedag Friedag Dutch vrijdag German Freitag Danish fredag Old Norse Frigg Friggjar Old Saxon Fri Old English Frig Proto-Germanic *Frijjō Sanskrit प्रिया ( priyā́ , “ wife ” ) . The root also appears in Old Saxon fri ( “ beloved lady ” ) ; in Swedish fria Danish Norwegian fri ( “ to propose for marriage ” ) ; a related meaning exists in Icelandic as frjá ( “ to love ” ) and similarly in Dutch vrijen ( “ to make love (to have sex) ” ) .
Pronunciation Noun Friday (plural Fridays
The sixth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fifth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Muslim Sabbath ; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday . Synonyms Hypernyms Hyponyms Derived terms Related terms Translations day of the week
Abkhaz: ахәаша ( axʷaŝa )
Afrikaans: Vrydag (af)
Alabama: atáɬɬàapi nihta istáɬɬàapi
Albanian: e premte
Alutiiq: Tallimiin
Amharic: ዓርብ ( ʿarb )
Arabic: الْجُمُعَة (ar) f ( al-jumuʕa ) , الجُمْعَة (ar) f ( al-jumʕa ) , يَوْم الْجُمُعَة m ( yawm al-jumuʕa )
Egyptian Arabic: الجمعة f ( el-gómʿa )
Gulf Arabic: يوم اليمعة m ( yōm ʾil-yimʿa )
Aragonese: viernes (an)
Aramaic: ערובתא f ( ʿruvta )
Armenian: ուրբաթ (hy) ( urbatʻ )
Old Armenian: ուրբաթ ( urbatʻ )
Aromanian: viniri (roa-rup)
Assamese: শুক্রবাৰ
Asturian: vienres (ast) m
Atikamekw: tcipaiatikw kicikaw
Azerbaijani: cümə (az)
Bashkir: йома ( yoma )
Basque: ostiral (eu)
Belarusian: пя́тніца f ( pjátnica )
Bengali: শুক্রবার (bn) ( śukrobar )
Blackfoot: mamiiksistsiko
Breton: Gwener (br) m digwener (br) ( adverb )
Bulgarian: пе́тък (bg) m ( pétǎk )
Burmese: သောကြာ (my) ( sau:kra )
Catalan: divendres (ca) m
Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰⵎ ( sam )
Chechen: пӏераска ( pʼeraska )
Cherokee: ᏧᎾᎩᎶᏍᏗ ( tsunagilosdi )
Chichewa: Lachisanu
Chinese:
Cantonese: 星期五 ( sing1 kei4 ng5 ) , 禮拜五 ／ 礼拜五 ( lai5 baai3 ng5 ) , 礼拜五 ( lai5 baai3 ng5 ) , 周五 ( zau1 ng5 )
Mandarin: 星期五 (zh) ( xīngqīwǔ ) , 禮拜五 ／ 礼拜五 (zh) ( lǐbàiwǔ ) , 礼拜五 (zh) ( lǐbàiwǔ ) , 周五 ( zhōuwǔ )
Min Nan: 禮拜五 ／ 礼拜五 礼拜五 ( lé-pài-ngóo ) , 拜五 ( pài-ngóo )
Chuvash: эрнекун ( ernek̬un )
Cornish: Gwener de Gwener dy'Gwener
Corsican: vènnari (co)
Crimean Tatar: cuma
Czech: pátek (cs) m
Dakota: Aŋpetu Izaptaŋ
Dalmatian: vindre
Danish: fredag (da)
Dutch: vrijdag (nl) m
Esperanto: vendredo (eo)
Estonian: reede (et)
Faroese: fríggjadagur (fo) m
Fijian: siga Vakaraubuka
Finnish: perjantai (fi)
French: vendredi (fr) m
Friulian: vinars
Galician: venres (gl) m sexta feira (gl) f
Georgian: პარასკევი (ka) ( ṗarasḳevi )
German: Freitag (de) m
Gilbertese: Danimabong
Greek: Παρασκευή (el) f ( Paraskeví )
Greenlandic: tallimanngorneq
Gujarati: શુક્રવાર (gu) m ( śukravār )
Haitian Creole: vandredi
Hausa: Jumma'a
Hawaiian: Pōʻalima
Hebrew: יוֹם שִׁשִּׁי (he) m ( yom shishí ) , יוֹם ו' m ( yom vav )
Hiligaynon: Biyernes
Hindi: शुक्रवार (hi) m ( śukravār ) , जुमा (hi) m ( jumā ) , जुम्मा (hi) m ( jummā ) , शुक्र (hi) m ( śukra )
Hungarian: péntek (hu)
Icelandic: föstudagur (is) m
Ido: venerdio
Inari Sami: vástuppeivi
Indonesian: Jumat (id)
Ingush: пӏаьраска ( pʼäraska )
Interlingua: venerdi (ia)
Irish: Aoine (ga) f
Italian: venerdì (it) m
Japanese: 金曜日 (ja) ( きんようび, kin'yōbi ) , 金曜 ( きんよう, kin'yō )
Karelian: piätteniččy
Kashubian: piątk (csb) m
Kazakh: жұма (kk) ( jūma )
Khmer: ថ្ងៃសុក្រ (km) ( thngay sok )
Kongo: Lumbu kia ntanu
Korean: 금요일 (ko) ( geumyoil ) (金曜日 (ko) )
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Kyrgyz: жума (ky) ( juma )
Ladin: vender
Lakota: Aŋpétu Záptaŋ
Lao: ວັນສຸກ (lo) ( wan suk ) , ສຸກ ( suk )
Latin: dies Veneris (la) m parascēvē f ( Late Latin )
Latvian: piektdiena f
Limburgish: vriedig (li)
Lithuanian: penktadienis (lt) m
Livonian: brēḑig
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: vriedag
German Low German: Freedag
Lower Sorbian: pětk m
Luganda: Lwakutaano
Luxembourgish: Freiden (lb) m Freideg (lb) m
Lü: ᦞᧃᦉᦳᧅ ( vanṡuk )
Macedonian: петок (mk) m ( petok )
(deprecated template usage ) {{trans-mid }}Malay:
Jawi: جمعة
Rumi: Jumaat (ms)
Maltese: il-Ġimgħa
Manchu: ᠠᡳᠰᡳᠨ ( aisin usinggi )
Maori: Paraire Rārima Rāmere
Mingrelian: ობიშხა ( obišxa )
Mirandese: sesta-feira
Mongolian: баасан (mn) ( baasan )
Navajo: Ndaʼiiníísh
Neapolitan: viernarì
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: freidai
Mooring: fraidi
Sylt: Friidai
Norwegian: fredag (no)
Occitan: divendres (oc) m
Ojibwe: naanogiizhigad
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: пѧтъкъ m ( pętŭkŭ )
Old English: frigedæg m Fríandæg m
Old High German: frīatag m pherintag m
Old Norse: frjádagr m
Old Turkic: altınç
Ossetian:
Digor: майрӕнбон ( majrænbon )
Iron: майрӕмбон ( majræmbon )
Papiamentu: diabièrne
Pashto: آدينه f ( ādiná ) , جمعه (ps) f ( ǰum'á )
Pennsylvania German: Freidaag
Persian: آدینه (fa) ( âdine ) , جمعه (fa) ( jom'e )
Piedmontese: vëner m vënner m
Plautdietsch: Friedach m
Polish: piątek (pl) m inan
Portuguese: sexta-feira (pt) f sexta (pt) f
Quechua: ch'askachaw
Romani: parashtuj
Romanian: vineri (ro) f
Romansch: venderdi venderdis vendergis vendarde
Russian: пя́тница (ru) f ( pjátnica )
Rwanda-Rundi: Kwagatanu
Sami:
Northern: bearjadat
Samoan: Aso Faraile
Sanskrit: शुक्रवार (sa) m ( śukravāra )
Sardinian: canàbara chenàbura cenàbara
Scottish Gaelic: Dihaoine (gd) m
Semai: Jumaat
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: пе́так m
Roman: pétak (sh) m
Shona: Chishanu
Sicilian: vènniri (scn) , venniridìa (scn)
Sinhalese: සිකුරාදා (si) ( sikurādā )
Skolt Sami: piâtnâc
Slovak: piatok (sk) m
Slovene: pétek (sl) m
Somali: Jimce
Sotho: Labohlano (st)
Spanish: viernes (es) m
Swahili: Ijumaa
Swazi: Lesíhlánu
Swedish: fredag (sv) c
Tagalog: Biyernes (tl) , biyernes
Tahitian: mahana pae
Tajik: ҷумъа (tg) ( jumʾa ) , одина (tg) ( odina )
Taos: míalnąsi
Tarantino: venerdìe
Tatar: җомга (tt) ( comga )
Telugu: శుక్రవారము (te) ( śukravāramu )
Tetum: loron-sesta
Thai: วันศุกร์ (th) ( wan sùk ) , ศุกร์ (th) ( sùk )
Tibetan: གཟའ་པ་སངས ( gza' pa sangs )
Tigrinya: ዓርቢ (ti) ( ʿarbi )
Tok Pisin: Fraide
Tongan: Falaite
Tswana: Labotlhano
Turkish: cuma (tr)
Turkmen: anna (tk)
Ukrainian: п'я́тниця (uk) f ( pʺjátnycja )
Upper Sorbian: pjatk m
Urdu: جمعہ (ur) ( jum'ā )
Uyghur: جۈمە (ug) ( jüme )
Uzbek: juma (uz)
Venetian: vènere m vénare (vec)
Veps: videnz'päiv
Vietnamese: thứ sáu (vi) (lit.: number six )
Volapük: fridel (vo) , mälüdel flidel
Võro: riidi
Walloon: vénrdi (wa) , divénr (wa)
Welsh: dydd Gwener (cy) m
West Frisian: freed (fy)
Winnebago: Hąąp Hisacąhą
Wolof: Àjjuma
Xhosa: ulwesihlanu
Yakut: бээтинсэ ( beetinse )
Yiddish: פֿרײַטאָג m ( fraytog )
Yup'ik: Tallimirin
Zazaki: éne yene yenne enne îne
Zulu: uLwesihlanu
References Adverb Friday (not comparable )
( US , Canada ) Translations See also Anagrams Middle English Alternative forms Etymology From Old English frīġedæġ Proto-Germanic *Frijjōz dagaz ( literally “ day of Frigg ” ) .
Pronunciation Noun Friday
Friday Descendants See also 
Week-day names on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 