everyday

See also: every day

English

Etymology

every +‎ day

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛvɹiˌdeɪ/

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)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日常的

• Danish: hverdags-, daglig (da)
• Dutch: alledaags (nl)
• Finnish: tavallinen (fi), arkinen (fi)
• Georgian: ყოველდღიური (q̇oveldɣiuri)
• German: (in combined words) Alltags- (de), alltäglich (de)
• Greek: καθημερινός (el) (kathimerinós)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Irish: gnáth- (combining form)
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• Italian: quotidiano (it), giornaliero (it)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hverdagslig

• Portuguese: cotidiano (pt)
• Romanian: de fiecare zi, cotidian (ro) m
• Russian: повседне́вный (ru) (povsednévnyj), ежедне́вный (ru) (ježednévnyj), каждодне́вный (ru) (každodnévnyj)
• Spanish: de diario (clothes)
• Turkish: gündelik (tr)
• Welsh: pob dydd

commonplace, ordinary

• Bulgarian: обикновен (bg) (obiknoven), делничен (bg) (delničen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 常見的／常见的

• Danish: hverdags-, dagligdags
• Dutch: alledaags (nl)
• Esperanto: vulgara
• Finnish: jokapäiväinen (fi), tavallinen (fi), arkinen (fi)
• French: usuel (fr)
• Georgian: ყოველდღიური (q̇oveldɣiuri), საყოველდღეო (saq̇oveldɣeo), ჩვეულებრივი (čveulebrivi)
• German: alltäglich (de), gemein (de)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: mindennapos (hu)
• Irish: gnáth- (combining form)
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• Italian: ordinario (it), comune (it)
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: cotidianus (la)
• Maori: kai parāoa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: hverdagslig

• Portuguese: comum (pt), ordinário (pt)
• Russian: обы́чный (ru) (obýčnyj), обы́денный (ru) (obýdennyj)
• Spanish: común (es)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: gündelik (tr)
• Vietnamese: phổ biến (vi)

Adverb

everyday

1. Misspelling of every day.

Usage notes

When describing the frequency of an action denoted by a verb, it is considered correct to separate the individual words: every hour, every day, every week, etc.

Influenza is considered an everyday virus because it infects people every day.

Noun

everyday (uncountable)

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