weekly

See also: Weekly

English

Etymology

From Middle English wekely, weikly (adverb), equivalent to week +‎ -ly. Compare Dutch wekelijks (“weekly”), German wöchentlich (“weekly”), Danish ugentlig (“weekly”), Norwegian ukentlig (“weekly”), Icelandic vikulega (“weekly”), Swedish veckovis (“weekly”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /wiːk.li/
• Rhymes: -iːk.li
• Homophone: weakly

Adverb

weekly (not comparable)

1. Once every week.

   She visits her mother weekly.

2. Every week.

Synonyms

• hebdomadally

Derived terms

• biweekly
• semi-weekly
• twice-weekly
• twi-weekly

Translations

once every week

• Basque: astean behin
• Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (śaptahik)
• Bulgarian: седмично (bg) (sedmično)
• Burmese: အပတ်စဉ် (my) (a.patcany)
• Catalan: setmanalment (ca), setmanal (ca)
• Cherokee: ᏑᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᏒ (sunadodaquasdi nigalistanisv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每周 (zh) (měizhōu)

• Czech: týdně (cs)
• Danish: ugentlig (da)
• Dutch: wekelijks (nl), eenmaal per week
• Finnish: viikoittain (fi)
• French: hebdomadairement (fr), chaque semaine
• Galician: semanalmente, cada semana
• German: wöchentlich (de)
• Greek: εβδομαδιαία (el) (evdomadiaía), εβδομαδιαίως (evdomadiaíos)
• Gujarati: અઠવાડિક (aṭhavāḍik)
• Hebrew: אחת לשבוע‎ (akhát le-shavúa)
• Hindi: साप्ताहिक (hi) (sāptāhik)
• Hungarian: hetenként (hu), hetente (hu)
• Indonesian: mingguan
• Italian: settimanalmente (it)
• Japanese: 毎週 (ja) (まいしゅう, maishū)
• Malay: mingguan (ms)
• Portuguese: semanalmente (pt)
• Romanian: săptămânal (ro)
• Russian: раз в неде́лю (raz v nedélju)
• Spanish: semanalmente (es), cada semana
• Swedish: en gång per vecka, en gång i veckan
• Tagalog: lingguhan
• Tamil: வாரந்தோறும் (vārantōṟum)
• Turkish: haftada bir

every week

• Arabic: أُسْبُوعِيًّا‎ (ʔusbūʕiyyan)
• Basque: astero (eu)
• Belarusian: штоты́дзень (štotýdzjenʹ), штотыднёва (štotydnjova)
• Bulgarian: ежесе́дмично (bg) (ežesédmično)
• Burmese: အပတ်စဉ် (my) (a.patcany)
• Catalan: setmanalment (ca), cada setmana
• Cherokee: ᏑᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᏒ (sunadodaquasdi nigalistanisv)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每周 (zh) (měizhōu)

• Czech: týdně (cs)
• Dutch: wekelijks (nl), elke week
• Finnish: viikoittain (fi)
• French: hebdomadairement (fr), une fois par semaine
• Galician: semanalmente, tódalas semanas
• German: wöchentlich (de)
• Greek: εβδομαδιαία (el) (evdomadiaía), εβδομαδιαίως (evdomadiaíos)
• Hebrew: כל שבוע‎ (kol shavúa)
• Hungarian: minden héten, heti (hu)
• Italian: settimanalmente (it)
• Japanese: 毎週 (ja) (maishū)
• Korean: 매주 (ko) (maeju)
• Polish: cotygodniowo, co tydzień
• Portuguese: semanalmente (pt)
• Romanian: în fiecare săptămână, săptămânal (ro)
• Russian: еженеде́льно (ru) (ježenedélʹno)
• Spanish: semanalmente (es), todas las semanas
• Swedish: varje vecka
• Turkish: her hafta
• Ukrainian: щоти́жня (uk) (ščotýžnja), щотижне́во (ščotyžnévo)

Adjective

weekly (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a week.
2. Happening once a week, or every week.

   He's going for his weekly check-up at the hospital.

   In summer, we cut the grass on a weekly basis.

Synonyms

• hebdomadal

Translations

of or relating to a week

• Arabic: أُسْبُوعِيٌّ‎ (ʔusbūʕiyyun)
• Azerbaijani: həftəlik
• Basque: asteroko (eu)
• Catalan: setmanal (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每周 (zh) (měizhōu)

• Dutch: wekelijks (nl), wekelijkse (nl)
• Finnish: viikoittainen (fi), viikko- (fi)
• German: wöchentlich (de)
• Greek: εβδομαδιαίος (el) (evdomadiaíos)
• Hebrew: שבועי‎ (shvu'í)
• Italian: settimanale (it)
• Polish: tygodniowy (pl)
• Portuguese: semanal (pt)
• Romanian: săptămânal (ro) m or n
• Russian: неде́льный (ru) (nedélʹnyj)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tyźeński

• Swedish: vecka- (sv)

happening once a week or every week

• Arabic: أُسْبُوعِيٌّ‎ (ʔusbūʕiyyun)
• Azerbaijani: həftəlik
• Bashkir: аҙналыҡ (aðnalıq)
• Basque: asteroko (eu)
• Belarusian: штотыднёвы (štotydnjovy), тыднёвы (tydnjóvy)
• Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (śaptahik), হপ্তা হপ্তা (hopta hopta)
• Breton: sizhuniek (br)
• Bulgarian: се́дмичен (sédmičen)
• Catalan: setmanal (ca)
• Cebuano: sinemana
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 每周 (zh) (měizhōu)

• Dutch: wekelijks (nl), wekelijkse (nl)
• Finnish: viikoittainen (fi)
• French: hebdomadaire (fr)
• Galician: semanal
• German: wöchentlich (de)
• Greek: εβδομαδιαίος (el) (evdomadiaíos)
• Hebrew: שבועי‎ m (shvu'í)
• Irish: seachtainiúil
• Italian: settimanale (it)
• Japanese: 毎週の (ja) (maishū no)
• Korean: 매주의 (ko) (maejuui)
• Malay: mingguan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ukentlig

• Occitan: setmanièr
• Persian: هفتگی‎ (fa) (haftegi)
• Plautdietsch: wäakjlich
• Polish: cotygodniowy (pl)
• Portuguese: semanal (pt)
• Romanian: săptămânal (ro) m or n
• Russian: еженеде́льный (ru) (ježenedélʹnyj)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tyźeński

• Spanish: semanal (es)
• Swedish: vecka- (sv)
• Turkish: haftalık (tr)
• Ukrainian: щотижне́вий (uk) (ščotyžnévyj), тижне́вий (tyžnévyj)

Noun

weekly (plural weeklies)

1. A publication that is published once a week.

Descendants

• Japanese: ウィークリー (wīkurī)

Translations

publication that is published once a week

• Bashkir: аҙналыҡ (aðnalıq)
• Basque: astekari (eu)
• Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (śaptahik)
• Bulgarian: седмичник m (sedmičnik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 周刊 (zh) (zhōukān) ((traditional also:) 週刊／周刊 (zh) (zhōukān))

• Czech: týdeník (cs)
• Dutch: weekblad (nl) n
• Faroese: vikublað n
• Finnish: viikkolehti (fi)
• German: Wochenzeitschrift (de) f, Wochenblatt (de) n, Wochenzeitung f
• Hebrew: שבועון‎ m (shavu'ón)
• Hindi: साप्ताहिक (hi) m (sāptāhik)
• Hungarian: hetilap (hu)
• Indonesian: mingguan
• Irish: seachtanán m, páipéar seachtaine m (newspaper), páipéar seachtainiúil m (newspaper), nuachtán seachtainiúil m (newspaper)
• Italian: settimanale (it) m
• Japanese: 週刊 (ja) (しゅうかん, shūkan)
• Malayalam: വാരിക (ml) (vārika), ആഴ്ചപ്പതിപ്പ് (ml) (āḻcappatippŭ)
• Manx: shiaghtinane m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ukeavis m or f (newspaper)

  Nynorsk: vekeavis f (newspaper)

• Persian: هفته‌نامه‎ (hafte-nâme)
• Polish: tygodnik (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: semanário (pt) m, hebdomadário (pt) m
• Romanian: săptămânal (ro) n, hebdomadar (ro) n
• Russian: еженеде́льник (ru) m (ježenedélʹnik)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tyźenik m

• Spanish: semanario (es) m, hebdomadario (es) m
• Swedish: veckotidning (sv) c
• Telugu: వారపత్రిక (te) (vārapatrika)
• Ukrainian: тижне́вик m (tyžnévyk), тижне́вий часо́пис m (tyžnévyj časópys), щотижне́вик m (ščotyžnévyk)
• Vietnamese: tuần báo (vi) (newspaper), tuần san (vi) (magazine)

See also

• Thesaurus:frequency