Friday
Syllables: Fri·day/ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/
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Friday noun: 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.
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.
- For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.2019 September 13, Matthew Cappucci, “For the first time in 13 years, a full moon rises this Friday the 13th”, in The Washington Post, archived from the original on 29 Oct 2020
- Their mindset is the grindset, and they love the grind. I used to have a sales manager who didn't think this way. On Fridays, he'd always say, “Happy Friday.” A lot of people feel that way, but I never liked that phrase because it[…]2020 March 30, T.W. Lewis, Solid Ground: A Foundation For Winning In Work and In Life, T.W. Lewis, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- Sixth Day
- The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.
- Tomorrow's Thursday, but I have Friday and Saturday off, so really it's my Friday.
Adverb
Friday (not comparable)
- On Friday.
Friday meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Friday in Hindi
- day of the week
- शुक्रवार śukravār, शुक्र śukra, जुमा jumā
Friday in Tamil
- day of the week
- வெள்ளி veḷḷi, வெள்ளிக்கிழமை veḷḷikkiḻamai
Friday in Marathi
- day of the week
- शुक्रवार śukravār
- on Friday
- शुक्रवारी śukravārī
Friday in Urdu
- day of the week
- جُمْعَہ jum'a, شُکْرْوار śukrvār, شُکْر śukr, آدِینَہ ādīna, بَھرْگوبار bhargobār
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- Friday in Bengali
- শুক্রবার śukrobar, জুম্মাবার jummabar
- Friday in Telugu
- శుక్రవారము śukravāramu
- Friday in Malayalam
- വെള്ളിയാഴ്ച veḷḷiyāḻca
- Friday in Kannada
- ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ śukravāra
- Friday in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ śukkarvār, ਜੁਮਾ jumā
- Friday in Gujarati
- શુક્રવાર śukravār
- Friday in Odia
- ଶୁକ୍ରବାର śukrabāra
- Friday in Sanskrit
- शुक्रवार śukravāra
- Friday in Sinhala
- සිකුරාදා sikurādā
- Friday in Assamese
- শুক্রবাৰ
- Friday in Nepali
- शुक्रबार śukrabār
- Friday in Pashto
- آدينه ādiná, جمعه jum'á
- Friday in Tagalog
- Biyernes
- Friday in Arabic
- الْجُمُعَة al-jumuʕa, الجُمْعَة al-jumʕa, يَوْم الْجُمُعَة yawm al-jumuʕa, يَوْم الجُمْعَة yawm al-jumʕa
- Friday in Malay
- Jumaat, Hari Lima
- Friday in Indonesian
- Jumat
- Friday in Thai
- วันศุกร์ wan sùk, ศุกร์ sùk
- Friday in Vietnamese
- thứ sáu
- Friday in Myanmar
- သောကြာ sau:kra
- Sindhi
- جُمعو jumʻo, ٿاروُن thārvũ, ٿانرُ thā̃ru, شُڪرُ śukru
- Kashmiri
- جُمعہ jumāh, شۆکُروار śokurvār
- Dzongkha
- སྤེན་པ spen pa
Synonyms of Friday
Forms of Friday
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Origin of Friday
From Middle English Friday, from Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of Frīġ and dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Frījā dag, a calque of Latin diēs Veneris, via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus. See also friend. Compare West Frisian freed, German Low German Freedag, Friedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag. Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frīġ are derived from Proto-Germanic *Frijjō. Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit प्रिया (priyā́, “wife”). The root also appears in Old Saxon fri (“beloved lady”); in Swedish fria, in Danish and Norwegian as 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)”). Compare Japanese 金曜日.
Words formed from Friday
- Black Friday
- Friday afternoon car
- Friday car
- Friday Eve
- Friday-face
- Friday-faced
- Friday-fare
- Friday fast
- Friday-feat
- Friday Harbor
- Friday hat
- Fridayish
- Fridayitis
- Friday-look
- Friday Mosque
- Fridayness
- Friday night death slot
- Friday Prayer
- Friday prayers
- Fridays
- Friday tree
- thank God it's Friday
- thank goodness it's Friday
- that'll be the frosty Friday
- virtual Friday
- when two Fridays come together
Phrases with Friday
Words that rhyme with Friday
Questions about Friday
- What does Friday mean?
- Friday means 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.
- What is Friday in Hindi?
- Friday in Hindi is शुक्रवार (śukravār), शुक्र (śukra), जुमा (jumā). See Friday meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Friday?
- Friday can be a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce Friday?
- Friday is pronounced /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Friday?
- The plural of Friday is Fridays.
Words near Friday in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Friday (page history and authors); ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); शुक्रबार (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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