weekend
UK/wiːˈkɛnd//ˈwiˌkɛnd/
weekend noun: the break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
Noun
weekend (plural weekends)
- The break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
- “They can live upon barley-meal without a morsel of meat from week-end to week-end, can these miserable Sawnies,” quoth another.1874 July–December, W. Senior, “With the Herring Fleet”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 704
- […] often took a few boys down there for what we North Country folk call the week-end — Saturday and Sunday; it was also used as a sanatorium if required.1903, Francis Markham with Sir Clements Robert Markham, Recollections of a town boy at Westminster, 1849–1855, page 34
Verb
weekend (third-person singular simple present weekends, present participle weekending, simple past and past participle weekended)
- To spend the weekend.
- We'll weekend at the beach.
Adjective
weekend (not comparable)
- Of, relating to or for the weekend.
- I'm wearing my weekend shoes.
- Occurring at the weekend.
- a weekend break
weekend meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
weekend in Hindi
- break in the working week
- सप्ताहांत saptāhānt, वीकेंड vīkeṇḍ
weekend in Tamil
- வாரயிறுதி, வாரமுடிவு
weekend in Marathi
- वीकेंड
weekend in Urdu
- break in the working week
- ہَفْتے کے آخِر hafte ke āxir, اِخْتِتامِ ہَفْتَہ ixtitām-i hafta, آخِرِ ہَفْتَہ āxir-i hafta, خَتْمِ ہَفْتَہ, ہَفْتے کا اِخْتِتام hafte kā ixtitām
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- weekend in Bengali
- সপ্তাহান্তিক কাল
- weekend in Telugu
- వారాంతం, వారాంతపు
- weekend in Malayalam
- വാരാന്ത്യം vārāntyaṁ
- weekend in Kannada
- ವಾರಾಂತ್ಯ
- weekend in Punjabi
- ਵੀਕਐਂਡ vīkaaiṇḍa
- weekend in Gujarati
- શનિરવિ śaniravi
- weekend in Odia
- ସପ୍ତାହାନ୍ତ
- weekend in Nepali
- सप्ताहान्त
- weekend in Arabic
- نِهَايَة الْأُسْبُوع nihāyat al-ʔusbūʕ, عَطْلَة الْأُسْبُوع ʕaṭlat al-ʔusbūʕ
- weekend in Malay
- hujung minggu
- weekend in Indonesian
- akhir pekan
- weekend in Thai
- สุดสัปดาห์ sùt-sàp-daa, วันสุดสัปดาห์ wan sùt-sàp-daa
- weekend in Vietnamese
- cuối tuần
- weekend in Myanmar
- အားလပ်ရက် a:lap-rak
Examples of weekend in a sentence
- We were not left go to the beach after school except on a weekend.
- I'm hoping to get a tan this weekend at the beach.
- My brother, who you met the other day, is coming to stay for the weekend.
Forms of weekend
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | weekends |
| alternative form | w/e |
| alternative form (dated) | week-end |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | weekends |
| present participle | weekending |
| past participle | weekended |
| past | weekended |
Origin of weekend
From week + end. Originally a Northern England regionalism (see 1903 quotation), in more general use from late 19th century. Compare Saterland Frisian Wiekeneende (“weekend”), West Frisian wykein (“weekend”), Dutch weekeinde (“weekend”), German Low German Wekenenn (“weekend”), German Wochenende (“weekend”).
Words formed from weekend
Phrases with weekend
Words that rhyme with weekend
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- spend
- suspend
- trend
- ascend
- offend
- pretend
- unbend
- commend
- tend
- amend
- contend
- depend
- lend
- distend
- impend
- recommend
- rend
- shend
- subtend
- tight end
- upend
- wend
- append
- befriend
- blend
- pend
- resend
- transcend
- abend
- comprehend
- entend
- fend
- obtend
- perpend
- portend
- unfriend
- vend
- when'd
- blende
- defriend
- disrecommend
- emend
- expend
- forfend
- forspend
- freakend
- genetic dead end
- heaven forfend
Questions about weekend
- What does weekend mean?
- Weekend means the break in the working week, usually two days including the traditional holy or sabbath day. Thus in Western countries, Saturday and Sunday.
- What is weekend in Hindi?
- Weekend in Hindi is सप्ताहांत (saptāhānt), वीकेंड (vīkeṇḍ). See Weekend meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is weekend?
- Weekend can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce weekend?
- Weekend is pronounced /wiːˈkɛnd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of weekend?
- The plural of weekend is weekends.
Words near weekend in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: weekend (page history and authors); weekend (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); weekend (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); weekend (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); weekend (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); weekend (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਵੀਕਐਂਡ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); શનિરવિ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); weekend (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); weekend (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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