week
Part of speech: noun
intj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyg-der.
Proto-Germanic *wikǭ
Proto-West Germanic *wikā
Old English wiċe
Middle English wyke
English week
From Middle English wyke, weke, from Old English wiċe, wucu (“week”), from Proto-West Germanic *wikā, from Proto-Germanic *wikǭ (“sequence; week”), from Proto-Indo-European *weyg-, *weyk- (“to bend, curve”). Related to weak and dialectal English wick (“corner”); see Proto-Germanic *wīk(w)aną (“to bend, yield, cease”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots ouk, oulk (“week”), Yola wick, wik (“week”), North Frisian waag, Week, weg (“week”), Saterland Frisian Wiek, Wíek (“week”), West Frisian wike (“week”), Bavarian Wochn (“week”), Cimbrian boch, bòcha (“week”), Dutch week (“week”), German Woche (“week”), German Low German Week (“week”), Limburgish waek, Wéëk (“week”), Luxembourgish Woch (“week”), Mòcheno boch (“week”), Vilamovian woch (“week”), Yiddish וואָך (vokh, “week”), Danish uge (“week”), Elfdalian wiku, wikå (“week”), Faroese and Icelandic vika (“week”), Jamtish vuku (“week”), Norwegian Bokmål uke (“week”), Norwegian Nynorsk veke, vika, viku, vukku, vuku (“week”), Scanian uga (“week”), Swedish vecka (“week”), Gothic 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉 (wikō, “sequence; week”); also Cornish gwigh (“periwinkles, whelks”), Irish faocha, faochóg (“periwinkle”), Latin vicis (“alteration, turn; time”), Ancient Greek εἴκω (eíkō, “to yield”), Albanian vig (“bier, litter, stretcher”), Northern Kurdish avêtin, avitin, avîtin, havêtin, havîtin (“to cast, hurl, throw”), Persian آویختَن (âvixtan, “to hang, suspend”), بیختن (bēxtan / bixtan, “to sieve, sift”). Related also to Old English wīcan (“to yield, give way”), English weak and wick.
Inflected forms:
form: weeks
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: weeke
pos: noun
tags: alternative
obsolete
Senses:
gloss: Any period of seven consecutive days.
pos: noun
examples: Holonyms: megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour < day, weekday < weekend
Investors face a quandary. Cash offers a return of virtually zero in many developed countries; government-bond yields may have risen in recent weeks but they are still unattractive. Equities have suffered two big bear markets since 2000 and are wobbling again. It is hardly surprising that pension funds, insurers and endowments are searching for new sources of return.
Some of the same areas hit by tornadoes just a little over a week ago are expecting severe storms again Monday afternoon and evening.
gloss: A period of seven days beginning with Sunday or Monday.
pos: noun
gloss: A period of five days beginning with Monday.
pos: noun
gloss: A subdivision of the month into longer periods of work days punctuated by shorter weekend periods of days for markets, rest, or religious observation such as a sabbath.
pos: noun
examples: A 4-day week consists of Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday.
gloss: A date seven days after (sometimes before) the specified day.
pos: noun
examples: I'll see you Thursday week. [a week on Thursday, i.e. Thursday after next]
The wedding is tomorrow week. [a week tomorrow, i.e. in eight days' time]
gloss: The squeal of a pig.
pos: intj
examples: And ho, ho, ho, went Mister Pig, and week, week, week, went she; […]
[…] his head came a-top of one of a litter of young pigs that happened at that moment to be foraging about: week! week! week! week! week! cried little piggy.
Synonyms: hebdomad
sennight
sevennight
week
Related words: calendar
Sabbath
Derived words: boxing week
bull week
bush week
coasties week
dead week
Ember week
fashion week
finals week
five-day week
freshers' week
frosh week
Golden Week
hell week
Holy Week
leap week
leavers week
midweek
mid-week
noughth week
0th week
orientation week
prophetic week
rag week
reading week
red week
revision week
schoolies week
school week
shark week
spirit week
technical week
tech week
the Three Weeks
week-end
weekend
white week
working week
workweek
week to week
last week
next week
this week
today week
tomorrow week
week-long
weeklong
weekly
yesterday week
any day of the week
any day of the week and twice on Sunday
any day of the week and twice on Sundays
as modern as next week
a week from next Tuesday
a week is a long time in politics
be born last week
every day of the week
every day of the week and twice on Sunday
every day of the week and twice on Sundays
flavor of the week
flavour of the week
for weeks on end
I'm here all week
knock someone into the middle of next week
modern as next week
monster of the week
next week, East Lynne
second Tuesday of the week
two week millionaire
two-week wait
villain of the week
week of Saturdays
week of Sundays
Festival of Weeks
light week
run of week
Translations:
lang: Abkhaz
word: амчыбжь
roman: amčəbž
lang: Afar
word: ayam
lang: Afrikaans
word: week
lang: Albanian
word: javë
lang: Southern Altai
word: јети конок
roman: ǰeti konok
lang: Amharic
word: ሳምንት
roman: samnət
lang: Arabic
word: أُسْبُوع
roman: ʔusbūʕ
lang: Arabic
word: جُمْعَة
roman: jumʕa
lang: Arabic
word: اسبوع
roman: ʔesbūʕ
lang: Arabic
word: إسبوع
roman: ʔisbūʕ
lang: Arabic
word: أُسبوع
roman: ʔusbūʕ
lang: Arabic
word: سيمانة
roman: sīmāna
lang: Arabic
word: أُسبوع
roman: ʔusbūʕ
lang: Arabic
word: جمعة
roman: jamʕa
lang: Arabic
word: جمعة
roman: jimʕa
lang: Aragonese
word: semana
lang: Aramaic
word: ܫܒܘܥܐ
lang: Aramaic
word: ܫܒܬܐ
lang: Armenian
word: շաբաթ
roman: šabatʻ
lang: Aromanian
word: siptãmãnã
lang: Aromanian
word: stãmãnã
lang: Aromanian
word: stãmene
lang: Assamese
word: সপ্তাহ
roman: xoptah
lang: Asturian
word: selmana
lang: Asturian
word: sermana
lang: Asturian
word: semana
lang: Asturian
word: semá
lang: Asturian
word: sumana
lang: Avar
word: анкь
roman: ankkˡʼ
lang: Azerbaijani
word: həftə
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yeddinək
lang: Bashkir
word: аҙна
roman: aźna
lang: Basque
word: aste
lang: Belarusian
word: ты́дзень
roman: týdzjenʹ
lang: Bengali
word: সপ্তাহ
roman: śoptaho
lang: Bhojpuri
word: 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂯
roman: saptāh
lang: Bhojpuri
word: हप्ता
roman: haptā
lang: Breton
word: sizhun
lang: Bulgarian
word: се́дмица
roman: sédmica
lang: Burmese
word: ရက်သတ္တပတ်
roman: raksatta.pat
lang: Burmese
word: တစ်ပတ်
roman: tacpat
lang: Buryat
word: долоон хоног
roman: doloon xonog
lang: Carpathian Rusyn
word: ты́ждень
roman: tŷ́ždenʹ
lang: Catalan
word: setmana
lang: Cebuano
word: semana
lang: Chechen
word: кӏира
roman: kʼira
lang: Cherokee
word: ᏑᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ
roman: sunadodaquasdi
lang: Chichewa
word: mlungu
lang: Chichewa
word: sabata
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 星期
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 禮拜 /礼拜
roman: lai⁵ baai³
lang: Chinese
word: щинчи
roman: xinči
lang: Chinese
word: чи
roman: či
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 禮拜 /礼拜
roman: lā̤-bái
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 禮拜 /礼拜
roman: lî-pai
lang: Chinese
word: 禮拜 /礼拜
roman: lé-pài
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 星期
roman: xīngqī
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 週 /周
roman: zhōu
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 禮拜 /礼拜
roman: lǐbài
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 星期
roman: ¹shin-ji₆
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 禮拜 /礼拜
lang: Chuvash
word: эрне
roman: erne
lang: West Circassian
word: тхьамафэ
roman: tḥamafɛ
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: mfumo
lang: Corsican
word: settimana
lang: Corsican
word: sittimana
lang: Corsican
word: simana
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: afta
lang: Czech
word: týden
lang: Dalmatian
word: jedma
lang: Dalmatian
word: setemúna
lang: Dalmatian
word: setimuón
lang: Danish
word: uge
lang: Dhivehi
word: ހަފްތާ
roman: haftā
lang: Dutch
word: week
lang: Emilian
word: stmèna
lang: Erzya
word: тарго
roman: targo
lang: Erzya
word: недля
roman: nedľa
lang: Esperanto
word: semajno
lang: Estonian
word: nädal
lang: Fala
word: semana
lang: Faroese
word: vika
lang: Fijian
word: macava
lang: Finnish
word: viikko
lang: Franco-Provençal
word: semana
lang: French
word: semaine
lang: French
word: huit jours
lang: Old French
word: semeine
lang: Old French
word: semaine
lang: North Frisian
word: weg
lang: West-Frisian
word: wike
lang: Friulian
word: setemane
lang: Galician
word: semana
lang: Galician
word: semá
lang: Galician
word: semán
lang: Galician
word: somana
lang: Galician
word: domá
lang: Georgian
word: კვირა
roman: ḳvira
lang: German
word: Woche
lang: Gilbertese
word: wiki
lang: Gothic
word: 𐍅𐌹𐌺𐍉
roman: wikō
lang: Greek
word: εβδομάδα
roman: evdomáda
lang: Greek
word: επταήμερο
roman: eptaḯmero
lang: Greek
word: εφταήμερο
roman: eftaḯmero
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἑβδομάς
roman: hebdomás
lang: Paraguayan Guarani
word: arapokõindy
lang: Gujarati
word: અઠવાડિયું
roman: aṭhavāḍiyũ
lang: Gujarati
word: સપ્તાહ
roman: saptāh
lang: Gujarati
word: હપતો
roman: hapto
lang: Haitian Creole
word: semèn
lang: Hausa
word: mako
lang: Hawaiian
word: pule
lang: Hebrew
word: שבוע
lang: Hebrew
word: שָׁבוּעַ
roman: shavúa
lang: Hindi
word: सप्ताह
roman: saptāh
lang: Hindi
word: हफ़्ता
roman: haftā
lang: White Hmong
word: lis tiam
lang: Hungarian
word: hét
lang: Icelandic
word: vika
lang: Ido
word: semano
lang: Indonesian
word: minggu
lang: Indonesian
word: pekan
lang: Ingush
word: кӏира
roman: kʼira
lang: Interlingua
word: septimana
lang: Irish
word: seachtain
lang: Old Irish
word: sechtmain
lang: Istro-Romanian
word: šetimana
lang: Italian
word: settimana
lang: Japanese
word: 週
roman: shū
lang: Japanese
word: 週間
roman: shūkan
lang: Kalmyk
word: долан хонг
roman: dolan xong
lang: Kannada
word: ವಾರ
roman: vāra
lang: Karachay-Balkar
word: ыйыкъ
roman: ıyıq
lang: Karelian
word: nedali
lang: Karelian
word: nedäli
lang: Kashmiri
word: ہَفتہٕ
roman: haftụ
lang: Kashubian
word: tidzéń
lang: Kazakh
word: апта
roman: apta
lang: Kazakh
word: жұма
roman: jūma
lang: Khmer
word: សប្តាហៈ
roman: sapphdaahaʼ
lang: Khmer
word: អាទិត្យ
roman: ʼaatɨt
lang: Khmer
word: សត្តាហៈ
roman: sattaahaʼ
lang: Khmer
word: សប្តាហ៍
roman: sappədaa
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: недель
roman: ńeďeľ
lang: Komi-Permyak
word: вежон
roman: vežon
lang: Komi-Zyrian
word: вежон
roman: vežon
lang: Korean
word: 주
roman: ju
lang: Korean
word: 주일
roman: ju'il
lang: Central Kurdish
word: حەفتە
roman: ḧefte
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hefte
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: heftî
lang: Kyrgyz
word: апта
roman: apta
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жума
roman: juma
lang: Kyrgyz
word: жетикүн
roman: jetikün
lang: Ladin
word: ena
lang: Ladin
word: setemena
lang: Ladino
word: semana
lang: Ladino
word: סימאנה
lang: Lak
word: нужмяр
roman: nužmaˤr
lang: Lao
word: ສັບດາ
roman: sap dā
lang: Lao
word: ສັບປະດາ
roman: sap pa dā
lang: Lao
word: ອາທິດ
roman: ʼā thit
lang: Lao
word: ສັດຕາຫະ
roman: sat tā ha
lang: Latgalian
word: nedeļa
lang: Latin
word: hebdomas
lang: Latin
word: septimāna
lang: Latvian
word: nedēļa
lang: Leonese
word: selmana
lang: Lezgi
word: гьафте
roman: hafte
lang: Limburgish
word: waek
lang: Lindu
word: minggu
lang: Lingala
word: mposo
lang: Lithuanian
word: savaitė
lang: Livonian
word: nädīļ
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: lasmènn
lang: Louisiana Creole
word: smènn
lang: Low German
word: Week
lang: Luganda
word: sabbiiti
lang: Luxembourgish
word: Woch
lang: Macedonian
word: седмица
roman: sedmica
lang: Macedonian
word: недела
roman: nedela
lang: Magahi
word: 𑂮𑂣𑂹𑂞𑂰𑂯
roman: saptāh
lang: Maguindanao
word: saka padian
lang: Maithili
word: सप्ताह
roman: saptāh
lang: Maithili
word: अठबार
roman: aṭhᵊbār
lang: Malagasy
word: herinandro
lang: Malay
word: minggu
lang: Malay
word: pekan
lang: Malay
word: jemaat
lang: Malay
word: jumaat
lang: Malayalam
word: ആഴ്ച
roman: āḻca
lang: Maltese
word: ġimgħa
lang: Northern Mansi
word: са̄т
roman: sāt
lang: Manx
word: shiaghtin
lang: Māori
word: wiki
lang: Maranao
word: padiqan
lang: Marathi
word: आठवडा
roman: āṭhavḍā
lang: Eastern Mari
word: арня
roman: arńa
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: semenn
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: săptămănă
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: săptămǫnă
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: sămǫnă
lang: Megleno-Romanian
word: smǫnă
lang: Mirandese
word: sumana
lang: Mòcheno
word: boch
lang: Moksha
word: недяля
roman: nedälä
lang: Moksha
word: тарга
roman: targa
lang: Mongo
word: eyenga
lang: Mongolian
word: долоо хоног
roman: doloo xonog
lang: Mongolian
word: гариг
roman: garig
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠳᠣᠯᠤᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠣᠨᠤᠭ
roman: dolug-a qonug
lang: Mongolian
word: ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ
roman: ɣarag
lang: Nahuatl
word: chicōntōnalli
lang: Nalca
word: minggu
lang: Navajo
word: damį́įgo
lang: Navajo
word: damóo
lang: Neapolitan
word: semmana
lang: Neapolitan
word: semana
lang: Nepali
word: हप्ता
roman: haptā
lang: Ngombe (Congo)
word: eyenga
lang: Norman
word: s'maine
lang: Norman
word: s'môine
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: uke
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: veke
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: vika (Høgnorsk)
lang: Occitan
word: setmana
lang: Odia
word: ସପ୍ତାହ
roman: saptāha
lang: Ojibwe
word: anamiʼe-giizhik
lang: Church Slavic
word: седмица
roman: sedmica
lang: Old East Slavic
word: тꙑижьдьнь
roman: tyižĭdĭnĭ
lang: Old East Slavic
word: тꙑжьдьнь
roman: tyžĭdĭnĭ
lang: Old English
word: wiċe
lang: Old Navarro-Aragonese
word: semana
lang: Old Norse
word: vika
lang: Old Saxon
word: wika
lang: Oromo
word: torbee
lang: Ossetian
word: къуыри
lang: Pannonian Rusyn
word: тидзень
roman: tidzenʹ
lang: Papiamentu
word: siman
lang: Pashto
word: اونۍ
roman: onəy
lang: Persian
word: هَفْتَه
roman: hafta
lang: Dari
word: هَفْتَه
roman: hafta
lang: Iranian Persian
word: هَفْتِه
roman: hafte
lang: Middle Persian
word: 𐭤𐭯𐭲𐭪
lang: Piedmontese
word: sman-a
lang: Plautdietsch
word: Wäakj
lang: Polish
word: tydzień
lang: Portuguese
word: semana
lang: Punjabi
word: ਹਫ਼ਤੇ
roman: hafte
lang: Quechua
word: simana
lang: Quechua
word: hunk'a
lang: Quechua
word: qanchischaw
lang: Rapa Nui
word: tāpati
lang: Rohingya
word: hafta
lang: Romagnol
word: stmana
lang: Romani
word: kurko
lang: Romanian
word: săptămână
lang: Romansh
word: emna
lang: Romansh
word: emda
lang: Romansh
word: jamna
lang: Romansh
word: eamda
lang: Russian
word: неде́ля
roman: nedélja
lang: Sabir
word: settimana
lang: Saho
word: liggidina
lang: Inari-Sami
word: okko
lang: Northern Sami
word: vahkku
lang: Skolt-Sami
word: neäʹttel
lang: Southern Sami
word: våhkoe
lang: Samoan
word: vāiaso
lang: Sanskrit
word: सप्ताह
roman: saptāha
lang: Sardinian
word: chída
lang: Sardinian
word: chida
lang: Sardinian
word: chita
lang: Sardinian
word: cida
lang: Sardinian
word: cira
lang: Scots
word: wouk
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: seachdain
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: недеља
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: нѐдјеља
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: нѐђеља
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: те̏дан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: тје̏дан
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: сѐдмица
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nèdelja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nèdjelja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: nèđelja
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tȅdan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: tjȅdan
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: sèdmica
lang: Seychellois Creole
word: semenn
lang: Sicilian
word: simana
lang: Silesian
word: tydźyń
lang: Sinhalese
word: සතිය
roman: satiya
lang: Slovak
word: týždeň
lang: Slovene
word: téden
lang: Somali
word: toddobaad
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: tyźeń
lang: Upper Sorbian
word: tydźeń
lang: Spanish
word: semana
lang: Old Spanish
word: semana
lang: Old Spanish
word: setmana
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: wiki
lang: Swahili
word: wiki
lang: Swahili
word: juma
lang: Swedish
word: vecka
lang: Tagalog
word: linggo
lang: Tagalog
word: semana
lang: Tahitian
word: hepetoma
lang: Tajik
word: ҳафта
roman: hafta
lang: Tamil
word: கிழமை
roman: kiḻamai
lang: Tamil
word: வாரம்
roman: vāram
lang: Taos
word: tumį́ku
lang: Tarantino
word: sumáne
lang: Tarantino
word: sumana
lang: Tatar
word: атна
roman: atna
lang: Tausug
word: pitu
lang: Telugu
word: వారము
roman: vāramu
lang: Tetum
word: semana
lang: Thai
word: สัปดาห์
roman: sàp-daa
lang: Thai
word: อาทิตย์
roman: aa-tít
lang: Thai
word: สัตวาร
lang: Thai
word: สัตตาห
lang: Tibetan
word: བདུན་ཕྲག
roman: bdun phrag
lang: Tigrinya
word: ሰሙን
roman: sämun
lang: Tok Pisin
word: wik
lang: Tswana
word: beke
lang: Tumbuka
word: sabata
lang: Turkish
word: hafta
lang: Turkish
word: yedil
lang: Turkmen
word: hepde
lang: Tuvan
word: чеди хонук
roman: çedi xonuk
lang: Tuvan
word: неделя
roman: nedelya
lang: Tuvan
word: чедилик
roman: çedilik
lang: Udi
word: шаматӏ
roman: šamaṭ
lang: Udmurt
word: арня
roman: arńa
lang: Ukrainian
word: ти́ждень
roman: týždenʹ
lang: Urdu
word: ہَفْتَہ
roman: hafta
lang: Urdu
word: سَپْتاہ
roman: saptāh
lang: Uyghur
word: ھەپتە
roman: hepte
lang: Uzbek
word: hafta
lang: Venda
word: vhege
lang: Venetan
word: setimana
lang: Venetan
word: stemana
lang: Venetan
word: stimana
lang: Venetan
word: setemana
lang: Vietnamese
word: tuần
lang: Vietnamese
word: tuần lễ
lang: Volapük
word: vig
lang: Walloon
word: samwinne
lang: Walloon
word: samaîun
lang: Welsh
word: wythnos
lang: Wolof
word: ayubés
lang: Wolof
word: besboai
lang: Xhosa
word: veki
lang: Yaghnobi
word: ҳафта
roman: hafta
lang: Yakut
word: нэдиэлэ
roman: nediele
lang: Yao (Africa)
word: ci-juma
lang: Yiddish
word: וואָך
roman: vokh
lang: Yoruba
word: ọ̀sẹ̀
lang: Zazaki
word: hefte (diq)
lang: Zazaki
word: hewte (diq)
lang: Zhuang
word: singhgiz
lang: Zhuang
word: singgeiz
lang: Zhuang
word: lijbai
lang: Zhuang
word: cou
lang: Zulu
word: iviki
lang: ǃXóõ
word: bìikì