How do you pronounce friday?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/.

Where does friday come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

friday

/ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.96 in modern English

Syllables: Fri-day
IPA: /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/

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Meaning

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

The last workday in a work schedule that is not Monday through Friday.

Colloquial

adv

On Friday.

Canadian usage; American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"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."
"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[…]"
"Tomorrow's Thursday, but I have Friday and Saturday off, so really it's my Friday."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *dʰegʷʰ-, Friday, frīġedæġ, *Frījā dag, diēs Veneris

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/
British English: /ˈfɹaɪ.deɪ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Fridays (plural)

Derived Forms

Fridayish Fridayitis Fridayness Fridays

Phrases

Black Friday Friday afternoon car Friday car Friday Eve Friday-face Friday-faced Friday-fare Friday fast

Synonyms

Sixth Day Fri Fri. F Fr ♀

Rhymes With

tidy heidi untidy sidey hidy man friday sink tidy vide slidey alcaide snidey slidy