Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

five-day week

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.13 in modern English

Syllables: five--day week
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.

Example Sentences

"The widespread adoption of the five-day week has at last had effect on the Saturday rush-hour train service on the London-Watford and Bletchley lines of the L.M.R."

Inflected Forms

five-day weeks (plural)

Questions

What does five-day week mean?: A working week of five days, the remaining two days in the week being rest days.

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