Friday

Pronunciation

• enPR: frīʹdā; IPA: /ˈfɹaɪdeɪ/, /ˈfraɪdi/
• Rhymes: -aɪdeɪ
• Rhymes: -aɪdi

Origin

From Old English frīġedæġ. Compound of frīġe and dæġ "day", corresponding to late Proto-Germanic *Frijjōz dagaz ("day of Frigg"). Compare West Frisian freed, Low German Freedag, Dutch vrijdag, German Freitag, Danish fredag.

Old Norse Frigg (genitive Friggjar), Old Saxon Fri, and Old English Frig are derived from Common Germanic Frijjō.5 Frigg is cognate with Sanskrit prīyā́ which means "wife."5 The root also appears in Old Saxon fri which means "beloved lady", in Swedish as fria ("to propose for marriage") and in Icelandic as frjá which means "to love."

A calque of Latin dies Veneris, via an association of the goddess Frigg with the Roman goddess of love Venus.

Full definition of Friday

Noun

1. 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 Biblical sixth day of a week, the day before the Sabbath, or "day of preparation" in preparation for the Sabbath; the Islamic sabbath; it follows Thursday and precedes Saturday.probably just an attributive form of the noun: #An appointment, person (like Man Friday in Robinson Crusoe), or feeling associated with this day of the week.

Derived terms

Adverb

1. on Friday

Anagrams

• fraidy