weeknight

week·night

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [week-nahyt]
- /ˈwikˌnaɪt/
- /ˈwiːk.naɪt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [week-nahyt]
- /ˈwikˌnaɪt/

Definitions of weeknight word

noun weeknight any night of the week, usually except Saturday and Sunday. 1
adjective weeknight Also, weeknightly [week-nahyt-lee] /ˈwikˌnaɪt li/ (Show IPA). of, on, or for a weeknight: the weeknight lineup of TV programs. 1
noun weeknight A night of the week other than Saturday or Sunday. 1
noun weeknight evening from Monday through Friday 1
countable noun weeknight A weeknight is the evening or night of a weekday. 0
noun weeknight the evening or night of a weekday 0

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Origin of weeknight

First appearance:

before 1855

One of the 30% newest English words

First recorded in 1855-60; week + night

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Parts of speech for Weeknight

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Weeknight

weeknight popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 50% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

weeknight usage trend in Literature

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