What does Friday mean?
Definitions for Friday
ˈfraɪ deɪ, -diFri·day
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Princeton's WordNet
Friday, Frinoun
the sixth day of the week; the fifth working day
Wiktionary
Fridaynoun
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.
Etymology: frigedæg. Compound of frīġe and dæġ "day".
Fridayadverb
on Friday
Etymology: frigedæg. Compound of frīġe and dæġ "day".
Webster Dictionary
Fridaynoun
the sixth day of the week, following Thursday and preceding Saturday
Etymology: [AS. frigedg, fr. Frigu, the gooddes of marriage; friqu love + dg day; cf. Icel. Frigg name of a goddess, the wife of Odin or Wodan, OHG. Fratag, Icel. Frjdagr. AS. frigu is prob. from the root of E. friend, free. See Free, and Day.]
Freebase
Friday
Friday is the day between Thursday and Saturday. In countries adopting Monday-first conventions as recommended by the international standard ISO 8601, it is the fifth day of the week. It is the sixth day in countries that adopt a Sunday-first convention, as in the Abrahamic tradition. In many countries, Friday is the last day of a five-day working week, and is viewed as a cause for celebration or relief. In some workplaces workers wear less formal attire on Fridays, known as Casual Friday or Dress-Down Friday. In other countries, Friday is the first day of the weekend, with Saturday the second. In Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan and Iran, Friday is the last day of the weekend, with Saturday as the first day of the working week. Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait also followed this convention until they changed to a Friday–Saturday weekend, on 1 September 2006 in Bahrain and UAE, and a year later in Kuwait. In Iran, Friday is the only weekend day.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Friday
frī′dā, n. the sixth day of the week.—Black Friday, Good Friday, from the black vestments of the clergy and altar in the Western Church: any Friday marked by a great calamity; Good Friday, the Friday before Easter, kept in commemoration of the Crucifixion; Holy Friday, Friday in an ember-week—also Golden Friday, sometimes put for Good Friday itself. [A.S. Frígedæg, day of (the goddess) Fríg—Latinised Frigga—wife of Odin.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Friday
the young savage, the attendant of Robinson Crusoe, so called as discovered on a Friday.
Friday
the sixth day of the week, so called as consecrated to Freyia or Frigga, the wife of Odin; is proverbially a day of ill luck; held sacred among Catholics as the day of the crucifixion, and the Mohammedan Sunday in commemoration as the day on which, as they believe, Adam was created.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
friday
The dies infaustus, on which old seamen were desirous of not getting under weigh, as ill-omened.
Editors Contribution
friday
A day of the week.
Friday is a popular night for people to socialize.
Submitted by MaryC on March 16, 2020
Etymology and Origins
Friday
In the Scandinavian mythology this day of the week was set apart for the worship of Frigga, the wife of Odin.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Friday in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Friday in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of Friday in a Sentence
Police forces have been fighting Islamic State fighters since Friday, but lack of ammunition forced it to retreat and losing the town. I'm frustrated because we were left alone without support.
Since the Japanese market saw a deep fall on Friday, the U.S. job data offered a quick chance to buy back.
Shane Lowry texted me on Friday night and gave me a couple of words of encouragement.
Anything that was less than a comprehensive agreement was likely to see some degree of market selloff, the timing had a lot to do with the volatility. There were 15 minutes to go in the trading day on a Friday.
The market is naturally settling in, taking a breather until the scales tip either way to commence the next move to continued to new heights or a consolidated pullback, it's a pause before the next set of impactful numbers come out, highlighted by the jobs report on Friday.
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