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week

/ˈwik/WEEK
/ˈwik/WEEK

Meaninga turn, a week

Common meaning: seven days

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishwicesourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishwekesource
  3. Englishweek‘seven days’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English wice ‘a turn, a week’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry WEEK, p. 701 · dictionary scan

Roots

  • wice Old English “a turn, a week”

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