weekend

(wēk'ĕnd')
n.
The end of the week, especially the period from Friday evening through Sunday evening.

intr.v., -end·ed, -end·ing, -ends.
To spend weekends or a weekend.

weekends week'ends' adv.

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IN BRIEF: n. - A time period usually extending from Friday night through Sunday.

There aren't enough days in the weekend. — Steven Wright

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Quotes:

"Your hair may be brushed, but your mind's untidy. You've had about seven hours of sleep since Friday. No wonder you feel that lost sensation. You're sunk from a riot of relaxation." - Ogden Nash

"How pleasant is Saturday night when I've tried all the week to be good, and not spoke a word that was bad, and obliged everyone that I could." - Nancy Sproat

"One non-revolutionary weekend is infinitely more bloody than a month of permanent revolution." - Source Unknown

"The rhythm of the weekend, with its birth, its planned gaieties, and its announced end, followed the rhythm of life and was a substitute for it." - Source Unknown

For a list of words related to weekend, see:

• Vacations and Interludes - weekend: days between end of one work week and beginning of next, Saturday and Sunday in United States and Europe
• Periods of Time - weekend: end of week; Saturday and Sunday; nonwork days

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See words rhyming with "weekend."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Weekend.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - weekend
v. intr. - holde weekend

Nederlands (Dutch)
weekeinde

Français (French)
n. - week-end, fin de semaine
v. intr. - passer le week-end

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wochenende
v. - das Wochenende verbringen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - Σαββατοκύριακο
v. - περνώ το Σαββατοκύριακο

Italiano (Italian)
fine settimana

Português (Portuguese)
n. - fim de semana (m)
v. - passar o fim de semana

Русский (Russian)
выходные дни в конце недели, проводить дни отдыха

Español (Spanish)
n. - fin de semana
v. intr. - pasar el fin de semana

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - veckoslut
v. - tillbringa veckoslutet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
周末, 周末休假, 度周末

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 周末, 周末休假
v. intr. - 度周末

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 주말, 주말 휴가, 주말 파티
v. intr. - 주말을 지내다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 週末, 週末休み, 週末の
v. - 週末を過ごす

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) اخر الأسبوع (فعل) يقضي اخر الأسبوع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סופשבוע‬
v. intr. - ‮בילה סופשבוע‬

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