weekly

weekly

See also: Weekly

English

Etymology

From Middle English wekely, weikly (adverb), equivalent to week +‎ -ly. Compare Dutch wekelijks (“weekly”), German wöchentlich (“weekly”), Danish ugentlig (“weekly”), Norwegian ukentlig (“weekly”), Icelandic vikulega (“weekly”), Swedish veckovis (“weekly”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /wiːk.li/
• Rhymes: -iːk.li
• Homophone: weakly

Adverb

weekly (not comparable)

1. Once every week.

   She visits her mother weekly.

2. Every week.

Synonyms

• hebdomadally

Derived terms

• biweekly
• semi-weekly
• twice-weekly
• twi-weekly

Translations

once every week

Basque: astean behin Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (saptahik) Bulgarian: седмично (bg) (sedmično) Burmese: အပတ်စဉ် (my) (a.patcany) Catalan: setmanalment (ca), setmanal (ca) Cherokee: ᏑᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᏒ (sunadodaquasdi nigalistanisv) Chinese: Mandarin: 每周 (zh) (měizhōu) Czech: týdně (cs) Danish: ugentlig (da) Dutch: wekelijks (nl), eenmaal per week Finnish: viikoittain (fi) French: hebdomadairement (fr), chaque semaine Galician: semanalmente, cada semana German: wöchentlich (de) Greek: εβδομαδιαία (el) (evdomadiaía), εβδομαδιαίως (evdomadiaíos) Gujarati: અઠવાડિક (aṭhavāḍik) Hebrew: אחת לשבוע‎ (akhát le-shavúa) Hindi: साप्ताहिक (hi) (sāptāhik) Hungarian: hetenként, hetente (hu) Indonesian: mingguan Italian: settimanalmente (it) Japanese: 毎週 (ja) (まいしゅう, maishū) Malay: mingguan (ms) Portuguese: semanalmente Russian: раз в неде́лю (raz v nedélju) Spanish: semanalmente (es), cada semana Swedish: en gång per vecka, en gång i veckan Tagalog: lingguhan Tamil: வாரந்தோறும் (vārantōṟum) Turkish: haftada bir

every week

Arabic: أُسْبُوعِيًّا‎ (ʾusbūʿiyyan) Basque: astero (eu) Belarusian: штоты́дзень (štotýdzjenʹ), штотыднёва (štotydnjova) Bulgarian: ежесе́дмично (bg) (ežesédmično) Burmese: အပတ်စဉ် (my) (a.patcany) Catalan: setmanalment (ca), cada setmana Cherokee: ᏑᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᏒ (sunadodaquasdi nigalistanisv) Chinese: Mandarin: 每周 (zh) (měizhōu) Czech: týdně (cs) Dutch: wekelijks (nl), elke week Finnish: viikoittain (fi) French: hebdomadairement (fr), une fois par semaine Galician: semanalmente, tódalas semanas German: wöchentlich (de) Greek: εβδομαδιαία (el) (evdomadiaía), εβδομαδιαίως (evdomadiaíos) Hebrew: כל שבוע‎ (kol shavúa) Hungarian: minden héten, heti (hu) Italian: settimanalmente (it) Japanese: 毎週 (ja) (maishū) Korean: 매주 (ko) (maeju) Polish: cotygodniowo, co tydzień Portuguese: semanalmente Russian: еженеде́льно (ru) (ježenedélʹno) Spanish: semanalmente (es), todas las semanas Swedish: varje vecka Turkish: her hafta Ukrainian: щоти́жня (uk) (ščotýžnja), щотижне́во (ščotyžnévo)

Adjective

weekly (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to a week.
2. Happening once a week, or every week.

   He's going for his weekly check-up at the hospital.

   In summer, we cut the grass on a weekly basis.

Synonyms

• hebdomadal

Translations

of or relating to a week

Arabic: أُسْبُوعِيٌّ‎ (ʾusbūʿiyyun) Azerbaijani: həftəlik Basque: asteroko (eu) Catalan: setmanal (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 每周 (zh) (měizhōu) Dutch: wekelijks (nl), wekelijkse (nl) Finnish: viikoittainen (fi), viikko- (fi) German: wöchentlich (de) Greek: εβδομαδιαίος (el) (evdomadiaíos) Hebrew: שבועי‎ (shvu'í) Italian: settimanale (it) Polish: tygodniowy (pl) Portuguese: semanal (pt) Romanian: săptămânal (ro) m or n Russian: неде́льный (ru) (nedélʹnyj) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: tyźeński Swedish: vecka- (sv)

happening once a week or every week

Arabic: أُسْبُوعِيٌّ‎ (ʾusbūʿiyyun) Azerbaijani: həftəlik Bashkir: аҙналыҡ (aðnalıq) Basque: asteroko (eu) Belarusian: штотыднёвы (štotydnjovy), тыднёвы (tydnjóvy) Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (saptahik), হপ্তা হপ্তা (hôpta hôpta) Breton: sizhuniek (br) Bulgarian: се́дмичен (sédmičen) Catalan: setmanal (ca) Cebuano: sinemana Chinese: Mandarin: 每周 (zh) (měizhōu) Dutch: wekelijks (nl), wekelijkse (nl) Finnish: viikoittainen (fi) French: hebdomadaire (fr) Galician: semanal German: wöchentlich (de) Greek: εβδομαδιαίος (el) (evdomadiaíos) Hebrew: שבועי‎ m (shvu'í) Irish: seachtainiúil Italian: settimanale (it) Japanese: 毎週の (ja) (maishū no) Korean: 매주의 (ko) (maejuui) Malay: mingguan (ms) Norwegian: Bokmål: ukentlig Occitan: setmanièr Persian: هفتگی‎ (fa) (haftegi) Plautdietsch: wäakjlich Polish: cotygodniowy (pl) Portuguese: semanal (pt) Romanian: săptămânal (ro) m or n Russian: еженеде́льный (ru) (ježenedélʹnyj) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: tyźeński Spanish: semanal (es) Swedish: vecka- (sv) Turkish: haftalık (tr) Ukrainian: щотижне́вий (uk) (ščotyžnévyj), тижне́вий (tyžnévyj)

Noun

weekly (plural weeklies)

1. A publication that is published once a week.

Descendants

• Japanese: ウィークリー (wīkurī)

Translations

publication that is published once a week

Bashkir: аҙналыҡ (aðnalıq) Basque: astekari (eu) Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (saptahik) Bulgarian: седмичник m (sedmičnik) Chinese: Mandarin: 周刊 (zh) (zhōukān) ((traditional also:) 週刊／周刊 (zh)) Czech: týdeník (cs) Dutch: weekblad (nl) n Faroese: vikublað n Finnish: viikkolehti (fi) German: Wochenzeitschrift (de) f, Wochenblatt (de) n, Wochenzeitung f Hebrew: שבועון‎ m (shavu'ón) Hindi: साप्ताहिक (hi) m (sāptāhik) Hungarian: hetilap (hu) Indonesian: mingguan Irish: seachtanán m, páipéar seachtaine m (newspaper), páipéar seachtainiúil m (newspaper), nuachtán seachtainiúil m (newspaper) Italian: settimanale (it) m Japanese: 週刊 (ja) (しゅうかん, shūkan) Malayalam: വാരിക (ml) (vārika), ആഴ്ചപ്പതിപ്പ് (ml) (āḻcappatippŭ) Manx: shiaghtinane m Norwegian: Bokmål: ukeavis m or f (newspaper) Nynorsk: vekeavis f (newspaper) Persian: هفته‌نامه‎ (hafte-nâme) Polish: tygodnik (pl) m inan Portuguese: semanário (pt) m, hebdomadário (pt) m Romanian: săptămânal (ro) n, hebdomadar (ro) n Russian: еженеде́льник (ru) m (ježenedélʹnik) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: tyźenik m Spanish: semanario (es) m, hebdomadario (es) m Swedish: veckotidning (sv) c Telugu: వారపత్రిక (te) (vārapatrika) Ukrainian: тижне́вик m (tyžnévyk), тижне́вий часо́пис m (tyžnévyj časópys) Vietnamese: tuần báo (vi) (newspaper), tuần san (vi) (magazine)

See also

• Thesaurus:frequency