weekday
n. countablen. any day of the week except for Saturday and Sunday. Most people work or go to school on these days.
n. any day from Monday through Friday inclusive, typically distinguished from the weekend.
I usually wake up at seven on a weekday.
Traffic is much heavier on a weekday morning because everyone is commuting to work.
The museum offers discounted admission on any weekday, though it remains at full price during the busy Saturday and Sunday shifts.
Inherited from Middle English wykeday, from Old English wicdæġ. By surface analysis, compound of week + day. Compare West Frisian wikedei (“weekday”), Dutch weekdag (“weekday”), German Wochentag (“weekday”), Danish ugedag (“weekday”), Swedish veckodag (“weekday”), Norwegian ukedag (“weekday”).
Often used as an attributive noun before another noun, such as 'weekday mornings' or 'weekday rates'.