Kilo Lingo

weekend

/ˌwiːkˈend/

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Translation

Saturday and Sunday, the two days when most people do not work.

Word origin

From week plus end, meaning the days at the end of the week.

Origin
Modern English
Root
week

Grammar

Gender
Pluralweekends

Examples

grandmother .

"Weekend" means Saturday and Sunday.

football .

Here "weekend" is the pair of days at the end of the week.

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"Weekends" is the plural, meaning more than one weekend.

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This word is part of lesson 17.