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

Audio (US): (file)
IPA^(key): /wiːk.li/
Rhymes: -iːk.li
Homophone: weakly

Adverb

weekly (not comparable)

Once every week.
She visits her mother weekly.
Every week.

Synonyms

hebdomadally

Derived terms

Translations

once every week

Basque: astean behin
Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (śaptahik)
Bulgarian: седмично (bg) (sedmično)
Burmese: အပတ်စဉ် (my) (a.patcany)
Catalan: setmanalment (ca), setmanal (ca)
Cherokee: ᏑᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᏗ ᏂᎦᎵᏍᏔᏂᏒ (sunadodaquasdi nigalistanisv)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 每週／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
Georgian: კვირაში ერთხელ (ḳviraši ertxel)
German: wöchentlich (de)
Greek: εβδομαδιαία (el) (evdomadiaía), εβδομαδιαίως (evdomadiaíos)
Gujarati: અઠવાડિક (aṭhavāḍik)
Hebrew: אחת לשבוע (akhát le-shavúa)
Hindi: साप्ताहिक (hi) (sāptāhik)
Hungarian: hetenként (hu), hetente (hu)
Indonesian: mingguan (id)
Italian: settimanalmente (it)
Japanese: 毎週 (ja) (まいしゅう, maishū)
Malay: mingguan (ms)
Portuguese: semanalmente (pt)
Romanian: săptămânal (ro)
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 (ʔusbūʕiyyan)
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: 每週／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
Georgian: ყოველკვირეულად (q̇ovelḳvireulad), კვირეულად (ḳvireulad)
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 (pt)
Romanian: în fiecare săptămână, săptămânal (ro)
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)

Of or relating to a week.
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
(obsolete) hebdomadary

Translations

of or relating to a week

Arabic: أُسْبُوعِيٌّ (ʔusbūʕiyyun)
Azerbaijani: həftəlik
Basque: asteroko (eu)
Catalan: setmanal (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 每週／每周 (zh) (měizhōu)
Dutch: wekelijks (nl), wekelijkse (nl)
Finnish: viikoittainen (fi), viikko- (fi)
Georgian: კვირეული (ḳvireuli), ყოველკვირეული (q̇ovelḳvireuli)
German: wöchentlich (de)
Greek: εβδομαδιαίος (el) (evdomadiaíos)
Ancient Greek: ἑβδομαδιαῖος (hebdomadiaîos)
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 (ʔusbūʕiyyun)
Azerbaijani: həftəlik
Bashkir: аҙналыҡ (aźnalıq)
Basque: asteroko (eu)
Belarusian: штотыднёвы (štotydnjovy), тыднёвы (tydnjóvy)
Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (śaptahik), হপ্তা হপ্তা (bn) (hopta hopta)
Breton: sizhuniek (br)
Bulgarian: се́дмичен (sédmičen)
Catalan: setmanal (ca)
Cebuano: sinemana
Chinese:
Mandarin: 每週／每周 (zh) (měizhōu)
Dutch: wekelijks (nl), wekelijkse (nl)
Finnish: viikoittainen (fi)
French: hebdomadaire (fr)
Galician: semanal
Georgian: კვირეული (ḳvireuli), ყოველკვირეული (q̇ovelḳvireuli), კვირაში ერთხელ (ḳviraši ertxel)
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)

A publication that is published once a week.

Derived terms

alt-weekly

Descendants

Japanese: ウィークリー (wīkurī)

Translations

publication that is published once a week

Bashkir: аҙналыҡ (aźnalıq)
Basque: astekari (eu)
Bengali: সাপ্তাহিক (bn) (śaptahik)
Bulgarian: седмичник m (sedmičnik)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 周刊 (zh) (zhōukān) ((traditional also:) 週刊／周刊 (zh) (zhōukān))
Czech: týdeník (cs)
Dutch: weekblad (nl) n
Faroese: vikublað n
Finnish: viikkolehti (fi)
German: Wochenzeitschrift (de) f, Wochenblatt (de) n, Wochenzeitung (de) f
Hebrew: שבועון m (shavu'ón)
Hindi: साप्ताहिक (hi) m (sāptāhik)
Hungarian: hetilap (hu)
Indonesian: mingguan (id)
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), щотижне́вик m (ščotyžnévyk)
Vietnamese: tuần báo (vi) (newspaper), tuần san (vi) (magazine)