FRIDAY


Meaning of FRIDAY in English

n. & adv.

--n. the sixth day of the week, following Thursday.

--adv. colloq.

1. on Friday.

2 (Fridays) on Fridays; each Friday.

Phrases and idioms:

girl (or man) Friday a helper or follower (after Man Friday in Defoe's Robinson Crusoe).

Etymology: OE friged{aelig}g f. Gmc (named after Frigg the wife of Odin)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.