🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

semana de cinco dias

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sɨˈmɐnɐ dɨ ˈsĩku ˈdi.ɐʃ

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Five-day week/ˌfaɪvˈdeɪ wiːk/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #8500 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"A semana de cinco dias é adotada pela maioria das empresas."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A standard working schedule consisting of five consecutive workdays, typically Monday through Friday, followed by two days of rest.

    "Most corporate offices operate on a standard five-day week."
  2. 2

    A cultural and economic standard used to regulate labor hours and operational days for businesses and institutions.

    "The transition to a five-day week significantly shifted societal patterns of leisure and commerce."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of the numbers and nouns 'five', 'day', and 'week'. The concept gained widespread adoption in the early 20th century, notably pioneered by labor unions and commercial enterprises like Ford Motor Company in the 1920s to institutionalize standard working days and weekend leisure.

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🇫🇷French → English

semaine de cinq jours

Transliteration: sə.mɛn də sɛ̃ ʒuʁ

"La semaine de cinq jours est la norme dans la plupart des entreprises."

🇩🇪German → English

Fünftage Woche

Transliteration: fʏnfˌtaːɡə ˈvɔxə

"Die Fünftage Woche ist in den meisten Büros üblich."

🇮🇹Italian → English

settimana lavorativa di cinque giorni

Transliteration: set.tiˈma.na la.vo.raˈti.va di ˈtʃin.kwe ˈdʒor.ni

"La settimana lavorativa di cinque giorni è lo standard moderno."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

semana laboral de cinco días

Transliteration: seˈmana laβoˈral de ˈsinko ˈdias

"La semana laboral de cinco días ayuda a mantener un equilibrio entre el trabajo y la vida personal."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

semana de cinco dias

Transliteration: sɨˈmɐnɐ dɨ ˈsĩku ˈdi.ɐʃ

"A semana de cinco dias é adotada pela maioria das empresas."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

पाँच दिन का सप्ताह

Transliteration: paanch din ka saptaah

"अधिकांश कार्यालयों में पाँच दिन का सप्ताह होता है।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

五天工作日

Transliteration: wǔ tiān gōng zuò rì

"现代企业普遍实行五天工作日。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

주 5일 근무제

Transliteration: ju o-il geunmuje

"많은 회사가 주 5일 근무제를 채택하고 있습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

週休二日制

Transliteration: shūkyū futsuka-sei

"多くの企業が週休二日制を導入しています。"

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