- Friday
- Day of Love. Named after the Norse goddess Frey. Freya's day celebrates fertility, love and lust.
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Friday — (pronunciation IPAEng|ˈfraɪdeɪ, ˈfraɪdi) is the day of the week falling between Thursday and Saturday. It is the sixth day in countries that adopt a Sunday first convention. In ISO 8601, in work based customs, and in countries adopting Monday… … Wikipedia
Friday — (dt. Freitag) steht für Personen: Gavin Friday, Sänger, Komponist, Maler (Irland) Linda Friday, US amerikanische Pornodarstellerin Nancy Friday, US amerikanische Autorin Orte: Friday (Texas), Vereinigte Staaten Friday Harbor, Stadt in Washington … Deutsch Wikipedia
Friday — es la palabra en idioma inglés con que se denomina al día viernes. También puede referirse a: Música Friday (canción de Rebecca Black) Friday (canción de Sunny Day Real Estate) Apellido David Friday (1876 1945) Gavin Friday (n. 1959) Hershel… … Wikipedia Español
Friday — O.E. frigedæg Frigga s day, from Frige, gen. of Frig (see FRIGG (Cf. Frigg)), Germanic goddess of married love, a West Germanic translation of L. dies Veneris day of (the planet) Venus, which itself translated Gk. Aphrodites hemera. Cf. O.N.… … Etymology dictionary
Friday — (Пинеда де Мар,Испания) Категория отеля: Адрес: 08397 Пинеда де Мар, Испания … Каталог отелей
Friday — ► NOUN ▪ the day of the week before Saturday and following Thursday. ► ADVERB 1) chiefly N. Amer. on Friday. 2) (Fridays) on Fridays; each Friday. ORIGIN Old English, named after the Germanic goddess Frigga … English terms dictionary
Friday — [frī′dā; ] occas. [, frī′dē] n. [ME fridai < OE frigedæg, lit., day of the goddess FRIGG, akin to Ger Freitag, Du Vrijdag, Swed Fredag: transl. of LL Veneris dies (Fr vendredi), Venus day] 1. the sixth day of the week: abbrev. Fri or F 2.… … English World dictionary
Friday — Fri day, n. [AS. friged[ae]g, fr. Frigu, the gooddes of marriage; friqu love + d[ae]g day; cf. Icel. Frigg name of a goddess, the wife of Odin or Wodan, OHG. Fr[=i]atag, Icel. Frj[=a]dagr. AS. frigu is prob. from the root of E. friend, free. See… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Friday — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Friday est un mot anglais signifiant vendredi. Etymologie: La déesse nordique freya (déesse de l amour et de la beauté) passe pour être à l origine de ce… … Wikipédia en Français
Friday — Fri|day [ˈfraıdi, deı] n [U and C] written abbreviation Fri. [: Old English; Origin: frigedAg day of Frigg, female god of love ] the day between Thursday and Saturday on Friday ▪ It s Kate s birthday on Friday. ▪ Diane won t be here Friday. AmE… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Friday — The belief that Friday is an unlucky day goes back to the Middle Ages, and is widely attested. As early as 1390 Chaucer wrote And on a Friday fell all this mischance , and throughout the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries there are ample… … A Dictionary of English folklore
