Friday, Worldwide

Friday in Different Languages

One day, many words. Below is a reference table of how to say Friday — and "It's Friday" — in 31 languages, with a rough pronunciation guide and a one-tap copy button for each phrase.

How to say Friday and "It's Friday" in 31 languages, with pronunciation.
Language	Friday	It's Friday	Pronunciation
Spanish	Viernes	Es viernes	es bee-EHR-nes
French	Vendredi	C'est vendredi	seh vahn-druh-DEE
German	Freitag	Es ist Freitag	es ist FRY-tahk
Italian	Venerdì	È venerdì	eh veh-nehr-DEE
Portuguese	Sexta-feira	É sexta-feira	eh SES-tah FAY-rah
Dutch	Vrijdag	Het is vrijdag	het is VRAY-dahkh
Swedish	Fredag	Det är fredag	deh air FREH-dahg
Norwegian	Fredag	Det er fredag	deh air FREH-dahg
Danish	Fredag	Det er fredag	deh air FREH-dah
Finnish	Perjantai	Tänään on perjantai	TAH-nan on PEHR-yahn-tai
Polish	Piątek	Dziś jest piątek	jeesh yest PYON-tek
Czech	Pátek	Dnes je pátek	dnes yeh PAH-tek
Romanian	Vineri	Este vineri	ES-teh vee-NEHR
Hungarian	Péntek	Ma péntek van	mah PEHN-tek von
Russian	Пятница	Сегодня пятница	see-VOD-nya PYAT-nee-tsa
Ukrainian	П'ятниця	Сьогодні п'ятниця	syo-HOD-ni PYAT-ny-tsya
Greek	Παρασκευή	Σήμερα είναι Παρασκευή	SEE-meh-ra EE-neh pa-ras-kev-EE
Turkish	Cuma	Bugün Cuma	boo-GOON joo-MAH
Arabic	الجمعة	اليوم الجمعة	al-YOWM al-JUM-ah
Hebrew	יום שישי	היום יום שישי	ha-YOM yom shee-SHEE
Persian (Farsi)	جمعه	امروز جمعه است	em-ROOZ jom-EH ast
Hindi	शुक्रवार	आज शुक्रवार है	aaj SHUK-ra-vaar hai
Bengali	শুক্রবার	আজ শুক্রবার	aaj SHUK-ro-baar
Japanese	金曜日	今日は金曜日です	kyoh wa KIN-yoh-bi des
Korean	금요일	오늘은 금요일입니다	oh-NEUL-eun GEUM-yo-il-im-ni-da
Chinese (Mandarin)	星期五	今天是星期五	jin-tyen shr shing-chee-WOO
Thai	วันศุกร์	วันนี้เป็นวันศุกร์	wan-NEE bpen wan-SOOK
Vietnamese	Thứ Sáu	Hôm nay là thứ Sáu	hom nai lah too SOW
Indonesian	Jumat	Hari ini hari Jumat	HAH-ree EE-nee HAH-ree JOO-maht
Filipino (Tagalog)	Biyernes	Biyernes ngayon	bee-YEHR-nes ngah-YON
Swahili	Ijumaa	Leo ni Ijumaa	LEH-oh nee ee-joo-MAH

Where the Word Friday Comes From

In English, Friday comes from the Old English Frīgedæg — the day of the goddess Frigg. Most Romance languages trace back to the Latin Dies Veneris, the day of Venus, giving us vendredi, viernes, and venerdì. Portuguese instead numbers its weekdays, so Friday becomes sexta-feira — the "sixth weekday." Japanese and Korean follow the older East Asian seven-luminaries system, where Friday is named after the planet Venus (金, "metal/gold").

Saying "It's Friday" Around the World

The phrasing changes more than you'd expect. Arabic and Hebrew often skip the verb (اليوم الجمعة, היום יום שישי — literally "today, Friday"). Japanese and Korean lead with "today." German and Dutch stay close to English. Same idea, different shape.

Friday Sounds Good in Every Language

Whether it's viernes, vendredi, 金曜日, or الجمعة, the word carries the same small charge — the workweek's edge, the weekend's opening bar. Try dropping one of these into a message to a friend on a Friday afternoon; the meaning survives the translation, and so does the mood.

Keep Watching for Friday

Whatever language you speak it in, FridayWatch tells you when Friday actually arrives. You can open the FridayWatch homepage, check if today is Friday, see the days until Friday, track the hours until Friday, watch the live Friday countdown, or start the weekend countdown.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you say Friday in Spanish?: Friday in Spanish is viernes (pronounced bee-EHR-nes). To say "It's Friday," use es viernes. The word comes from the Latin Dies Veneris — the day of Venus.
How do you say Friday in French?: Friday in French is vendredi (pronounced vahn-druh-DEE). To say "It's Friday," you use c'est vendredi. Like Spanish and Italian, it descends from the Latin day of Venus.
What is Friday called in Portuguese?: In Portuguese, Friday is sexta-feira (pronounced SES-tah FAY-rah) — literally "sixth weekday." Portuguese is unusual among Romance languages in numbering the weekdays rather than naming them after Roman gods. To say "It's Friday," you use é sexta-feira, often shortened to é sexta.
How do you say "It's Friday" in Japanese?: "It's Friday" in Japanese is 今日は金曜日です (kyoh wa KIN-yoh-bi des). The word for Friday itself is 金曜日 (kin-yoh-bi), which literally means "metal/gold day" — after the planet Venus in the East Asian seven-luminaries system.
Why does Friday feel special in so many countries?: Across cultures, Friday sits at the seam between work and rest. In much of the world it marks the last workday before the weekend; in many Muslim-majority countries it is the main day of communal prayer and a public holiday. Different reasons, same weekly release — which is probably why it has its own celebrated word almost everywhere.