2 syllables: fri, days. Stress on fri.
FREYE-deez
/ˈfɹaɪdiz/
fridays is pronounced FREYE-deez (/ˈfɹaɪdiz/). It has two syllables (fri-days), with the stress on "fri". Fridays is the plural form of Friday, referring to multiple Fridays or to events that occur on that day of the week. In everyday usage it often indicates a recurring or upcoming Friday, or a colloquial program or event named after the day. The word functions as a noun or nominal modifier, typically stressed on the first syllable. Pronunciation stays consistent across contexts.
Fridays is the plural form of Friday, referring to multiple Fridays or to events that occur on that day of the week. In everyday usage it often indicates a recurring or upcoming Friday, or a colloquial program or event named after the day. The word functions as a noun or nominal modifier, typically stressed on the first syllable. Pronunciation stays consistent across contexts.
- You: You might say /ˈfraɪ.dɪz/; fix by ensuring the second syllable uses /eɪ/ rather than a short /ɪ/. Practice saying Frī-dayz with a distinct /eɪ/ vowel. - You: You may drop the middle sound in fast speech—keep /deɪ/ as a unit, not /də/; make the /eɪ/ precise. - You: You sometimes devoice the final /z/ in rapid speech; ensure vocal fold vibration to produce /z/.
"We usually hold team meetings on Fridays."
"Fridays is my favorite day for casual get-togethers."
"The festival spans three Fridays in July."
Pronounce as /ˈfraɪ.deɪz/. The first syllable carries primary stress. Start with a clean /fraɪ/ as in “fly” but with an initial F; the second syllable is /dəɪ/ with a long “i” sound, followed by a voiced z /z/. Think FRY-dayz, with the y representing the diphthong /aɪ/ and a final voiced z that blurs slightly with the preceding vowel.”
Common errors include: 1) Over-splitting the syllables, saying /ˈfraɪ.diz/ instead of /ˈfraɪ.deɪz/ (misplacing the /eɪ/ as a short /ɪ/). 2) Slurring the second syllable into /də/ or dropping the /eɪ/ vowel, giving /ˈfraɪ.dz/. 3) Final consonant devoicing or not voicing the /z/. Correction: maintain the /eɪ/ in the second syllable and voice the ending /z/ clearly, with a smooth transition between syllables.”
In US, UK, and AU, the primary stress remains on the first syllable: /ˈfraɪ.deɪz/. The rhyme and vowel quality of /eɪ/ remains similar, but US rhoticity can color adjacent vowels; UK and AU may have slightly crisper /d/ and lighter /z/ in connected speech. Australians may have more vowel-lowering tendencies in the final syllable and a slightly broader /ɪ/ before z in rapid speech; overall the word retains the /eɪ/ diphthong and /z/ ending across accents.”
The challenge centers on the middle vowel sequence /eɪ/ in the second syllable and the transition into the voiced final /z/. Many speakers mispronounce as /ˈfraɪ.dɪz/ or /ˈfraɪ.dəs/ due to reduced vowels in fast speech or blending the /eɪ/ with /ɪ/ in casual talk. Focus on keeping the long /eɪ/ sound in the second syllable, a distinct boundary between syllables, and the voiced /z/ with crisp voicing at the end. IPA cues: /ˈfraɪ.deɪz/.”
Fridays is unique because it involves a proper-noun pluralization of a weekday name and a compound stress pattern that shifts naturally in connected phrases (e.g., Fridays night out). The second syllable carries a sustained /eɪ/ diphthong that must stay distinct from a quick /i/ or /ɪ/ common in casual speech, and the final /z/ should be fully voiced rather than devoiced in rapid speech. IPA: /ˈfraɪ.deɪz/.
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- US: Maintain rhotic reception of preceding sounds; the /r/ is not involved in this word, but surrounding context can affect vowel clarity. The /eɪ/ vowel should be a bright, high front diphthong; keep jaw slightly open at the start and glide toward /ɪ/ before the /z/. - UK: Slightly crisper consonants; avoid over-diddling the final /z/. The /eɪ/ is similar, but you’ll notice less r-coloring in neighboring vowels; keep the second syllable compact. - AU: More relaxed timbre with subtle vowel shift toward an /eɪ/ that can sound more centralized; maintain full voice on /z/ and avoid vowel reduction in the second syllable.
Fridays derives from Friday, which comes from the Old English Frīgedæg, translated as the day of Frīa (associated with the goddess Freya/Frīg). The form Fridays emerged in Middle English as a regular plural or plural noun indicating multiple instances of Friday; it also functions as a common noun in phrases like “on Fridays.” The root Frīa, allied with Proto-Germanic *Frīdag, traces further to the Proto-Indo-European root *preh- related to brightness and possibly to a goddess of love and beauty. The word in English has remained stable in meaning—referring to the day named after Freya—while usage evolved to include frequent collocations (Fridays often signals recurring events). By the Early Modern period, Fridays was entrenched in English as a general plural/countable noun for the weekly day, sustaining its pronunciation and pluralization conventions into contemporary usage. In American and British English alike, the spelling FRIDAYS reflects standard English morphological rules for forming plurals of proper nouns used as common nouns in phrases like “Fridays nights” or “Fridays events.”
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