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Saturday.

The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæt.ə.di/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæt.ə.də/Northumbria/ˈsæt.ɚ.deɪ/General-American
  1. The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

Where this word comes from

From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī, equivalent to Saturn + day. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

adv/ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæt.ə.di/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæt.ə.də/Northumbria/ˈsæt.ɚ.deɪ/General-American
  1. On Saturday.

    Canada · US · informal · not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī, equivalent to Saturn + day. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

verb/ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæt.ə.di/Received-Pronunciation/ˈsæt.ə.də/Northumbria/ˈsæt.ɚ.deɪ/General-American
  1. To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).

    uncommon
Where this word comes from

From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī, equivalent to Saturn + day. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

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