Saturday

English

Etymology

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. Compare West Frisian saterdei (Saturday), Dutch zaterdag (Saturday), German Low German Saterdag (Saturday).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: săʹtər-dā, săʹtər-di
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsætədeɪ/, /ˈsætədi/
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  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsætəɹdeɪ/, [ˈsæɾɚdeɪ̯], /ˈsætəɹdi/, [ˈsæɾɚdi]
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  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsætədæɪ/
  • Rhymes: -ætədeɪ, -ætədi, -ætəɹdeɪ

Noun

Saturday (plural Saturdays)

  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; observed as the Sabbath/Shabbat in Judaism (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset); it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

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  • Tok Pisin: Sarere

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Adverb

Saturday (not comparable)

  1. (US, Canada) On Saturday.

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