saturday

/ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/

saturday means on Saturday.

saturday is pronounced /ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/.

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, equivalent to Saturn + day. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

adv

On Saturday.

noun

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.

verb

To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).e.g.“Mr. Angus Hibbard, of New York, Fridayed and Saturdayed in Chicago, for the show and banquet.” — 1913, Bell Telephone News, volume 3, page 5:

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