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Definition for: day

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English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
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Etymology

Via Middle English from Old English dæġ < Proto-Germanic *dagaz < Proto-Indo-European *dhegh- (to burn). Not related to Latin dies (which is from PIE base *dyeu- [to shine]), but rather to Sanskrit dāhas (heat), which came from PIE *dhegh- (to burn). Cognates include Swedish dag and German Tag (day).

Pronunciation

  • AHD: dā
  • IPA: /deɪ/
  • SAMPA: /deI/
  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Noun

Singular
day

Plural
days

day ( plural days )

  1. A period of 24 hours.
  2. The period from midnight to the following midnight. There are 7 days in a week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
  3. Rotational period of a planet (especially earth).
  4. The part of a day(3) which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. The meaning of "I worked two days last week" is not the same as "I worked 48 hours last week." With hours, only the hours spent working are counted. With days, if a full shift is worked, it is counted as a day.
  5. Period of day 3 between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight. Daytime. Re: "day and night".

Derived terms

Translations

  • Albanian: ditë f .
  • Afrikaans: dag
  • Arabic: يَوْمٌ (yaum) m . , أيّامٌ (’ayyām) pl .
  • Armenian: օր (or)
  • Breton: deiz m . , deizioù pl . ; devezh m . , devezhioù pl .
  • Bulgarian: ден (den) m .
  • Catalan: dia m . ^, jorn m .
  • Chinese: 天 (tiān), 日 (rì), 辰 (chén), 日子 (rì-zi)
  • Croatian: dan m .
  • Czech: den m .
  • Danish: døgn (1, 3), dag (2,4,5)
  • Dutch: dag m . (1,2,3,4,5), etmaal n . (1,3)
  • Esperanto: tago
  • Estonian: päev, ööpäev (1)
  • Finnish: päivä (1,2,3,4,5), vuorokausi (1,3)
  • French: jour m .
  • Frisian: dei
  • German: Tag (1,2,3,4,5) m . , Tage pl . ^
  • Greek: ημέρα (also μέρα) ([i]méra) (1,2,3,4,5) f . , ημερονύχτιο (imeroníkhtio) n . (1,2), εικοσιτετράωρο (ikositetráoro) n . (1,3)
  • Guaraní: ára
  • Hawaiian: lā, ao
  • Hebrew: יום (yôm) m .
  • Hungarian: nap
  • Icelandic: dagur
  • Ido: dio
  • Ilocano: aldaw
  • Indonesian: hari (1,2)
  • Irish: lá
  • Italian: giorno m . , di m .
  • Interlingua: die
  • Japanese: 日 (ひ, hi / にち, nichí) (1); 曜日 (ようび, yōbi) (2); 昼 (ひる, hirú), 昼間 (ひるま, hirumá), 日中 (にっちゅう, nítchū)
  • Korean: 일 (il), 날 (nal), 하루 (haru)
  • Kurdish: roj
  • Lakota: ãpetu
  • Latin: dies m . and f . (diei)
  • Lithuanian: diena
  • Latvian diena f .
  • Lojban: djedi (1,2), donri (3)
  • Malay: hari
  • Maltese: jum
  • Maori: raa, ao
  • Norwegian: døgn (1, 3), dag (2,4,5)
  • Ojibwe: giizhig, giizhigoon pl .
  • Old English: dæġ m . , dōgor n .
  • Persian: روز (rūz)
  • Polish: dzień m . (1,2,3,4,5), doba f . (1,3)
  • Portuguese: dia m .
  • Romanian: zi f .
  • Russian: день (den’) m . (1,2,3,4), сутки (sútki) pl . (1,2,3)
  • Sardinian (Campidanese): di m . and f .
  • Sardinian (Nugorese): díe m . and f .
  • Scottish Gaelic: latha
  • Serbian: дан (dan) m .
  • Slovak: deň m .
  • Slovene: dan m .
  • Spanish: día m .
  • Swahili: siku
  • Swedish: dag c . (1,2,3,4,5), dygn (1,3)
  • Tagalog: araw
  • Telugu: రోజు (rōǧu), దినము (dinamu) (1,2,3,4), పగలు (pagalu) (5)
  • Thai: วัน (wân), ทิพ (thip), วาร (wān)
  • Tok Pisin: de (1,2,3,4,5)
  • Tupinambá: 'ara
  • Turkish: gün (1,2,3,4,5), gündüz (5)
  • Ukrainian: день (den’) m . , доба (doba) f .
  • Welsh: dydd
  • Wolof: bés
  • Yiddish: טאג (tog)

Adjective

day ( not comparable )

Positive
day

Comparative
not comparable

Superlative
none (absolute)

( Verification for this usage is being sought ) + :

  1. Occurring during daylight hours. E.g. , "Don’t give up your day job."; "She works the day shift."

Scots

Etymology

Old English dæġ .

Noun

day ( plural days )

Singular
day

Plural
days

  1. day
  2. ( definite singular ) today
    A'm sorry, A've no seen Angus the day . I'm sorry, I haven't seen Angus today.

Other Translations for "day"

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