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saturday

/ˈsætədi/SA-tur-dee
/ˈsætɚdi/SA-tur-dee

MeaningSaturn’s day

Common meaning: the seventh day of the week

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishSæter-dæg‘Saturday’source
  2. Middle EnglishSaterdaysource
  3. Englishsaturday‘the seventh day of the week’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Old English Sæter-dæg ‘Saturn’s day’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry SATURDAY, p. 526 · dictionary scan

Roots

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