A1noun · common

Wednesday

Wednes·day

Wednesday · Wednesdays

середа

среда

Mittwoch

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week…The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

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/ˈwɛnz.deɪ/

» School begins at half past eight except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

Meaning

1 senses

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.
Mittwoch, Wotanstag, Wodanstag
среда́sredá
середа́seredá
the fourth day of the week; the third working day

Examples

13 sentences

School begins at half past eight except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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Tom sets the table on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Mary sets the table on the other days.
deMontags, mittwochs und freitags deckt Tom den Tisch, an den übrigen Tagen Maria.
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Only unemployed people date on Wednesdays.
Тільки безробітні ходять на побачення по середах.
ruТолько безработные ходят на свидания по средам.
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Sami's club was closed on Wednesdays.
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Tom doesn't have class on Wednesdays.
ruУ Тома по средам нет занятий.
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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synch

From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, “of Hermes”), via an association of the god Odin (“Woden”) with Mercury and Hermes. See also Japanese 水曜日 (“Mercury's day”).

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