Wednesday
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.
» School begins at half past eight except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
Meaning
1 sensesThe 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 sentencesSchool begins at half past eight except on Wednesdays and Saturdays.
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. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Only unemployed people date on Wednesdays.
Тільки безробітні ходять на побачення по середах. — Ahha
ruТолько безработные ходят на свидания по средам. — FeuDRenais
Sami's club was closed on Wednesdays.
Tom doesn't have class on Wednesdays.
ruУ Тома по средам нет занятий. — nina99nv
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchFrom 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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Forms
plural: Wednesdays| Singular | Wednesday |
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regular
Synonyms
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