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[edit] English

Most common English words: def « might « being « #114: day » through » himself » go

[edit] Etymology

Via Middle English < Old English dæġ < Proto-Germanic *dagaz < Proto-Indo-European *dhegh- (“‘to burn’”). Not related to Latin dies (< Proto-Indo-European *dyeu- (“‘to shine’”)), but rather to Sanskrit dāhas ‘heat’ < Proto-Indo-European *dhegh- (“‘to burn’”). Cognates include Swedish and Dutch dag and German Tag ‘day’.

[edit] Pronunciation

enPR: dā, IPA: /deɪ/, SAMPA: /deI/
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Rhymes: -eɪ

[edit] Noun

Singular
day

Plural
days

day (plural days)

A period of 24 hours.
The period from midnight to the following midnight. There are 7 days in a week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Rotational period of a planet (especially earth).
The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
- I worked two days last week.
Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight, daytime.
- day and night.

[edit] Derived terms

[edit] Translations

period of 24 hours

Amharic: ቀን (qän)
Arabic: يَوْمٌ (yaum) m.
Aramaic:

Syriac: ܝܘܡܐ (yawmā’) m.

Hebrew: יומא (yawmā’) m.
Armenian: օր (òr)
Azeri:
Chamicuro: senesyako
Chinese:

Mandarin: 日 cmn(cmn) (rì), 天 cmn(cmn) (tiān)

Cyrillic: ҝүн az(az)

Roman: gün az(az)
Crimean Tatar: kün
Czech: den cs(cs) m.
Danish: døgn da(da) n.
Dutch: dag nl(nl) m., etmaal nl(nl) n.
Egyptian: hrw
Esperanto: tago eo(eo)
Estonian: ööpäev et(et), päev et(et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: päivä fi(fi), vuorokausi fi(fi)
French: jour fr(fr) m., journée fr(fr) f.
Georgian: დღე ka(ka) (dḡe)
German: Tag de(de) m.
Greek: ημέρα el(el) f. (iméra); μέρα el(el) f. (méra); εικοσιτετράωρο el(el) n. (eikositetráoro); ημερονύχτιο el(el) n. (imeroníchtio);
Hebrew: יממה (yemama) f.; יום (yom) m.
Hungarian: nap hu(hu)
Icelandic: dagur is(is) m.
Ido: jorno io(io)
Ilocano: aldaw
Irish: lá ga(ga) m.
Italian: giorno it(it) m.
Japanese: 日 ja(ja) (hi)

Khmer: ថ្ងៃ (tngai)
Korean: 일 주야 (iljuya, 一晝夜)
Kurdish: رۆژ ku(ku)
Lao: ວັນ lo(lo) (wan)
Latin: dies la(la) m. and f.
Lithuanian: para lt(lt)
Lower Sorbian: źeń m.
Nahuatl: tonalli
Navajo: jį́
Norwegian: døgn no(no) n.
Old Church Slavonic: дьнь (dĭnĭ) m.
Old Frisian: di
Persian: روز fa(fa) (ruz)
Polish: dzień pl(pl) m., doba pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: dia pt(pt) m.
Romanian: zi ro(ro) f.
Russian: сутки (sútki) pl., день (den’) m.
Santali: ᱫᱤᱱ (din)
Scottish Gaelic: latha gd(gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан m.

Roman: dan m.
Slovene: dan sl(sl)
Spanish: día es(es) m.
Sumerian: 𒌓 (UD, U4)
Swahili: siku sw(sw)
Swedish: dygn sv(sv) n., dag sv(sv) c.
Tagalog: araw
Tajik: рӯз tg(tg)
Tatar: көн tt(tt)
Thai: วัน th(th)
Turkish: gün tr(tr)
Ukrainian: день uk(uk) (den')
West Frisian: dei fy(fy) c.
Yiddish: טאָג (tog) m.

period from midnight to the following midnight

Aramaic:

Syriac: ܝܘܡܐ (yawmā’) m.

Hebrew: יומא (yawmā’) m.
Armenian: օր (òr)
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 一天, simpl. 一天 (pinyin: yì tiān)
Czech: den cs(cs) m.
Danish: døgn da(da) n., dag da(da) c.
Dutch: dag nl(nl) m., etmaal nl(nl) n.
Estonian: päev et(et), ööpäev et(et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: päivä fi(fi), vuorokausi fi(fi)
French: jour fr(fr) m.
German: Tag de(de) m.
Greek: ημέρα el(el) f. (iméra); μέρα el(el) f. (méra); εικοσιτετράωρο el(el) n. (eikositetráoro); ημερονύχτιο el(el) n. (imeroníchtio);
Hebrew: יממה (yemama) f.; יום (yom) m.
Ilocano: aldaw
Irish: lá ga(ga) m.
Korean: 일 (il, 日), 날 (nal), 하루 (haru)

Lao: ວັນ lo(lo) (wan)
Lower Sorbian: źeń m.
Malay: hari ms(ms)
Norwegian: døgn no(no) n., dag no(no) m.
Old Church Slavonic: дьнь (dĭnĭ) m.
Old Frisian: di
Persian: شبانَه روز fa(fa)
Polish: dzień pl(pl) m., doba pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: dia pt(pt) m.
Russian: сутки (sútki) pl., день (den’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: latha gd(gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан m.

Roman: dan m.
Slovene: dan sl(sl)
Swedish: dygn sv(sv) n., dag sv(sv) c.
Tagalog: araw
Thai: วัน th(th)
Turkish: gün tr(tr)
West Frisian: dei fy(fy) c.

rotational period of a planet

Armenian: օր (òr)
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 白晝, simpl. 白昼 (pinyin: bái zhòu)
Czech: den cs(cs) m.
Danish: døgn da(da) n.
Dutch: dag nl(nl) m.
Estonian: päev et(et), ööpäev et(et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: vuorokausi fi(fi)
French: jour fr(fr) m.
German: Tag de(de) m.
Greek: ημέρα el(el) f. (iméra); μέρα el(el) f. (méra); εικοσιτετράωρο el(el) n. (eikositetráoro); ημερονύχτιο el(el) n. (imeroníchtio)
Ilocano: aldaw

Irish: lá ga(ga) m.
Malay: hari ms(ms)
Norwegian: døgn no(no) n.
Polish: dzień pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: dia pt(pt) m.
Russian: сутки (sútki) pl., день (d'en’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: latha gd(gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан m.

Roman: dan m.
Slovene: dan sl(sl)
Swedish: dygn sv(sv) n.
Turkish: gün tr(tr)

part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.

Armenian: օր (òr)
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 一天, simpl. 一天 (pinyin: yì tiān)
Czech: den cs(cs) m.
Danish: dag da(da) c.
Dutch: dag nl(nl) m.
Estonian: päev et(et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: päivä fi(fi)
French: jour fr(fr) m.
German: Tag de(de) m.
Greek: ημέρα el(el) f. (iméra); μέρα el(el) f. (méra)
Hebrew: יום (yom) m.
Ilocano: aldaw
Irish: lá ga(ga) m.
Korean: 주간 (jugan, 晝間)

Kurdish: رۆژ ku(ku)
Malay: hari ms(ms)
Norwegian: dag no(no) m.
Old Frisian: di
Polish: dzień pl(pl)
Portuguese: dia pt(pt) m.
Russian: день (d'en’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: latha gd(gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан m.

Roman: dan m.
Slovene: dan sl(sl)
Swedish: dag sv(sv) c.
Tagalog: araw
Turkish: gün tr(tr)
West Frisian: dei fy(fy) c.

period between sunrise and sunset

Aramaic:

Syriac: ܐܝܡܡܐ (’īmāmā’) m.

Hebrew: איממא (’īmāmā’) m.
Armenian: օր (òr), ցերեկ hy(hy) (c’erek)
Chinese:

Mandarin: trad. 白天, simpl. 白天 (pinyin: bái tiān)
Czech: den cs(cs) m.
Danish: dag da(da) c.
Dutch: dag nl(nl) m.
Estonian: päev et(et)
Ewe: ŋkeke n.
Finnish: päivä fi(fi)
French: jour fr(fr) m.
German: Tag de(de) m.
Greek: ημέρα el(el) f. (iméra); μέρα el(el) f. (méra)
Hebrew: יום (yom) m.
Ido: jorno io(io)
Ilocano: aldaw

Korean: 낮 (nat)
Malay: siang ms(ms)
Nahuatl: tonalli
Norwegian: dag no(no) m.
Old Frisian: di
Persian: روز fa(fa)
Polish: dzień pl(pl) m.
Portuguese: dia pt(pt) m.
Russian: день (den’) m.
Scottish Gaelic: latha gd(gd) m.
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: дан m.

Roman: dan m.
Slovene: dan sl(sl)
Swedish: dag sv(sv) c.
Tagalog: araw
Turkish: gündüz tr(tr)
West Frisian: dei fy(fy) c.

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Afrikaans: dag af(af)
Albanian: ditë f.
Arabic: يَوْمٌ (yaum) m.
Basque: egun
Breton: deiz m., deizioù pl.; devezh m., devezhioù pl.
Bulgarian: ден (den) m.
Catalan: dia ca(ca) m., jorn m.
Esperanto: tago
Guaraní: ára
Hawaiian: lā, ao
Hebrew: יום (yôm) m.
Ido: dio
Indonesian: hari (1,2)
Italian: giorno m., dì m.
Interlingua: die ia(ia)
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)
Kurdish: roj
Lakota: ãpetu
Latin: dies la(la) m. and f.
Lithuanian: diena lt(lt)
Livonian: pǟvaīe (1,2,3), pǟva (4,5)

Latvian: diena lv(lv) f.
Lojban: djedi (1,2), donri (3)
Malayalam: ദിവസം (divasam) (1,2,3), പകല് (pakal) (5)
Maltese: jum, ġurnata
Maori: raa, ao mi(mi)
Ojibwe: giizhig, giizhigoon pl.
Old English: dæġ m., dōgor n.
Polish: dzień m. (1,2,3,4,5), doba f. (1,3)
Romanian: zi f.
Sardinian:

Campidanese: di m. and f.

Nugorese: díe m. and f.
Slovak: deň m.
Swahili: siku
Telugu: రోజు (rōǧu), దినము (dinamu) (1,2,3,4), పగలు (pagalu) (5)
Thai: วัน (wân), ทิพ (thip), วาร (wān)
Tok Pisin: de tpi(tpi) (1,2,3,4,5)
Tupinambá: 'ara
Ukrainian: день uk(uk) m. (den’), доба (doba) f.
Welsh: dydd
Wolof: bés
Yiddish: טאָג (tog) m.

[edit] Scots

[edit] Etymology

From Old English dæġ.

[edit] Noun

day (plural days)

Singular
day

Plural
days

day
(definite singular) today
- A’m sorry, A’ve no seen Angus the day.
  
  I’m sorry, I haven’t seen Angus today.

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