day

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English [edit]

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Alternative forms [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Middle English day, from Old English dæġ (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognate with West Frisian dei (“day”), Dutch dag (“day”), German Tag (“day”), Swedish and Danish dag (“day”), Icelandic dagur (“day”). Compare Albanian djeg (“to burn”), Lithuanian degti (“to burn”), Tocharian A tsäk-, Russian жечь (žeč’), Sanskrit दाह (dāha, “heat”), दहति (dahati, “to burn”).

Latin diēs (from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”)) is a false cognate.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

day (plural days)

  1. Any period of 24 hours.
    I've been here for 2 days and a bit.
  2. A period from midnight to the following midnight.
    The day begins at midnight.
  3. (astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially earth).
    A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours.
  4. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
    I worked two days last week.
  5. Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
    day and night.
    I work at night and sleep during the day.
  6. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
    Every dog has its day.
    • 1945, George Orwell, Animal Farm, chapter 6
      If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day, at least they did not have less.
  7. A period of contention of a day or less.
    The day belonged to the Allies.

Derived terms [edit]

terms derived from day

Translations [edit]

period of 24 hours
period from midnight to the following midnight
rotational period of a planet
part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
period between sunrise and sunset
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Verb [edit]

day (third-person singular simple present days, present participle daying, simple past and past participle dayed)

  1. (rare) To spend a day (in a place).
    • 2008, Richard F. Burton, Arabian Nights, in 16 volumes, page 233:
      When I nighted and dayed in Damascus town, […]

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Middle English [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old English dæġ.

Noun [edit]

day (plural days)

  1. day

Descendants [edit]

Scots [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old English dæġ.

Noun [edit]

day (plural days)

  1. day
  2. (in the 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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