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Complete Definition of "Wednesday"

wikipedia|dab=wednesday (disambiguation)|wednesday
English

Etymology
ME. Wednesdai, from OE. wōdnesdæġ, Woden|Woden's day, from the Proto-Germanic *Wod-enaz-, probably from *wod-eno-/*wod-ono-, raging, mad, inspired, from the base *wet-, to blow, to inspire, to arouse spiritually, + dæġ (see day).

Pronunciation
(UK): IPA|/ˈwɛdnzdeɪ/, SAMPA|/"wEdnzdeI/ or IPA|/ˈwɛnzdeɪ/, SAMPA|/"wEnzdeI/ or IPA|/ˈwɛdnzdi/, SAMPA|/"wEdnzdi/ or IPA|/ˈwɛnzdi/, SAMPA|/"wEnzdi/
(US): IPA|/ˈwɛnzdeɪ/, SAMPA|/"wEnzdeI/ or IPA|/ˈwɛnzdi/, SAMPA|/"wEnzdi/
audio|en-us-Wednesday.ogg|Audio (US)

Proper noun
wikipedia
en-proper noun|s

  1. The fourth day of the week in the USA, and the third day of the week in Europe and in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

Synonyms
Humpday (slang)

Derived terms
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Ash Wednesday
Black Wednesday
calendar Wednesday
Good Wednesday
Holy Wednesday
w:Sheffield Wednesday|Sheffield Wednesday
Spy Wednesday
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Wed, Wed.
Wednesday crucifixion theory
Wednesdays<!--adverb-->
w:Wednesdays in Mississippi|Wednesdays in Mississippi
White Wednesday
Whit Wednesday

Translations
trans-top|day of the week
Abkhaz: RUchar|ахаш IPAchar|(axaš)
Afrikaans: Woensdag
Alabama: atótchìina, nihta atótchìina
Albanian: e mërkurë
Amharic: ረቡዕ (rob)
Amuzgo: mikluè
Arabic: ARchar|الاربعاء|الأربعاء IPAchar|(al-’árbaʕa’)
Azeri: çərşənbə
Basque: asteazken
Blackfoot: ííkaitaistssinao'p
Bosnian: t+|bs|srijeda|f
Breton: Merc'her m, dimerc'her adverb
Bulgarian: t+|bg|сряда|f|trsrjadá|scCyrl
Catalan: dimecres m
Cherokee: ᏦᎢᏁ ᎢᎦ (tsoine iga)
Chinese: 星期三 (xīngqī sān)
Corsican: màrcuri
Croatian: t+|hr|srijeda|f
Czech: t+|cs|středa|f
Danish: t+|da|onsdag
Dutch: t+|nl|woensdag|m
Esperanto: t+|eo|merkredo|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t+|et|kolmapäev
Faroese: t-|fo|mikudagur|m|xs=Faroese
Finnish: t+|fi|keskiviikko
French: t+|fr|mercredi|m
Frisian: woansdei
Georgian: ოთხშაბათი (otxšabati)
German: Mittwoch m, (poetic:) Wotanstag m
Greek: t|el|Τετάρτη|f|sc=Grek (tetárti)
Gujarati: બુધવાર (budhvār)
Hebrew: יום רביעי (yom rəvi’í)
Hindi: बुधवार (budhvār)
Hungarian: t+|hu|szerda
Icelandic: t+|is|miðvikudagur|m
Ido: merkurdio
Indonesian: hari rabu
Interlingua: mercuridi
Irish: An Chéadaoin
Italian: t+|it|mercoledì|m
Japanese: 水曜日 (すいようび, suiyōbi)
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Khmer: KMchar|ថ្ងៃពុធ (tngai bpŭt)
Korean: t+|ko|수요일|trsuyoil|scKOchar
Kurdish: KUchar|چوارشه‌م, KUchar|چوارشه‌مه‌
Latin: t+|la|dies Mercurii
Latvian: trešdiena
Lithuanian: t+|lt|trečiadienis|m|xs=Lithuanian
Livonian: kuolmõndpǟva
Macedonian: среда (sreda)
Maltese: t-|mt|l-Erbgħa|xs=Maltese
Maori: Wenerei, Rātoru, Rāapa
Myanmar: ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး (bouddhəhù)
Neapolitan: miercurì
Norwegian: t+|no|onsdag
Ojibwe: aabitoose
Old English: t-|ang|wodnesdæg|m|altwōdnesdæġ|xsOld English
Old Norse: óðinsdagr m
Persian: FAchar|چهارشنبه (čaharšanbeh)
Polish: t+|pl|środa|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|quarta-feira
Romanian: t+|ro|miercuri|f
Ruanda: Kwagatatu
Russian: t+|ru|среда|f|trsredá|scCyrl
Scottish Gaelic: Di-ciadaoin m
Serbian:

Slovak: t+|sk|streda|f
Slovene: t+|sl|sreda|f
Somali: Arbaca
Sotho: Laboraro
Spanish: t+|es|miércoles|m
Sundanese: rebo
Swedish: t+|sv|onsdag
Tagalog: Miyerkules
Tamazight: ⴰⵀⴰⴷ (ahad)
Thai: THchar|วันพุธ (wan phōōt)
Turkish: t+|tr|çarşamba
Ukrainian: t-|uk|середа|f|trseredá|scCyrl|xs=Ukrainian
Vietnamese: t+|vi|thứ tư|xs=Vietnamese
Welsh: t-|cy|dydd Mercher|xs=Welsh
Wolof: Àllarba
Yiddish: מיטוואָך (mítvokh)
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Adverb
en-adv|-

  1. on Wednesday

Category:Days of the week

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ru:Wednesday
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zh:Wednesday

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