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Complete Definition of "day"

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wikipedia|Day (disambiguation)
English

rank|def|might|being|114|day|through|himself|go

Etymology
Via ME. < OE. 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’.

Pronunciation
AHD|dā, IPA|/deɪ/, SAMPA|/deI/
audio|en-us-day.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|eɪ

Noun
en-noun

  1. A period of 24 hours.
  2. The period from midnight to the following midnight. There are 7 days in a week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
  3. Rotational period of a planet (especially earth).
  4. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.

#* I worked two days last week.

  1. Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight, daytime.

#* day and night.

rfex|also for the last

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from ‘day’
a broken clock is right twice a day
daily
daybreak
daydream
daylight
day off
day of reckoning
day return
rel-mid
daystar
daytime
day trip
day boarder
day bed
payday
save the day
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Translations
trans-top|period of 24 hours
Aramaic:

Croatian: t+|hr|dan|m
Czech: t+|cs|den|m
Danish: t-|da|døgn|n
Dutch: t+|nl|dag|m, t-|nl|etmaal|n
Esperanto: t+|eo|tago|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t|et|ööpäev, t+|et|päev
Ewe: ŋkeke n
Finnish: t+|fi|päivä, t+|fi|vuorokausi
Frisian: dei
Old Frisian di
German: t+|de|Tag|m
Greek: t+|el|ημέρα|f|scGrek (iméra); t+|el|μέρα|f|scGrek (méra); t|el|εικοσιτετράωρο|n|scGrek (eikositetráoro); t|el|ημερονύχτιο|n|scGrek (imeroníchtio);
Hebrew: יממה (yemama) f; יום (yom) m
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Korean: ko-inline|일주야|iljuya|4=一주야
Kurdish: t+|ku|رۆژ|sc=KUchar
Lithuanian: t+|lt|diena|xs=Lithuanian
Nahuatl: tonalli
Norwegian: t+|no|døgn|n
Polish: t+|pl|dzień|m, t+|pl|doba|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|dia|m
Russian: сутки (sútki) p, день (d'en’) m
Slovenian: dan
Spanish: t+|es|día|m
Swedish: t+|sv|dygn|n, t+|sv|dag|c
Tagalog: araw
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trans-top|period from midnight to the following midnight
Aramaic:

Croatian: t+|hr|dan|m
Czech: t+|cs|den|m
Danish: t-|da|døgn|n, t+|da|dag|c
Dutch: t+|nl|dag|m, t-|nl|etmaal|n
Estonian: t+|et|päev, t|et|ööpäev
Ewe: ŋkeke n
Finnish: t+|fi|päivä, t+|fi|vuorokausi
Frisian: dei
Old Frisian di
German: t+|de|Tag|m
Greek: t+|el|ημέρα|f|scGrek (iméra); t+|el|μέρα|f|scGrek (méra); t|el|εικοσιτετράωρο|n|scGrek (eikositetráoro); t|el|ημερονύχτιο|n|scGrek (imeroníchtio);
Hebrew: יממה (yemama) f; יום (yom) m
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Korean: ko-inline|일|il|4=日, ko-inline|날|nal, ko-inline|하루|haru
Norwegian: t+|no|døgn|n, t+|no|dag|m
Polish: t+|pl|dzień|m, t+|pl|doba|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|dia|m
Russian: сутки (sútki) p, день (d'en’) m
Slovenian: dan
Swedish: t+|sv|dygn|n, t+|sv|dag|c
Tagalog: araw
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trans-top|rotational period of a planet
Croatian: t+|hr|dan|m
Danish: t-|da|døgn|n
Dutch: t+|nl|dag|m
Estonian: t+|et|päev, t|et|ööpäev
Ewe: ŋkeke n
Finnish: t+|fi|vuorokausi
German: t+|de|Tag|m
Greek: t+|el|ημέρα|f|scGrek (iméra); t+|el|μέρα|f|scGrek (méra); t|el|εικοσιτετράωρο|n|scGrek (eikositetráoro); t|el|ημερονύχτιο|n|scGrek (imeroníchtio);
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Norwegian: t+|no|døgn|n
Polish: t+|pl|dzień|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|dia|m
Russian: сутки (sútki) p, день (d'en’) m
Slovenian: dan
Swedish: t+|sv|dygn|n
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trans-top|part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
Croatian: t+|hr|dan|m
Czech: t+|cs|den|m
Danish: t+|da|dag|c
Dutch: t+|nl|dag|m
Estonian: t+|et|päev
Ewe: ŋkeke n
Finnish: t+|fi|päivä
Frisian: dei
Old Frisian di
German: t+|de|Tag|m
Greek: t+|el|ημέρα|f|scGrek (iméra); t+|el|μέρα|f|scGrek (méra)
Hebrew: יום (yom) m
trans-mid
Korean: ko-inline|주간|jugan|4=晝間
Kurdish: KUchar|رۆژ
Norwegian: t+|no|dag|m
Polish: t+|pl|dzień
Portuguese: t+|pt|dia|m
Russian: день (d'en’) m
Slovenian: dan
Swedish: t+|sv|dag|c
Tagalog: araw
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trans-top|period between sunrise and sunset
Aramaic:

Croatian: t+|hr|dan|m
Czech: t+|cs|den|m
Danish: t+|da|dag|c
Dutch: t+|nl|dag|m
Estonian: t+|et|päev
Ewe: ŋkeke n
Finnish: t+|fi|päivä
Frisian: dei
Old Frisian di
German: t+|de|Tag|m
Greek: t+|el|ημέρα|f|scGrek (iméra); t+|el|μέρα|f|scGrek (méra)
Hebrew: יום (yom) m
trans-mid
Korean: ko-inline|낮|nat
Nahuatl: tonalli
Norwegian: t+|no|dag|m
Polish: t+|pl|dzień|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|dia|m
Russian: день (d'en’) m
Slovenian: dan
Swedish: t+|sv|dag|c
Tagalog: araw
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ttbc|Afrikaans: t+|af|dag|xs=Afrikaans
ttbc|Albanian: ditë f
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|يوم|يَوْمٌ (yaum) m, ARchar|ايام|أيّامٌ (’ayyām) p
ttbc|Armenian: օր (or)
ttbc|Basque: egun
ttbc|Breton: deiz m, deizioù p; devezh m, devezhioù p
ttbc|Bulgarian: ден (den) m
ttbc|Catalan: t+|ca|dia|m, jorn m
ttbc|Chinese: 天 (tiān), 日 (rì), 辰 (chén), 日子 (rì-zi)
ttbc|Esperanto: tago
ttbc|French: jour m, journée f,
ttbc|Guaraní: ára
ttbc|Hawaiian: lā, tø|haw|ao|xs=Hawaiian
ttbc|Hebrew: יום (yôm) m
ttbc|Hungarian: t+|hu|nap
ttbc|Icelandic: t+|is|dagur|m
ttbc|Ido: dio
ttbc|Ilocano: aldaw
ttbc|Indonesian: hari (1,2)
ttbc|Irish: lá
ttbc|Italian: giorno m, dì m
ttbc|Interlingua: t-|ia|die|xs=Interlingua
ttbc|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)
ttbc|Kurdish: roj
ttbc|Lakota: ãpetu
ttbc|Latin: t+|la|dies|m|f
ttbc|Lithuanian: t+|lt|diena|xs=Lithuanian
ttbc|Livonian: pǟvaīe (1,2,3), pǟva (4,5)
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ttbc|Latvian: t-|lv|diena|f|xs=Latvian
ttbc|Lojban: djedi (1,2), donri (3)
ttbc|Malay: hari
ttbc|Malayalam: ദിവസം (divasam) (1,2,3), പകല് (pakal) (5)
ttbc|Maltese: jum, ġurnata
ttbc|Maori: raa, t+|mi|ao|xs=Maori
ttbc|Ojibwe: giizhig, giizhigoon p
ttbc|Old English: dæg|dæġ m, dogor|dōgor n
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|روز (rūz)
ttbc|Polish: dzień m (1,2,3,4,5), doba f (1,3)
ttbc|Romanian: zi f
ttbc|Sardinian:

ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: latha
ttbc|Serbian:

ttbc|Slovak: deň m
ttbc|Swahili: siku
ttbc|Telugu: రోజు (rōǧu), దినము (dinamu) (1,2,3,4), పగలు (pagalu) (5)
ttbc|Thai: THchar|วัน (wân), THchar|ทิพ (thip), THchar|วาร (wān)
ttbc|Tok Pisin: t-|tpi|de|xs=Tok Pisin (1,2,3,4,5)
ttbc|Tupinambá: 'ara
ttbc|Turkish: gün (1,2,3,4,5), gündüz (5)
ttbc|Ukrainian: t-|uk|день|m|scCyrl|xsUkrainian (den’), доба (doba) f
ttbc|Welsh: dydd
ttbc|Wolof: bés
ttbc|Yiddish: טאָג (tog) m
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Category:200 English basic words
Category:Time


Scots

Etymology
From OE.|sco dæg|dæġ.

Noun
sco-noun

  1. #English|day
  2. (definite singular) today

#* A’m sorry, A’ve no seen Angus the day.
#*: I’m sorry, I haven’t seen Angus today.

af:day
ang:day
ar:day
ast:day
zh-min-nan:day
br:day
de:day
et:day
el:day
es:day
fa:day
fr:day
fy:day
ga:day
ko:day
hy:day
hi:day
io:day
id:day
it:day
kk:day
ku:day
la:day
lt:day
hu:day
nl:day
ja:day
pl:day
pt:day
ru:day
simple:day
sr:day
fi:day
sv:day
ta:day
te:day
vi:day
tr:day
uk:day
zh:day

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