English Explanatory Dictionary

Saturday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.
adv
  1. On Saturday.
verb
  1. To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).

Pronunciation

săʹtər-dā săʹtər-di /ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/ /ˈsæt.ə.di/ En-uk-Saturday.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Saturday.wav /ˈsæt.ə.də/ /ˈsæt.ɚ.deɪ/ [ˈsæɾ.ɚ.deɪ̯] /ˈsæt.ɚ.di/ [ˈsæɾ.ɚ.di] en-us-Saturday.ogg /ˈsæt.ə.dæɪ/ /ˈsɑːt.ə.deɪ/ /ˈsæ-/

Word forms

Saturday Saturdays Saturdaying Saturdayed

Etymology

From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

Synonyms

Seventh Day Sat Sat.

Derived words

first Saturday devotions Fraturday Saturdaily Saturday closing Saturdaying Saturdayish Saturdayite Saturday-morning cartoon Saturdayness Saturday-night Saturday-night pistol Saturday-night special Saturday penny Saturday pops Saturdays Saturday Sabbatarian Saturday soup Saturday-to-Monday splatterday Third Saturday in October week of Saturdays
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