Tuesday

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.

adv

On Tuesday.

Pronunciation

/ˈtjuːz.deɪ/ /ˈtjuːzdi/ En-uk-Tuesday.ogg /ˈt͡ʃuːzdeɪ/ /ˈt͡ʃuːzdi/ /ˈtjuːzdə/ to͞ozʹ-dā -dē tyo͞ozʹ-dā /ˈtuz.deɪ/ /ˈtjuz.deɪ/ /ˈtuz.di/ /ˈtju.zdi/ en-us-Tuesday.ogg cho͞ozʹdā /ˈt͡ʃʉːz.dæe/

Word forms

Tuesday Tuesdays

Etymology

From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.

Synonyms

Derived words

second Tuesday of the week you next Tuesday Tuesday blues Tuesday Group Tuesdayish Tuesdayness Tuesdays

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