Saturday

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English

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Etymology

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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).

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Noun

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Saturday (plural Saturdays)

  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; observed as the Sabbath/Shabbat in Judaism (Friday sunset to Saturday sunset); it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

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  • Tok Pisin: Sarere

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Adverb

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Saturday (not comparable)

  1. (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Saturday.

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Verb

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Saturday (third-person singular simple present Saturdays, present participle Saturdaying, simple past and past participle Saturdayed)

  1. (uncommon, creative) To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).
    • 1913, Bell Telephone News[1], volume 3, page 5:
      Mr. Angus Hibbard, of New York, Fridayed and Saturdayed in Chicago, for the show and banquet.

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