Saturday

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”).

• enPR: săʹtər-dā, săʹtər-di
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsætədeɪ/, /ˈsætədi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsætəɹdeɪ/, [ˈsæɾɚdeɪ̯], /ˈsætəɹdi/, [ˈsæɾɚdi]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsætədæɪ/
• Rhymes: -ætədeɪ, -ætədi, -ætəɹdeɪ
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːtədeɪ/, /ˈsæ-/

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.

• Sat, Sat. (abbreviations)

• S, Sa
• ♄ (archaic)

• day

• Tok Pisin: Sarere

Saturday (not comparable)

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

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.

• (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday,‎ Monday,‎ Tuesday,‎ Wednesday,‎ Thursday,‎ Friday,‎ Saturday ^{(Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]}