Saturday

From Middle English Saterday, from Old English Sæternesdæġ (“day of Saturn”), from Sætern (“Saturn”), from Latin Saturnus (“the god of agriculture”), possibly from Etruscan, + Old English dæġ (“day”); a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei, German Low German Saterdag, Dutch zaterdag.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsatədɛj/ or IPA^(key): /ˈsatədɪj/
• (US) enPR: săʹtər-dā, IPA^(key): /ˈsætɚdeɪ/ or enPR: săʹtər-di, IPA^(key): /ˈsætɚdi/

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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 in Judaism (i.e., the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat), Friday sunset to Saturday sunset); it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

• Sat, Sat.

• day

• Tok Pisin: Sarere

Saturday (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada) On Saturday.

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