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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).

Pronunciation

Noun

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; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.
    • 2023 April 27, Laura He, “China may have to bail out one of its poorest provinces”, in CNN Business:
      The Beijing-based firm — one of four funds created by the Chinese government in 1999 to process the bad loans of state-owned banks — announced Saturday that it would send a group of 50 experts to the province to help it “prevent and defuse risks” and “bail out” the real estate industry.
    • 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN:
      Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.

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Descendants

  • Tok Pisin: Sarere

Translations

Adverb

Saturday (not comparable)

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

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Verb

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, volume 3, page 5:
      Mr. Angus Hibbard, of New York, Fridayed and Saturdayed in Chicago, for the show and banquet.

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Middle English

Proper noun

Saturday

  1. alternative form of Saterday

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