Saturday
Meanings
Noun
- 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.
Adverb
- On Saturday.
Related
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Narrower meaning words
- Black Saturday
- Dynamite Saturday
- Easter Saturday
- Egg Saturday
- Holy Saturday
- Hospital Saturday
- Little Saturday
- Pink Saturday
- Whit Saturday
Broader meaning words
Origin
- From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæg, earlier sæternesdæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei, German Low German Saterdag, Dutch zaterdag.
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