Day

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Table of contents

1 English

1.1 Etymology
1.2 Pronunciation
1.3 Noun

1.3.1 Derived terms
1.3.2 Translations

1.4 Adjective

English

Etymology

From Middle Engish dai, day, from Old English dæg. Cognates include German tag.

Pronunciation

dā, /deɪ/, /deI/

Noun

day (days)

A period of 24 hours.
The period from midnight to the following midnight. There are 7 days in a week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.
Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
The part of a day(3) which one spends at one's job, school, etc. "I worked two days last week" is not the same as "I worked 48 hours last week." With hours, you count only the hours you spend working. With days, if you work a full shift, you count it as a day.
Period of day(3) between sunrise and sunset, where one enjoys daylight. Daytime. Re:"day and night"

Derived terms

daybreak
daily
daylight
day return
daystar
daytime
day trip

Translations

Afrikaans: dag
Arabic: يَوم (yaum)
Breton: deiz m -ioù, devezh m -ioù
Bulgarian: ден m
Catalan: dia m, jorn m
Chinese: 天 (tiān), 日 (rì)
Croatian: dan m
Czech: den m
Danish: døgn (1,3), dag (2,4,5)
Dutch: dag m (1,2,3,4,5), etmaal n (1,3)
Esperanto: tago
Estonian: päev
Finnish: päivä (1,2,3,4,5), vuorokausi (1,3)
French: jour m
Frisian: dei
German: Tag m
Guaraní: ára
Hebrew: יום (yom)
Hungarian: nap
Icelandic: dagur
Indonesian: hari (1,2)
Irish: lá
Italian: giorno
Interlingua: die
Japanese: 日 (ひ, hi, にち, nichi) (1); 曜日 (ようび, yōbi) (2); 昼 (ひる, hiru), 昼間 (ひるま, hiruma), 日中 (にっちゅう, nitchuu)
Latin: dies m,f
Lithuanian: diena
Lojban: djedi (1,2), donri (3)
Malay: hari
Persian: روز (ruz)
Polish: dzień m (1,2,3,4,5), doba f (1,3)
Portuguese: dia m
Romanian: zi f
Russian: день
Scottish Gaelic: latha
Slovak: deň m
Slovene: dan m
Spanish: día m
Swedish: dag c (1, 2, 3, 4, 5), dygn (1,3)
Tok Pisin: de (1,2,3,4,5)
Tupinambá: 'ara
Turkish: gün (1,2), yirmi dört saat [-ti] (1)
Welsh: dydd
Wolof: bés
Yiddish: טאָג (tug)

Adjective

day

Occurring during daylight hours. e.g."Don't give up your day job."; "She works the day shift."

WordNet Definitions

ten

1. day, twenty-four hours, solar day, mean solar day -- (time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis; "two days later they left"; "they put on two performances every day"; "there are 30,000 passengers per day").
2. day -- (some point or period in time; "it should arrive any day now"; "after that day she never trusted him again"; "those were the days"; "these days it is not unusual").
3. day, daytime, daylight -- (the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside; "the dawn turned night into day"; "it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime").
4. day -- (a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance; "Mother's Day").
5. day -- (the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working); "my day began early this morning"; "it was a busy day on the stock exchange"; "she called it a day and went to bed").
6. day -- (an era of existence or influence; "in the day of the dinosaurs"; "in the days of the Roman Empire"; "in the days of sailing ships"; "he was a successful pianist in his day").
7. day -- (a period of opportunity; "he deserves his day in court"; "every dog has his day").
8. day -- (the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis; "how long is a day on Jupiter?").
9. sidereal day, day -- (the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day).
10. Day, Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr. -- (United States writer best known for his autobiographical works (1874-1935)).

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