saturday
//ˈsæt.ə.deɪ//
Forms
- Plural
- saturdays
- present (v1)
- saturday
- past (v2)
- saturdayed
- past participle (v3)
- saturdayed
- present participle
- saturdaying
- 3rd person singular
- saturdays
Definitions
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.
1.On Saturday.(informal)
1.To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).
- Mr. Angus Hibbard, of New York, Fridayed and Saturdayed in Chicago, for the show and banquet.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1248
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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, equivalent to Saturn + day.