noun
Meaning 1
A day spent resting from work or any other activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
rest day
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noun
Meaning 2
a day set aside for rest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: day of rest
Antonyms: workday
Broader terms: day of the week
Narrower terms: Sunday, Lord's Day, Dominicus, Sun, Sabbath
History
Etymology
Possibly a continuation of Middle English resten-dei, restandæȝ, from Old English restendæġ (“day of rest; Sabbath”).
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: почивен ден (počiven den) — day spent resting
- Finnish: lepopäivä — day spent resting
- German: Ruhetag — day spent resting
- Greek: ρέπο (répo) — day spent resting
- Hungarian: pihenőnap — day spent resting
- Māori: rā whakangā — day spent resting
- Māori: rangi whakangā — day spent resting
- Norwegian Bokmål: hviledag — day spent resting
- Spanish: día de asueto — day spent resting
- Swedish: vilodag — day spent resting
- Tamil: விடுமுறை (viṭumuṟai) — day spent resting
- Tamil: ஓய்வுநாள் (ōyvunāḷ) — day spent resting