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Meaning 1
On Saturday.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, informal, not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
Saturday
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săʹtər-dā
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săʹtər-di
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæt.ə.deɪ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsæt.ə.di/
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Northumbria: /ˈsæt.ə.də/
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General-American: /ˈsæt.ɚ.deɪ/
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General-American: [ˈsæɾ.ɚ.deɪ̯]
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General-American: /ˈsæt.ɚ.di/
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General-American: [ˈsæɾ.ɚ.di]
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Australian: /ˈsæt.ə.dæɪ/
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Singapore: /ˈsɑːt.ə.deɪ/
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Singapore: /ˈsæ-/
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rhymes with -ætədeɪ
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rhymes with -ætədi
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rhymes with -ætəɹdeɪ
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noun
Meaning 2
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Seventh Day
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncommon
Qualifier: creative
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
the seventh and last day of the week; observed as the Sabbath by Jews and some Christians
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Sabbatum, Sat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: weekday
History
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. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).
Across languages
Translations
345 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- American Sign Language: S@Side-PalmBack CirclesHoriz — on Saturday
- Breton: disadorn — on Saturday
- Bulgarian: в събота (v sǎbota) — on Saturday
- Dutch: 's zaterdags — on Saturday
- Dutch: zaterdags — on Saturday
- Dutch: op zaterdag — on Saturday
- Esperanto: sabate — on Saturday
- Faroese: leygardagin — on Saturday
- Finnish: lauantai- — on Saturday
- French: samedi — on Saturday
- Galician: o sábado — on Saturday
- Georgian: შაბათს (šabats) — on Saturday
- Irish: Dé Sathairn — on Saturday
- Old Irish: día Sathairn — on Saturday
- Latvian: sestdien — on Saturday
- Manx: Jesarn — on Saturday
- Polish: sobota — on Saturday
- Portuguese: sábado — on Saturday
- Romanian: sâmbătă — on Saturday
- Romanian: sâmbăta — on Saturday
- Romansh: sonda — on Saturday
- Russian: суббота (subbota) — on Saturday
- Slovak: v sobotu — on Saturday
- Tatar: шимбә (şimbä) — on Saturday
- Turkish: cumartesi — on Saturday
- Volapük: zädelo — on Saturday
- Volapük: velüdelo — on Saturday
- Welsh: ddydd Sadwrn — on Saturday
- Abkhaz: асабша (asabŝa) — day of the week
- Afar: sábti — day of the week
- Afrikaans: Saterdag — day of the week
- Aghwan: 𐕐𐔰𐕌𐔱𐔰𐕜 (šambaṭ) — day of the week
- Akan: Memenada — day of the week
- Alabama: nihtahollosi — day of the week
- Albanian: e shtunë — day of the week
- Alutiiq: Maqineq — day of the week
- American Sign Language: S@Side-PalmBack CirclesHoriz — day of the week
- Amharic: ቅዳሜ (ḳədame) — day of the week
- Arabic: السَّبْت (as-sabt) — day of the week
- Arabic: يَوْم السَّبْت (yawm as-sabt) — day of the week
- Arabic: السبت (es-sabt) — day of the week
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܲܒܬܵܐ (šabta) — day of the week
- Armenian: շաբաթ (šabatʻ) — day of the week
- Old Armenian: շաբաթ (šabatʻ) — day of the week
- Aromanian: sâmbãtã — day of the week
- Assamese: শনিবাৰ (xonibar) — day of the week
- Asturian: sábadu — day of the week
- Avar: щамат (ššamat) — day of the week
- Azerbaijani: şənbə — day of the week
- Bangi: sabala — day of the week
- Bashkir: шәмбе (şəmbe) — day of the week
- Basque: larunbat — day of the week
- Bats: შაბათ (šabat) — day of the week
- Belarusian: субо́та (subóta) — day of the week
- Bengali: শনিবার (śonibar) — day of the week
- Central Bikol: Sabado — day of the week
- Blackfoot: to'tohtáátoyiiksistsiko — day of the week
- Breton: Sadorn — day of the week
- Buginese: sattu — day of the week
- Bulgarian: съ́бота (sǎ́bota) — day of the week
- Burmese: စနေ (ca.ne) — day of the week
- Catalan: dissabte — day of the week
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵙⴰⴷ (sad) — day of the week
- Chechen: шот (šot) — day of the week
- Cherokee: ᏙᏓᏈᏕᎾ (dodaquidena) — day of the week
- Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏈᏕᎾ (unadodaquidena) — day of the week
- Chichewa: Loweruka — day of the week
- Chickasaw: Nittak Hollo' Nakfish — day of the week
- Chickasaw: Nittak Ishhanna'li' — day of the week
- Chinese Cantonese: 星期六 (sing1 kei4 luk6) — day of the week
- Chinese Cantonese: 禮拜六 /礼拜六 (lai5 baai3 luk6) — day of the week
- Chinese Cantonese: 週六 /周六 (zau1 luk6) — day of the week
- Chinese: щинчилю (xinqiliu) — day of the week
- Chinese: либэлю (libeliu) — day of the week
- Chinese: шанбэ (šanbe) — day of the week
- Hakka Chinese: 拜六 (pai-liuk) — day of the week
- Chinese: 禮拜六 /礼拜六 (lé-pài-lio̍k) — day of the week
- Chinese: 拜六 (pài-lio̍k) — day of the week
- Chinese Mandarin: 星期六 (xīngqīliù) — day of the week
- Chinese Mandarin: 禮拜六 /礼拜六 (lǐbàiliù) — day of the week
- Chinese Mandarin: 週六 /周六 (zhōuliù) — day of the week
- Wu Chinese: 禮拜六 /礼拜六 (6li-pa-loq) — day of the week
- Choctaw: Satʋti — day of the week
- Chuukese: Ammon — day of the week
- Chuvash: шӑматкун (šămatkun) — day of the week
- East Circassian: щэбэт (śɛbɛt) — day of the week
- West Circassian: шэмбэт (šɛmbɛt) — day of the week
- Coptic: ⲥⲁⲃⲃⲁⲧⲟⲛ (sabbaton) — day of the week
- Cornish: Sadorn — day of the week
- Cornish: de Sadorn — day of the week
- Cornish: dy'Sadorn — day of the week
- Corsican: sàbatu — day of the week
- Atikamekw: mari kicikaw — day of the week
- Crimean Tatar: cumaertesi — day of the week
- Czech: sobota — day of the week
- Dakota: Owaŋkayužažapi — day of the week
- Dalmatian: sabata — day of the week
- Danish: lørdag — day of the week
- Dutch: zaterdag — day of the week
- Dzongkha: ཉི་མ (nyi ma) — day of the week
- Emilian: sâbet — day of the week
- Erzya: шлямочи (šľamoči) — day of the week
- Erzya: субута (subuta) — day of the week
- Esperanto: sabato — day of the week
- Estonian: laupäev — day of the week
- Farefare: Asibi — day of the week
- Faroese: leygardagur — day of the week
- Fijian: siga Vakarauwai — day of the week
- Finnish: lauantai — day of the week
- French: samedi — day of the week
- North Frisian: söninj — day of the week
- North Frisian: saneene — day of the week
- North Frisian: Seninj — day of the week
- West-Frisian: sneon — day of the week
- West-Frisian: saterdei — day of the week
- Friulian: sabide — day of the week
- Friulian: sàbide — day of the week
- Galician: sábado — day of the week
- Georgian: შაბათი (šabati) — day of the week
- German: Samstag — day of the week
- German: Sonnabend — day of the week
- German: Sabbat — day of the week
- German: Satertag — day of the week
- Greek: Σάββατο (Sávvato) — day of the week
- Greenlandic: arfininngorneq — day of the week
- Gujarati: શનિવાર (śanivār) — day of the week
- Haitian Creole: samdi — day of the week
- Hausa: Asabar — day of the week
- Hausa: Sati — day of the week
- Hawaiian: Pōʻaono — day of the week
- Hebrew: שַׁבָּת (shabát) — day of the week
- Hiligaynon: Sabadó — day of the week
- Hindi: शनिवार (śanivār) — day of the week
- Hindi: शनि (śani) — day of the week
- Hindi: सनीचर (sanīcar) — day of the week
- Hungarian: szombat — day of the week
- Hunsrik: Samstach — day of the week
- Icelandic: laugardagur — day of the week
- Ido: saturdio — day of the week
- Indonesian: Sabtu — day of the week
- Ingrian: soovotta — day of the week
- Ingrian: laukopäivä — day of the week
- Ingush: шоатта (šoatta) — day of the week
- Interlingua: sabbato — day of the week
- Irish: Satharn — day of the week
- Italian: sabato — day of the week
- Japanese: 土曜日 (doyōbi) — day of the week
- Japanese: 土曜 (doyō) — day of the week
- Javanese: ꦱꦼꦠꦸ (Setu) — day of the week
- Javanese: ꦱꦼꦥ꧀ꦠꦸ (Septu) — day of the week
- Kalmyk: бембә өдр (bembä ödr) — day of the week
- Karelian: suovattu — day of the week
- Kashmiri: بَٹہٕ وار (baṭhụ vār) — day of the week
- Kashubian: sobòta — day of the week
- Kazakh: сенбі (senbı) — day of the week
- Khmer: ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍ (thngay saw) — day of the week
- Kongo: Lumbu kia sabala — day of the week
- Korean: 토요일 (toyoil) — day of the week
- Korean: 토요 (toyo) — day of the week
- Kumyk: сонгугюн (soñugün) — day of the week
- Central Kurdish: شەممە (şemme) — day of the week
- Central Kurdish: شەمموو (şemmû) — day of the week
- Northern Kurdish: şemî — day of the week
- Northern Kurdish: şembî — day of the week
- Kusaal: asibitɩ daat — day of the week
- Kyrgyz: ишемби (işembi) — day of the week
- Ladin: sabeda — day of the week
- Lakota: Owáŋkayužažapi — day of the week
- Lakota: Aŋpétu Šákpe — day of the week
- Lao: ວັນເສົາ (wan sao) — day of the week
- Lao: ເສົາ (sao) — day of the week
- Latgalian: sastdīne — day of the week
- Latin: diēs Saturnī — day of the week
- Latin: sabbatum — day of the week
- Latin: sabbata — day of the week
- Latvian: sestdiena — day of the week
- Laz: საბატონი (sabaťoni) — day of the week
- Lezgi: киш (kiš) — day of the week
- Ligurian: sâbbo — day of the week
- Limburgish: zaoterdig — day of the week
- Limburgish: zamsdaag — day of the week
- Lingala: sabala — day of the week
- Lithuanian: šeštadienis — day of the week
- Livonian: pūolpǟva — day of the week
- Lombard: sabet — day of the week
- Louisiana Creole: sanmdi — day of the week
- Louisiana Creole: sammdi — day of the week
- Low German: Sünnavend — day of the week
- Low German: Sünnovend — day of the week
- Low German: Saterdag — day of the week
- Lü: ᦞᧃᦉᧁ (vanṡaw) — day of the week
- Luganda: Lwamukaaga — day of the week
- Luxembourgish: Samschden — day of the week
- Luxembourgish: Samschdeg — day of the week
- Macedonian: сабота (sabota) — day of the week
- Makasar: sattu — day of the week
- Malay: Sabtu — day of the week
- Malayalam: ശനിയാഴ്ച (śaniyāḻca) — day of the week
- Maltese: is-Sibt — day of the week
- Manchu: ᠪᠣᡳᡥᠣᠨ ᡠᠰᡳᠩᡤᡳ (boihon usinggi) — day of the week
- Manx: Jesarn — day of the week
- Māori: Hātarei — day of the week
- Māori: Rāhoroi — day of the week
- Mapudungun: safadu antü — day of the week
- Marathi: शनिवार (śanivār) — day of the week
- Eastern Mari: шуматкече (šumatkeče) — day of the week
- Eastern Mari: шумат (šumat) — day of the week
- Mauritian Creole: samdi — day of the week
- Mingrelian: საბატონი (sabaṭoni) — day of the week
- Mingrelian: შურიშხა (šurišxa) — day of the week
- Mirandese: sábado — day of the week
- Mizo: Inrinni — day of the week
- Mòcheno: sònsta — day of the week
- Mohawk: entákta — day of the week
- Mongolian: бямба (bjamba) — day of the week
- Mongolian: хагас сайн өдөр (xagas sajn ödör) — day of the week
- Mongolian: гаригийн зургаа (garigiin zurgaa) — day of the week
- Mongolian: ᠪᠢᠮᠪᠠ (bimba) — day of the week
- Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠭᠠᠰ ᠰᠠᠢᠢᠨ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ (qaɣas saiin edür) — day of the week
- Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠵᠢᠷᠭᠣᠭᠠᠨ (ɣaraɣ-ün ǰirɣoɣan) — day of the week
- Moore: sibri — day of the week
- Navajo: Yiską́ Damį́įgo — day of the week
- Neapolitan: sàbbato — day of the week
- Neapolitan: sàpato — day of the week
- Niuean: Aho Faiumu — day of the week
- Norman: Sanm'di — day of the week
- Norwegian Bokmål: lørdag — day of the week
- Norwegian Nynorsk: laurdag — day of the week
- Occitan: dissabte — day of the week
- Odia: ଶନିବାର (śanibāra) — day of the week
- Ojibwe: ishkwaajanokii-giizhigad — day of the week
- Ojibwe: giziibiigisaginige-giizhigad — day of the week
- Church Slavic: сѫбота (sǫbota) — day of the week
- Church Slavic: собота (sobota) — day of the week
- Old English: sæternesdæġ — day of the week
- Old Norse: laugardagr — day of the week
- Oromo: Sanbata — day of the week
- Ossetian: сабат (sabat) — day of the week
- Pannonian Rusyn: собота (sobota) — day of the week
- Papiamentu: diasabra — day of the week
- Pashto: شنبه (šanba) — day of the week
- Pashto: شنبې (šanbe) — day of the week
- Pashto: خالي ورځ (xāli wraj) — day of the week
- Pashto: خالي (xāli) — day of the week
- Pennsylvania German: Samschdaag — day of the week
- Iranian Persian: شَنْبِه (šanbe) — day of the week
- Plautdietsch: Sinnowent — day of the week
- Polish: sobota — day of the week
- Portuguese: sábado — day of the week
- Punjabi: ਸਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (saniccarvār) — day of the week
- Punjabi: ਸਨੀਵਾਰ (sanīvār) — day of the week
- Punjabi: ਸ਼ਨਿੱਚਰਵਾਰ (śaniccarvār) — day of the week
- Punjabi: ਸ਼ਨੀਵਾਰ (śanīvār) — day of the week
- Quechua: k'uychichaw — day of the week
- Rapa Nui: mahana hopu — day of the week
- Romani: sàvato — day of the week
- Romanian: sâmbătă — day of the week
- Romansh: sonda — day of the week
- Romansh: sanda — day of the week
- Romansh: somda — day of the week
- Russian: суббо́та (subbóta) — day of the week
- Rwanda-Rundi: Kwagatandatu — day of the week
- Inari-Sami: lávurdâh — day of the week
- Kildin-Sami: сӯвведҍ (sūvv’ed’) — day of the week
- Northern Sami: lávvadat — day of the week
- Skolt-Sami: sueʹvet — day of the week
- Samoan: Aso To'ona'i — day of the week
- Sanskrit: शनिवार (śanivāra) — day of the week
- Sanskrit: स्थिरवार (sthiravāra) — day of the week
- Sardinian: sàbadu — day of the week
- Sardinian: sàpadu — day of the week
- Sardinian: sàbudu — day of the week
- Scots: Seturday — day of the week
- Scottish Gaelic: Disathairne — day of the week
- Serbo-Croatian: су̀бота — day of the week
- Serbo-Croatian: sùbota — day of the week
- Shona: Chitanhatu — day of the week
- Sicilian: sàbbatu — day of the week
- Sicilian: sàbbitu — day of the week
- Sicilian: sabbatudìa — day of the week
- Sindhi: ڇَنڇَرُ (chãcharu) — day of the week
- Sindhi: شَنسچَرُ (śãscaru) — day of the week
- Sinhalese: සෙනසුරාදා (senasurādā) — day of the week
- Slovak: sobota — day of the week
- Slovene: sobóta — day of the week
- Somali: Sabti — day of the week
- Lower Sorbian: sobota — day of the week
- Upper Sorbian: sobota — day of the week
- Sotho: Moqebele — day of the week
- Southern Altai: суббот (subbot) — day of the week
- Spanish: sábado — day of the week
- Sranan Tongo: satra — day of the week
- Svan: საფტინ (sapṭin) — day of the week
- Swahili: Jumamosi — day of the week
- Swazi: úm-gcibélo — day of the week
- Swedish: lördag — day of the week
- Tabasaran: киш (kiš) — day of the week
- Tagalog: Sabado — day of the week
- Tahitian: mahama maa — day of the week
- Tajik: шанбе (šanbe) — day of the week
- Talysh: şambə — day of the week
- Tamil: சனி (caṉi) — day of the week
- Tamil: சனிக்கிழமை (caṉikkiḻamai) — day of the week
- Taos: sóbolu — day of the week
- Tarantino: sàbbete — day of the week
- Tat: şəmbi — day of the week
- Tatar: шимбә (şimbä) — day of the week
- Tausug: Sabtuꞌ — day of the week
- Tetum: loron-sábadu — day of the week
- Thai: วันเสาร์ (wan sǎo) — day of the week
- Thai: เสาร์ (sǎo) — day of the week
- Tibetan: གཟའ་སྤེན་པ (gza' spen pa) — day of the week
- Tigrinya: ቀዳም (ḳädam) — day of the week
- Tok Pisin: Sarere — day of the week
- Tokelauan: Ahotōnai — day of the week
- Tongan: Tokonaki — day of the week
- Tswana: Matlhatso — day of the week
- Turkish: cumartesi — day of the week
- Turkmen: şenbe — day of the week
- Turkmen: ruhgün — day of the week
- Udmurt: кӧснунал (kösnunal) — day of the week
- Ukrainian: субо́та (subóta) — day of the week
- Urdu: ہَفْتَہ (hafta) — day of the week
- Urdu: سَنِیچَر (sanīcar) — day of the week
- Urdu: شَن٘بَہ (śamba) — day of the week
- Uyghur: شەنبە (shenbe) — day of the week
- Uzbek: shanba — day of the week
- Vai: ꕢꔤꔐ (Sáide) — day of the week
- Venetan: sabo — day of the week
- Vietnamese: thứ bảy — day of the week
- Volapük: zädel — day of the week
- Volapük: velüdel — day of the week
- Walloon: semdi — day of the week
- Welsh: dydd Sadwrn — day of the week
- Winnebago: Hąąp hoinįge — day of the week
- Winnebago: Waruwį Hąąp — day of the week
- Wolof: Gaawu — day of the week
- Xhosa: uMgqibelo — day of the week
- Yakan: Sabtuꞌ — day of the week
- Yakut: субуота (subuota) — day of the week
- Yiddish: שבת (shabes) — day of the week
- Yup'ik: Maqineq — day of the week
- Zaghawa: sabit — day of the week
- Zazaki: şeme (diq) — day of the week
- Zulu: uMgqibelo — day of the week
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