Tuesday

The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.

Adverb

  1. On Tuesday.

Origin

From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.

Noun

  1. The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
    • An anti-Mao force has occupied many rural districts around Tengchung in west Yunnan and is directing peasants there to revolt against Mao Tse-tung, intelligence sources here reported Tuesday. - 1969 March 17 [1969 March...
    • Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said. - 2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their...

    Synonyms: Third Day

Forms

Tuesdays

Synonyms

Tue Tue. Tues. Tues

Hypernyms

day

Hyponyms

Black Tuesday Easter Tuesday ecstasy Tuesday Fastens-Tuesday Fasten-Tuesday Fat Tuesday Giving Tuesday Happy Tuesday Hock Tuesday Holy Tuesday Mini-Tuesday Pancake Tuesday Patch Tuesday Pentecost Tuesday Shroft Tuesday Shrove Tuesday suicide Tuesday Super Tuesday Taco Tuesday TACO Tuesday Terrible Tuesday Whitsun Tuesday Whit Tuesday

Derived

second Tuesday of the week you next Tuesday Tuesday blues Tuesday Group Tuesdayish Tuesdayness Tuesdays Twosday