Wednesday

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

Adverb

  1. On Wednesday.

Origin

From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, “of Hermes”), via an association of the god Odin (“Woden”) with Mercury and Hermes. See also Japanese 水曜日 (“Mercury's day”). Cognates Cognate with Scots Wadensday (“Wednesday”), Yola Wennesdei (“Wednesday”), West Frisian woansdei (“Wednesday”), Afrikaans Woensdag (“Wednesday”), Central Franconian Jodesdaach (“Wednesday”), Dutch, West Flemish woensdag (“Wednesday”), Dutch Low Saxon woensdag,...

Proper noun

  1. Nickname for Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League.

Noun

  1. The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.
    • US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that “probable cause exists” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating his orders in mid-March halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to...

    Synonyms: Fourth Day

Forms

Wednesdays

Synonyms

hump day Wed Wed. Weds

Hypernyms

day

Hyponyms

Ash Wednesday Black Wednesday calendar Wednesday Easter Wednesday Good Wednesday Holy Wednesday Rebel Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday Spy Wednesday White Wednesday Whit Wednesday

Derived

Wednesbury Wednesday crucifixion theory Wednesdayish Wednesdayness Wednesdays Wednesdays in Mississippi Woman Crush Wednesday