Tuesday

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.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːzd(e)ɪ/, /ˈt͡ʃuːzd(e)ɪ/
• (US) enPR: to͞ozʹdā, IPA^(key): /ˈt(j)uzdeɪ/, /ˈt(j)uzdi/
• (New Zealand) enPR: cho͞ozʹdā, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃʉːzdæe/

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• Rhymes: -uːzdɪ, -uːzdeɪ, -ʉːzdæe

Tuesday (plural Tuesdays)

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.

• Tue, Tue., Tues., Tues (abbreviations)

• T, Tu
• ♂ (archaic)

• day

Tuesday (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada) on Tuesday

• (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday,‎ Monday,‎ Tuesday,‎ Wednesday,‎ Thursday,‎ Friday,‎ Saturday ^{(Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]}

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