day

== Translingual == === Symbol === day (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Land Dayak languages. == English == === Alternative forms === daie, daye (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈdeɪ̯/, [ˈdeɪ̯] (monophthongization) IPA(key): /ˈdeː/, [ˈdeː] (Australia) (Australian, Broad) IPA(key): /ˈdæɪ̯/, [ˈdæ̝ɪ̯]; [ˈdæ̞ɪ̯] (Cultivated) IPA(key): /ˈdɛɪ̯/, [ˈdɛ̞ɪ̯] Rhymes: -eɪ Hyphenation: day Homophones: Day, dey === Noun === day (plural days) The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky. Synonyms: daylight; see also Thesaurus:daytime Antonyms: night; see also Thesaurus:nighttime A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. Alternative form: d (symbol) Synonyms: twenty-four hour day, 24-hour day; nychthemeron (uncommon) Holonyms: week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day. The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day. (informal or meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise. A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:day (astronomy) The rotational period of a planet. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday. Christmas Day Remembrance Day A day set aside for a specified activity. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era. Synonyms: era, epoch; see also Thesaurus:era A period of contention of a day or less. ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cameroon Pidgin: dey → Sranan Tongo: dei → Tok Pisin: de ==== Translations ==== === Verb === day (third-person singular simple present days, present participle daying, simple past and past participle dayed) (rare, intransitive) To spend a day (in a place). === See also === days of the week (appendix): Sunday · Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday [edit] Sabbath calendar === References === Day (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === d'ya, y'ad, yad == Azerbaijani == === Etymology === From Proto-Common Turkic *dāy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [dɑj] === Noun === day (definite accusative dayı, plural daylar) colt, foal ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== dayça ==== Descendants ==== → Lezgi: тай (taj) (or < Kumyk) === References === Clauson, Gerard (1972), “ta:y”, in An Etymological Dictionary of pre-thirteenth-century Turkish, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN, →OCLC == Cebuano == === Etymology === Clipping of inday. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdaj/ [ˈd̪aɪ̯] Rhymes: -aɪ Hyphenation: day === Noun === day (colloquial) common term of address to a girl Coordinate term: dong common term of address to one's daughter == Hawaiian Creole == === Etymology === From English day. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /deɪ/, /deː/ === Noun === day day == Kalasha == === Verb === day I am == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag. ==== Alternative forms ==== dai, daye, dey daȝȝ, daiȝ, dæi, dæȝ, dei (Early Middle English) ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /dæi̯/ IPA(key): /daj/, /dɛj/ (Early Middle English) ==== Noun ==== day (plural dayes or dawes) A day; a period of 24 hours or between sunrises. Daytime; day as opposed to night. An epoch, age, or period. An particular day or period. Daylight, sunlight; the light of day. (architecture) A section of a window split into mullions. ===== Declension ===== ===== Antonyms ===== nyght ===== Related terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: day Scots: day, dey, dei, dy Yola: die, daie, dei, dey ==== References ==== “dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 March 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronoun ==== day alternative form of þei (“they”) == Scots == === Alternative forms === dey; dei, dy === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dɪ/, /deː/ (Buchan) IPA(key): /dəi̯/ (Shetland) IPA(key): /dai̯/ === Noun === day (plural days) day (in the definite singular) today === References === “day, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. “dei, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC. == Tagalog == === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈdaj/ [ˈd̪aɪ̯] Rhymes: -aj Syllabification: day === Noun === day (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜌ᜔) alternative spelling of 'day == Vietnamese == === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [zaj˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [jaj˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ja(ː)j˧˧] === Verb === day to rub