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Wednesday

Wednesday

951 1.0
The day of the week between Tuesday and Thursday
  • proper noun
  • /ˈwɛnzdeɪ/
translation icon : miércoles
  • I have a meeting scheduled for Wednesday at 10 AM.
  • Wednesday afternoon
  • Wednesday evening
  • Wednesday morning

But I will tell you on Wednesday, no.

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Examples

  • Do you think that on Wednesday it will be any easier for him to go?

    Fiction book (1992)
  • At the awards ceremony, which starts at 6 PM on Wednesday, five individuals will be honored.

    Academic text (1993)
  • We'll be right there next Wednesday night, next Wednesday night.

  • See you for dinner on Wednesday.

  • There will not be a tour Wednesday to allow for scheduling of programs.

    Academic text (1995)
  • He wants to start on Wednesday.

  • The woman filed the lawsuit in federal court in Denver on Wednesday against head coach Mike MacIntyre.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Imagine that you've just received this email: "Next Wednesday's staff meeting has been moved forward two days."

    Academic text (2011)
  • His talk, "Human Mimicry of Bird Sound," will be held on Wednesday, October 25, at 7:30 P.M.

    Academic text (1995)
  • She always visits her grandmother on Wednesday afternoons.

Compounds

The first day of Lent when Christians get ashes on their foreheads and fast

Surface Forms

Wednesday main

Morphology

Wednesday = Woden + day (opaque) = wednes + day

Although 'day' is transparent, the first element is an archaic proper name (Woden) not recognizable as a productive morpheme to learners.

Etymology

Wednesday comes from the Old English god Woden, who is the same figure called Odin in Norse tales. It originally meant 'Woden's day', so English kept the god's name for this day instead of calling it the 'middle' of the week.