Saturday

From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).

• enPR: săʹtər-dā, săʹtər-di
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsætədeɪ/, /ˈsætədi/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsætəɹdeɪ/, [ˈsæɾɚdeɪ̯], /ˈsætəɹdi/, [ˈsæɾɚdi]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈsætədæɪ/
• Rhymes: -ætədeɪ, -ætədi, -ætəɹdeɪ
• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈsɑːtədeɪ/, /ˈsæ-/

Saturday (plural Saturdays)

2. The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.
   • 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.

• Sat, Sat. (abbreviations)

• S, Sa
• ♄ (archaic)

• day

• Tok Pisin: Sarere

Saturday (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Saturday.

Saturday (third-person singular simple present Saturdays, present participle Saturdaying, simple past and past participle Saturdayed)

1. (uncommon, creative) To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).
   • 1913, Bell Telephone News‎^[2], volume 3, page 5:

     Mr. Angus Hibbard, of New York, Fridayed and Saturdayed in Chicago, for the show and banquet.

• days of the week (appendix): Sunday · Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday ^[edit]

Saturday

1. alternative form of Saterday