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

on Wednesday

We have no classes on Wednesday afternoons. - We don't have class on Wednesday afternoons.

The party's on Wednesday. - The party's Wednesday.

{n} the fourth day of the week

{i} fourth day of the week

Wednesday is the day after Tuesday and before Thursday. Come and have supper with us on Wednesday, if you're free Did you happen to see her leave last Wednesday? David always collects Alistair from school on Wednesdays. the day between Tuesday and Thursday on Wednesday

The fourth day of the week in the USA, and the third day of the week in Europe and in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday

Ahad

miercoles

The fourth day of the week; the next day after Tuesday

the fourth day of the week; the third working day

n [ME Wednesdai, OE Wednesdaeg, mutated var of Wodnesdaeg Woden's day; cognate of D Woensdag, Dan onsdag; trans of L Mercurii dies day of Mercury] : the fourth day of the week, following Tuesday west [ME, fr OE, L vesper evening, Gk Hesperos] n 1 : a cardinal point of the compass adj 2 : directed or proceeding toward the west adv 3 : to, toward, or in the west wish [ME wisshe(n), OE wyscan; cognate of G wunschen; akin to OE wynn joy, L venus loveliness; personified by Venus] v 1 : to long, desire n 2 : a distinct mental inclination toward the doing, obtaining, attaining, etc of something; a desire felt or expressed wolf n [ME; OE wulf; cognate of G Wolf, L lupus, Gk lykos; assoc with Lycaon, who was turned into a wolf] : any of several large, carnivorous mammals of the genus Canis, of the family Canidae, esp C lupus, usually hunting in packs

humpday

Ash Wednesday

A Christian day of penitence, the first day of Lent. It is a movable feast which takes place 40 days before Easter (excluding Sundays)

Holy Wednesday

The Wednesday of Holy Week; the day before Maundy Thursday

plural form of Wednesday

ash-wednesday

{n} the first day of Lent

Ash Wednesday

(Din) The first day of Lent in the Western Christian Church, marked by services of penitence. From the custom of marking the foreheads of penitents with ashes on that day

Basel Carnival starts at precisely four o'clock in the morning on the Monday after Ash Wednesday, the firs day of Lent, and lasts 72 hours to minute.

Ash Wednesday

(Christianity) first day of Lent (40 day period leading up to Easter)

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. The seventh Wednesday before Easter and the first day of Lent, on which many Christians receive a mark of ashes on the forehead as a token of penitence and mortality. the first day of Lent

The first day of Lent; so called from a custom in the Roman Catholic church of putting ashes, on that day, upon the foreheads of penitents

ash wednesday

the 7th Wednesday before Easter; the first day of Lent; the day following Mardi Gras (`fat Tuesday'); a day of fasting and repentance

Turkish - English

Definition of wednesday in Turkish English dictionary
çarşamba karısı the Wednesday Witch: (a malevolent spirit)

wednesday

Hyphenation

Wednes·day

Turkish pronunciation

wenzdi

Synonyms

humpday

Pronunciation

/ˈwenzdē/ /ˈwɛnzdiː/

Etymology

[ 'wenz-dE, -(")dA; British a ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English Wednesdai, from Old English wōdnesdæġ, Woden's day, from the Proto-Germanic *Wod-enaz-, probably from *wod-eno-/*wod-ono-, raging, mad, inspired, from the base *wet-, to blow, to inspire, to arouse spiritually, + dæġ (see day).