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tuesday

Tues·day
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [tooz-dey, -dee, tyooz-]
    • /ˈtuz deɪ, -di, ˈtyuz-/
    • /ˈtjuːzdeɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [tooz-dey, -dee, tyooz-]
    • /ˈtuz deɪ, -di, ˈtyuz-/

Definitions of tuesday word

  • noun tuesday the third day of the week, following Monday. 1
  • noun tuesday day of the week 1
  • noun tuesday occurring on Tuesday 1
  • variable noun tuesday Tuesday is the day after Monday and before Wednesday. 0
  • noun tuesday the third day of the week; second day of the working week 0
  • noun tuesday the third day of the week 0
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Origin of tuesday

First appearance:

before 1050
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1050; Middle English tewesday, Old English tīwesdæg (cognate with Old High German zīestac, Old Norse tȳsdagr), orig. phrase Tīwes daeg Tiu's day, translating Latin diēs Mārtis day of Mars. See Tiu, 's1, day

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Tuesday

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Tuesday

tuesday popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

tuesday usage trend in Literature

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