Tuesday

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US /ˈtuz.deɪ/ UK /ˈtjuːz.deɪ/ See IPA manual

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Meanings

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noun
The day of the week between Monday and Wednesday.

We have a meeting scheduled for next Tuesday.

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1 noun · the day of the week between... tuetues

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Forms tuesdays

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on tuesday
during the day called Tuesday

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Simplified etymology

Tuesday comes from Old English “Tiw’s day,” named for the ancient Germanic god Tiw. Germanic peoples identified Tiw with the Roman war god Mars and gave his name to the corresponding day of the Roman week.

Etymology

From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.

*dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European Tewesday Middle English tīwesdæġ Old English *Tīwas dag Proto-West Germanic *dyew- Proto-Indo-European

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# Tuesday

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈtuz.deɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtjuːz.deɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 2865

## Meanings
1. The day of the week between Monday and Wednesday.

## Examples
- We have a meeting scheduled for next Tuesday.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰegʷʰ-
- Root: Tewesday
- Root: tīwesdæġ
- Root: *Tīwas dag
- Root: *dyew-

## Etymology
From Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.

## AI Etymology
Tuesday is from Middle English Tewesday, from Old English tīwesdæġ (“Tuesday”), from Proto-West Germanic *Tīwas dag (“Tuesday”, literally “Tiw's Day”). This was a Germanic interpretation of Latin diēs Mārtis, itself a translation of Ancient Greek Ἄρεως ἡμέρα (Áreōs hēméra) (interpretatio romana). Cognate with Scots Tysday (“Tuesday”), Saterland Frisian Täisdai (“Tuesday”), West Frisian tiisdei (“Tuesday”), dialectal German Ziestag (“Tuesday”), Danish tirsdag (“Tuesday”), Swedish tisdag (“Tuesday”), Finnish tiistai (“Tuesday”). More at Tyr, day.

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