Tuesday
Syllables: Tues·day/ˈtjuːz.deɪ/
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Northumbria/ˈtjuːzdə/
Tuesday noun: the third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
Noun
Tuesday (plural Tuesdays)
- The third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
- An anti-Mao force has occupied many rural districts around Tengchung in west Yunnan and is directing peasants there to revolt against Mao Tse-tung, intelligence sources here reported Tuesday.1969 March 17 [1969 March 12], “Rural Districts' Occupation”, in Daily Report: Communist China, volume I, number 51, Foreign Broadcast Information Service, sourced from Taipei CNA, →OCLC, Communist...
- Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said.2020 September 1, Christina Zdanowicz, “When the runway lights failed, Alaska residents used their car headlights to land a medevac plane”, in CNN
Adverb
Tuesday (not comparable)
- On Tuesday.
Tuesday meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Tuesday in Hindi
- day of the week
- मंगलवार maṅgalvār, भौमवार bhaumvār, मंगल maṅgal
Tuesday in Tamil
- day of the week
- செவ்வாய் cevvāy, செவ்வாய்க்கிழமை cevvāykkiḻamai
Tuesday in Marathi
- day of the week
- मंगळवार maṅgaḷvār
- on Tuesday
- मंगळवारी maṅgaḷvārī
Tuesday in Urdu
- day of the week
- مَن٘گَل maṅgal, مَن٘گَلْوار maṅgalvār, سِہ شَن٘بَہ si śamba
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- Tuesday in Bengali
- মঙ্গলবার moṅgolbar
- Tuesday in Telugu
- మంగళవారము maṅgaḷavāramu
- Tuesday in Malayalam
- ചൊവ്വാഴ്ച covvāḻca
- Tuesday in Kannada
- ಮಂಗಳವಾರ maṅgaḷavāra
- Tuesday in Punjabi
- ਮੰਗਲਵਾਰ maṅglavār, مَن٘گَلْوَار maṉgalvār
- Tuesday in Gujarati
- મંગળવાર maṅgaḷvār
- Tuesday in Odia
- ମଙ୍ଗଳବାର maṅgaḷabāra
- Tuesday in Sanskrit
- मङ्गलवार maṅgalavāra
- Tuesday in Sinhala
- අඟහරුවාදා aⁿgaharuwādā
- Tuesday in Assamese
- মঙলবাৰ moṅolbar
- Tuesday in Nepali
- मङ्गलबार maṅgalbār
- Tuesday in Pashto
- سهشنبې se-šambá, سهشنبه sešambe
- Tuesday in Tagalog
- Martes
- Tuesday in Arabic
- الثُّلَاثَاء aṯ-ṯulāṯāʔ, الثَّلَاثَاء aṯ-ṯalāṯāʔ, الثُّلَثَاء aṯ-ṯulaṯāʔ
- Tuesday in Malay
- Selasa, Hari Dua
- Tuesday in Indonesian
- hari selasa
- Tuesday in Thai
- วันอังคาร wan ang-kaan, อังคาร ang-kaan
- Tuesday in Vietnamese
- thứ ba
- Tuesday in Myanmar
- အင်္ဂါ angga
- Sindhi
- اَڱارو aṅāro, مَنگلُ mãglu
- Kashmiri
- بۄنٛوار bọnvār, بوموار bōmvār
- Dzongkha
- གཟའ་ལྷག་པ་ gza' lhag pa, ལྷག་པ lhag pa
Synonyms of Tuesday
Forms of Tuesday
| plural | Tuesdays |
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Origin of Tuesday
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.
Words formed from Tuesday
- second Tuesday of the week
- you next Tuesday
- Tuesday blues
- Tuesday Group
- Tuesdayish
- Tuesdayness
- Tuesdays
- Twosday
Phrases with Tuesday
- Fat Tuesday
- Hock Tuesday
- Holy Tuesday
- TACO Tuesday
- Whit Tuesday
- Black Tuesday
- Super Tuesday
- Easter Tuesday
- Giving Tuesday
- Shrove Tuesday
- Fastens Tuesday
- Pancake Tuesday
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Questions about Tuesday
- What does Tuesday mean?
- Tuesday means the third day of the week in many religious traditions, and the second day of the week in systems that use the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Monday and precedes Wednesday.
- What is Tuesday in Hindi?
- Tuesday in Hindi is मंगलवार (maṅgalvār), भौमवार (bhaumvār), मंगल (maṅgal). See Tuesday meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Tuesday?
- Tuesday can be a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce Tuesday?
- Tuesday is pronounced /ˈtjuːz.deɪ/.
- What is the plural of Tuesday?
- The plural of Tuesday is Tuesdays.
Words near Tuesday in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Tuesday (page history and authors); ಮಂಗಳವಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); मङ्गलबार (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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