Wednesday
Syllables: Wednes·day/ˈwɛnz.deɪ/
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Geordie/ˈwɛdⁿnz.deɪ/
Wednesday noun: 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.
Noun
Wednesday (plural Wednesdays)
- 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.
- US District Judge James Boasberg ruled Wednesday that “probable cause exists” to hold Trump administration officials in criminal contempt for violating his orders in mid-March halting the use of the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members.2025 April 16, Devan Cole and Katelyn Polantz, “Boasberg finds ‘probable cause exists’ to hold Trump administration in contempt for violating orders on deportation flights”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- Fourth Day, hump day, Wed, Wed., Weds
Proper noun
Wednesday
- Nickname for Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League.
Adverb
Wednesday (not comparable)
- On Wednesday.
Wednesday meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Wednesday in Hindi
- day of the week
- बुधवार budhvār, बुध budh, ज्ञवार jñavār
Wednesday in Tamil
- day of the week
- புதன் putaṉ, புதன்கிழமை putaṉkiḻamai
Wednesday in Marathi
- day of the week
- बुधवार budhvār
Wednesday in Urdu
- day of the week
- بُدھ budh, بُدْھوار budhvār, چَہار شَن٘بَہ cahār śamba
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- Wednesday in Bengali
- বুধবার budhbar
- Wednesday in Telugu
- బుధవారము budhavāramu
- Wednesday in Malayalam
- ബുധനാഴ്ച budhanāḻca, ബുധൻ budhaṉ
- Wednesday in Kannada
- ಬುಧವಾರ budhavāra
- Wednesday in Punjabi
- ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ buddhavār
- Wednesday in Gujarati
- બુધવાર budhvār
- Wednesday in Odia
- ବୁଧବାର budhabāra
- Wednesday in Sanskrit
- बुधवार budhavāra
- Wednesday in Sinhala
- බදාදා badādā
- Wednesday in Assamese
- বুধবাৰ budhbar
- Wednesday in Nepali
- बुधबार budhabār
- Wednesday in Pashto
- چارشنبه čāršanbá
- Wednesday in Tagalog
- Miyerkoles, miyerkoles
- Wednesday in Arabic
- الْأَرْبِعَاء al-ʔarbiʕāʔ, يَوْم الْأَرْبِعَاء yawm al-ʔarbiʕāʔ
- Wednesday in Malay
- Rabu, Arbaa, Hari Tiga
- Wednesday in Indonesian
- hari rabu
- Wednesday in Thai
- วันพุธ wan pút, พุธ pút
- Wednesday in Vietnamese
- thứ tư
- Wednesday in Myanmar
- ဗုဒ္ဓဟူး buddha.hu:
- Sindhi
- اَربع arbʻ, ٻُڌَرُ ḇudharu, ٻُڌُ ḇudhu
- Kashmiri
- بۄدوار bọdvār
- Dzongkha
- ཕུར་བུ phur bu
Synonyms of Wednesday
Forms of Wednesday
| plural | Wednesdays |
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Origin of Wednesday
From Middle English Wednesday, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, “of Hermes”), via an association of the god Odin (“Woden”) with Mercury and Hermes. See also Japanese 水曜日 (“Mercury's day”). Cognates Cognate with Scots Wadensday (“Wednesday”), Yola Wennesdei (“Wednesday”), West Frisian woansdei (“Wednesday”), Afrikaans Woensdag (“Wednesday”), Central Franconian Jodesdaach (“Wednesday”), Dutch, West Flemish woensdag (“Wednesday”), Dutch Low Saxon woensdag, woonsdag, wonsdag (“Wednesday”), German Wodenstag, Wotanstag (“Wednesday”), Low German Goonsdag, Woonsdag (“Wednesday”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish onsdag (“Wednesday”), Faroese ónsdagur (“Wednesday”), Icelandic óðinsdagur (“Wednesday”).
Words formed from Wednesday
- Wednesbury
- Wednesday crucifixion theory
- Wednesdayish
- Wednesdayness
- Wednesdays
- Wednesdays in Mississippi
- Woman Crush Wednesday
Phrases with Wednesday
Questions about Wednesday
- What does Wednesday mean?
- Wednesday means 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.
- What is Wednesday in Hindi?
- Wednesday in Hindi is बुधवार (budhvār), बुध (budh), ज्ञवार (jñavār). See Wednesday meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Wednesday?
- Wednesday can be a noun, a proper noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce Wednesday?
- Wednesday is pronounced /ˈwɛnz.deɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Wednesday?
- The plural of Wednesday is Wednesdays.
Words near Wednesday in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Wednesday (page history and authors); बुधबार (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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