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Day

//deɪ̯// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of David.
  2. 2
    A Mbum-Day language of Chad.
  3. 3
    An English surname originating as an occupation from day as a word for a "day-servant", an archaic term for a day-laborer, or from given names such as Dagr, Daug, Dege, and Dey, cognate with Scandinavian Dag.
  4. 4
    A surname from Irish can be found as both Day and O'Day from Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of a person named Good Luck”).
  5. 5
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Modoc County, California.
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  1. 6
    A number of places in the United States:; A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.
  2. 7
    A number of places in the United States:; A township in Montcalm County, Michigan.
  3. 8
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota.
  4. 9
    A number of places in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri.
  5. 10
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Saratoga County, New York.
  6. 11
    A number of places in the United States:; A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
Noun
  1. 1
    The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.

    "day and night;  I work at night and sleep during the day."

  2. 2
    a period of opportunity wordnet
  3. 3
    A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.

    "Holonyms: week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond"

  4. 4
    a point or period in time wordnet
  5. 5
    A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.; The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
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  1. 6
    the recurring hours when you are not sleeping (especially those when you are working) wordnet
  2. 7
    A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.; The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
  3. 8
    time for Earth to make a complete rotation on its axis wordnet
  4. 9
    A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise. informal

    "Your 8am forecast: The high for the day will be 30 and the low, before dawn, will be 10."

  5. 10
    a day assigned to a particular purpose or observance wordnet
  6. 11
    A period of time between two set times which mark the beginning and the end of day in a calendar, such as from midnight to the following midnight or (Judaism) from nightfall to the following nightfall.

    "The day begins at midnight."

  7. 12
    the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside wordnet
  8. 13
    The rotational period of a planet.

    "A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours."

  9. 14
    the time for one complete rotation of the earth relative to a particular star, about 4 minutes shorter than a mean solar day wordnet
  10. 15
    The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.

    "I worked two days last week."

  11. 16
    the period of time taken by a particular planet (e.g. Mars) to make a complete rotation on its axis wordnet
  12. 17
    An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.

    "Christmas Day"

  13. 18
    an era of existence or influence wordnet
  14. 19
    A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.

    "every dog has its day; in that day; back in the day; in those days"

  15. 20
    A period of contention of a day or less.

    "The day belonged to the Allies."

Verb
  1. 1
    To spend a day (in a place). intransitive, rare

    "I nighted and dayed in Damascus town[.]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognates Cognate with Scots day, dei, dey, dy (“day”), Yola daie, dei, dey, die (“day”), North Frisian dai, doi, däi (“day”), Saterland Frisian Dai (“day”), West Frisian dei (“day”), Bavarian Dåg, Tåg (“day”), Central Franconian Daach (“day”), Cimbrian tag, tage (“day”), Dutch dag, dagge (“day”), German Tag (“day”), German Low German Dag, Dagg (“day”), Limburgish Daach, Daag (“day”), Luxembourgish Dag (“day”), Mòcheno ta (“day”), Vilamovian taog (“day”), West Flemish dag (“day”), Yiddish טאָג (tog, “day”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dag (“day”), Faroese and Icelandic dagur (“day”), Norn dagh (“day”), Crimean Gothic tag (“day”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”), Vandalic *dag- (“day”); also Breton deviñ (“to burn”), Cornish dewi (“to kindle”), Irish daigh (“fire, flame”), dóigh (“to burn, singe; sear, scorch”), Manx daah (“to scorch, singe; to cauterize”), Scottish Gaelic dòth (“scorch, singe; burn”), Welsh deifio (“to scorch, singe”), Latin foveō (“to warm, keep warm”), Greek τέφρα (téfra, “ash, cinder”), Albanian dhez, ndez (“to kindle, light”), Old Prussian dagis (“summer”), Armenian հրդեհ (hrdeh, “fire”), Sanskrit दह् (dah, “to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast”).

Etymology 2

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ-? Proto-Germanic *dagaz Proto-West Germanic *dag Old English dæġ Middle English day English day Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”). Cognates Cognate with Scots day, dei, dey, dy (“day”), Yola daie, dei, dey, die (“day”), North Frisian dai, doi, däi (“day”), Saterland Frisian Dai (“day”), West Frisian dei (“day”), Bavarian Dåg, Tåg (“day”), Central Franconian Daach (“day”), Cimbrian tag, tage (“day”), Dutch dag, dagge (“day”), German Tag (“day”), German Low German Dag, Dagg (“day”), Limburgish Daach, Daag (“day”), Luxembourgish Dag (“day”), Mòcheno ta (“day”), Vilamovian taog (“day”), West Flemish dag (“day”), Yiddish טאָג (tog, “day”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish dag (“day”), Faroese and Icelandic dagur (“day”), Norn dagh (“day”), Crimean Gothic tag (“day”), Gothic 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 (dags, “day”), Vandalic *dag- (“day”); also Breton deviñ (“to burn”), Cornish dewi (“to kindle”), Irish daigh (“fire, flame”), dóigh (“to burn, singe; sear, scorch”), Manx daah (“to scorch, singe; to cauterize”), Scottish Gaelic dòth (“scorch, singe; burn”), Welsh deifio (“to scorch, singe”), Latin foveō (“to warm, keep warm”), Greek τέφρα (téfra, “ash, cinder”), Albanian dhez, ndez (“to kindle, light”), Old Prussian dagis (“summer”), Armenian հրդեհ (hrdeh, “fire”), Sanskrit दह् (dah, “to burn, consume by fire, scorch, roast”).

Etymology 3

This surname has multiple origins. Besides the ones listed below, Norman origin has also been suggested from De Haie", or "a corruption of the Normandy French D'Ossone, from the town of Ossone, in Normandy".

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