ˈsad.ə(r)dē, -atə-, -(r)(ˌ)dā, in rapid speech ˈsaddē or ˈsardē or ˈsatdē or -di noun
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Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Middle English saterday, from Old English sæterdæg, sæterndæg; akin to Old Frisian sāterdei Saturday, Middle Dutch saterdach, Middle Low German sāterdach; all from a prehistoric West Germanic compound whose first constituent was borrowed from Latin Saturnus Saturn and whose second constituent is represented by Old English dæg day; translation of Latin Saturni dies — more at day
: the seventh day of the week : the day following Friday