Word: day Part of Speech: noun Etymology: 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”). Pronunciation: /ˈdeɪ̯/, [ˈdeɪ̯], /ˈdeː/, [ˈdeː], /ˈdæɪ̯/ 1. The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky. Example: day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day. Example: The day was cool and snappy for August, and the Rise all green with a lavish nature. Now we plunged into a deep shade with the boughs lacing each other overhead, and crossed dainty, rustic bridges over the cold trout-streams,[…]. 2. A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. Example: Holonyms: week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond Example: Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour 3. A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. 4. A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long. 5. A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise. Labels: informal Example: Your 8am forecast: The high for the day will be 30 and the low, before dawn, will be 10. 6. 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. Example: The day begins at midnight. Example: Monday is the first day of the week in many countries of the world. 7. The rotational period of a planet. Example: A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours. 8. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc. Example: I worked two days last week. Example: “[…]if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. It's bad enough to go around togged out like a life saver on a drill day, but I can stand that 'cause I'm paid for it. What I won't stand is to have them togs called a livery.[…]” 9. An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday. Example: Christmas Day Example: Remembrance Day 10. A day set aside for a specified activity. Example: leg day, moving day, observation day 11. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era. Example: every dog has its day; in that day; back in the day; in those days Example: This new-comer was a man who in any company would have seemed striking.[…]Indeed, all his features were in large mold, like the man himself, as though he had come from a day when skin garments made the proper garb of men. 12. A period of contention of a day or less. Example: The day belonged to the Allies.