How do you pronounce tuesday?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈtuz.deɪ/.

Where does tuesday come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

tuesday

/ˈtuz.deɪ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.63 in modern English

Syllables: Tues-day
IPA: /ˈtuz.deɪ/

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Meaning

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.

adv

On Tuesday.

Canadian usage; American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

"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."
"Alaska DOT crews returned to Igiugig on Tuesday to repair the lights, which are now back in service, Dapcevich said."

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: *dʰegʷʰ-, Tewesday, tīwesdæġ, *Tīwas dag, *dyew-

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈtuz.deɪ/

Usage

Inflected Forms

Tuesdays (plural)

Derived Forms

Tuesdayish Tuesdayness Tuesdays Twosday

Phrases

second Tuesday of the week you next Tuesday Tuesday blues Tuesday Group

Synonyms

Third Day Tue Tue. Tues. Tues

Rhymes With

taco tuesday