Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fifth day

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: fifth -day
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Thursday (the fifth day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).

Etymology

Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the "pagan" associations of the traditional name.

Frequently Paired Words

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Questions

What does fifth day mean?: Thursday (the fifth day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).
Where does fifth day come from?: Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the "pagan" associations of the traditional name.

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