day

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
2. A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
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. (informal) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.
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.
7. The rotational period of a planet.
8. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
9. An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
10. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
11. A period of contention of a day or less.

Verb

To spend a day (in a place).

Concepts

jour

journée

soleil

🌞

avant-hier

vingt-quatre heures

j

fois

⌚

jeudi

jour ouvrable

lumière du jour

lundi

mardi

mercredi

moment

nuit

🌃

période

temps

⌚

un jour

vendredi

jour ouvré

l’autre jour

le jour

jour sidéral

âge

jr.

aujourd’hui

date

📅

dimanche

durée

époque

Opposé de

night, daytime

Synonymes

daytime

daylight

sun

🌞

time

⌚

date

📅

month

occasion

noon

🕛

hour of birth

twenty-four hours

calendar day

epoch

sidereal day

period

24-hour interval

mean solar day

twenty-four hour period

solar day

day before yesterday

instant

hour

daily

one day

by day

24 hours

night

🌃

morning

today

single time

age

term

season

24-hour period

job

day by day

heaven

good luck

rather

quite

God

Friday

appointment

opportunity

opening

experience

one

event

clocking

now

era

Traductions

día

giorno

Tag

dia

dag

dia

dies

μέρα

ημέρα

gün

يوم

jorn

dia

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/deɪ/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: day

Hérité de ancien anglais: dæġ

Appartenant à saterlandais: Dai

Appartenant à frison occidental: dei

Appartenant à néerlandais: dag

Appartenant à suisse allemand: Däi

Appartenant à allemand: Tag

Appartenant à suédois: -

Appartenant à norvégien: -

Appartenant à danois: dag

Appartenant à islandais: dagur

Appartenant à gotique: 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃

Appartenant à albanais: djeg

Appartenant à lituanien: degti

Appartenant à Tokharian A: tsäk-

Appartenant à russe: жечь

Appartenant à sanskrit: दाह

Appartenant à latin: foveō

In summary

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.
Latin diēs, Russian день (denʹ), Lithuanian dienà are false cognates; they all derive from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”).

Phrases

Tomorrow is another day .

Demain est un autre jour.

From that day on , it was the desert that would be important .

À partir de ce jour, c'est le désert qui serait important.

The next day , the boy returned to the well , hoping to see the girl .

Le lendemain, le garçon est retourné au puits, espérant voir la fille.

He supposedly was working that day .

Il travaillait ce jour-là.

That day , the merchant gave the boy permission to build the display .

Ce jour-là, le marchand a donné au garçon la permission de construire l'affichage.

The driver died the following day , and the stoker a few days after that .

Le conducteur est décédé le lendemain et le Stoker quelques jours après cela.