Meaning of day | Babel Free
deɪ̯Definitions
- The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
- A surname originating as a patronymic derived from a medieval diminutive of David.
- A Mbum-Day language of Chad.
- day (any period of 24 hours)
- A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
- An English surname originating as an occupation from day as a word for a "day-servant", an archaic term for a day-laborer, or from given names such as Dagr, Daug, Dege, and Dey, cognate with Scandinavian Dag.
- day (a period from midnight to the following midnight)
- For many days; continuously.
- The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
- A surname from Irish can be found as both Day and O'Day from Ó Deághaidh (“descendant of a person named Good Luck”).
- day (rotational period of a planet)
- Every day without fail; continuously.
- The time taken for the Earth to make a full rotation about its axis with respect to the fixed stars; a sidereal day or stellar day.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Modoc County, California.
- day (the part of a day period which one spends at work, school, etc.)
- Someday.
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A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise. informal
- A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Lafayette County, Florida.
- day, daytime (the part of the day between sunrise and sunset)
- A difficult or trying day.
- 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.
- A township in Montcalm County, Michigan.
- At present; nowadays.
- The rotational period of a planet.
- An unincorporated community in Isanti County, Minnesota.
- dawn; the first appearance of light. We left at daybreak. dagbreek فَجْر، سَحَر، انْبِلاج الفَجْر зора amanhecer svítání, rozednění der Tagesanbruch daggry ξημέρωμαamanecer koit سپیده دم؛ سحر aamunsarastus lever du jourשחר भोर, तड़के, अलस्सुबह svitanje hajnal(hasadás) pagi dagrenning albeggiare 夜明け 동틀녁 aušra rītausma waktu fajar dageraaddaggryświt سهاړه amanhecer zorii zilei рассвет úsvit, svitanie zora svitanje gryning, dagning ฟ้าสาง tan, şafak vakti 黎明 світанок پو پھٹنا bình minh 黎明
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a dreaming or imagining of pleasant events; the making of unreal plans etc while awake. dagdroom, lugkasteel حُلْم اليَقْظَه бленувам devaneio snění der Tagtraum dagdrøm ονειροπόλησηensueño unistamine رویا؛ خیال پردازی uneksiminen rêverie חֲלוֹם בְּהָקִיץ दिवास्वप्न, दिन में सपने देखना sanjarenje ábrándozás lamunan dagdraumur sogno a occhi aperti 白中夢 공상, 몽상 svajonės, fantazijos sapnis; fantāzija lamunan dagdroomdagdrøm, fantasi sen na jawie خیال devaneio reverie, visare грёзы snívanie sanjarj... etc
- The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
- An unincorporated community in Taney County, Missouri.
- She often day-dreams. dagdroom, mymer, lugkastele bou يَسْتَغْرِقُ في أحْلامِ اليَقْظَه мечтаене за приятни неща devanear snít (o) mit offenen Augen träumen dagdrømme ονειροπολώ soñar despierto unistama خیال پردازی کردن uneksia rêvasser לַחֲלוֹם בְּהָקִיץ दिन में सपने देखना sanjariti álmodozik melamun dagdreyma sognare a occhi aperti 空想にふける 몽상하다 svajoti, fantazuoti sapņot; fantazēt mengelamun dagdromendagdrømme, fantaseremarzyć خیال devanear a visa грезить snívať (o) sanjariti sanjariti dagdr...
- An observance lasting for a day, such as an annual holiday.
- A town in Saratoga County, New York.
- a school whose pupils attend only during the day and live at home. dagskool مَدْرَسَه خارِجِيَّه училище без пансион externato škola (neinternátní) die Ganztagsschule dagskole ημερήσιο σχολείο externado päevakool مدرسه روزانه päiväkoulu externat בֵּית סֶפֶר दिन का विद्यालय dnevna škola iskola sekolah siang dagskóli scuola senza mensa 通学学校 주간학교 dieninė mokykla dienas skola hari bersekolah dagschool dagskole szkoła dzienna مدرسه externato şcoală cu elevi externi школа без пансиона denná škola e...
- A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time; era.
- A town in Marathon County, Wisconsin.
- the time when it is day. dag, bedags, oordag نَهار ден dia denní doba der Tag dagtime διάρκεια της ημέρας día päevaaeg روز هنگام؛ روز päiväsaika le jour שְׁעוֹת הָיוֹם दिन na taj određeni dan nappal siang dagtími; að degi til giorno 昼間 낮 dienos metas dienas laiks siang hari overdagom dagen وړځ dia zi, în timpul zilei дневное время vo dne podnevi obdanica dag, dagtid ช่วงเวลากลางวัน gündüz 白天,日間 день دن کا وقت ban ngày 白天,日间
- A period of contention of a day or less.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
gün
Български
ден
বাংলা
দিন
Čeština
den
Cymraeg
dydd
Deutsch
Tag
Euskara
egun
Gaeilge
lá
Gàidhlig
latha
Galego
día
Hausa
rana
Bahasa Indonesia
hari
ქართული
დღე
Lingála
mokolo
ລາວ
ວັນ
मराठी
दिवस
ଓଡ଼ିଆ
ଦିନ
Português
dia
Română
zi
Slovenčina
deň
Slovenščina
dan
Shqip
ditë
Kiswahili
mchana
Tagalog
araw
اردو
دن
Examples
“day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day.”
“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,[…].”
“Holonyms: week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond < century < kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond”
“Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < hour”
“I've been here for two days and a bit.”
“Your 8am forecast: The high for the day will be 30 and the low, before dawn, will be 10.”
“The day begins at midnight.”
“Monday is the first day of the week in many countries of the world.”
“A day on Mars is slightly over 24 hours.”
“I worked two days last week.”
““[…]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.[…]””
“Christmas Day”
“Remembrance Day”
“every dog has its day; in that day; back in the day; in those days”
“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.”
“If they had no more food than they had had in Jones's day, at least they did not have less.”
“In his senior year, he had run across an old '66 Chevy Super Sport headed for the junkyard, bought it for a song, and overhauled it with his dad's help, turning it into the big red muscle car it was back in its day.”
“The day belonged to the Allies.”
CEFR level
A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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