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Definition day

Etymology

From Middle English day, from Old English dæ? (“day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?og??-o-s, from *d?eg??- (“to burn”).

Cognate with Saterland Frisian Dai (“day”), West Frisian dei (“day”), Dutch dag (“day”), German Low German Dag (“day”), Alemannic German Däi (“day”), German Tag (“day”), Swedish, Norwegian and Danish dag (“day”), Icelandic dagur (“day”). Cognate also with Albanian djeg (“to burn”), Lithuanian degti (“to burn”), Tocharian A tsäk-, Russian ???? (že??, “to burn”) from *degti, ?????? (djógot?, “tar, pitch”), Sanskrit ??? (d?há, “heat”), ???? (dáhati, “to burn”), Latin fove? (“to warm, keep warm, incubate”).

Latin di?s is a false cognate; it derives from Proto-Indo-European *dyew- (“to shine”).

Noun

day (plural days)

  1. Any period of 24 hours.
  2. A period from midnight to the following midnight.
  3. (astronomy) Rotational period of a planet (especially Earth).
  4. The part of a day period which one spends at one’s job, school, etc.
  5. Part of a day period between sunrise and sunset where one enjoys daylight; daytime.
  6. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.
  7. A period of contention of a day or less.
  8. (meteorology) A 24-hour period beginning at 6am or sunrise.

Verb

day (third-person singular simple present days, present participle daying, simple past and past participle dayed)

  1. (rare, intransitive) To spend a day (in a place).

Results 432 Words with the letters DAY

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7 letter words with the letters DAY 
6 letter words with the letters DAY 
5 letter words with the letters DAY 
ACIDY 11
ALKYD 13
BADDY 12
BADLY 12
BALDY 12
BANDY 12
BAWDY 14
BAYED 11
BEADY 11
CADDY 12
CADGY 13
CANDY 12
CYCAD 14
DADDY 10
DAFFY 14
DALLY 10
DANDY 10
DARKY 12
DASHY 10
DAUBY 12
DECAY 11
FADDY 12
FAYED 11
GAUDY 11
GLADY 11
HANDY 11
HARDY 10
HAYED 10
HEADY 10
HYDRA 10
MADLY 12
MAYED 11
PADDY 12
PANDY 12
PARDY 11
PAYED 11
SHADY 10
WADDY 12
YAULD 10
YAWED 11
4 letter words with the letters DAY 
DAVY 11
DAYS 7
DRAY 7
DYAD 8
LADY 8
WADY 10
YALD 8
YARD 7
YAUD 8
3 letter words with the letters DAY 
DAY 6
2 letter words with the letters DAY 
AD 3
AY 4
DA 3
YA 4

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