Added 7 October 2026
day
/deɪ̯/ symbol
In Latin: dies, lux Wiktionary
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noun
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The time when the Sun is above the horizon and it lights the sky.
day and night; I work at night and sleep during the day.
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A period of time equal or almost equal to a full day-night cycle, being 24 hours long.
I've been here for two days and a bit.
- The time taken for the Sun to seem to be in the same place in the sky twice; a solar day.
verb
Origin
Inherited from Middle English day, from Old English dæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *dag, from Proto-Germanic *dagaz (“day”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰegʷʰ- (“to burn”).
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