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Tues·day

(to͞oz′dē, -dā′, tyo͞oz′-)

n. Abbr. Tues. or Tue. or Tu or T

The day of the week that comes after Monday and before Wednesday.

[Middle English Tuesdai, from Old English Tīwesdæg, Tiu's day : Tīwes, genitive of Tīw, Tiu; see Tiu + dæg, day (translation of Latin diēs Mārtis, Mars' day).]

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Tuesday

(ˈtjuːzdɪ; -deɪ)

the third day of the week; second day of the working week

[Old English tīwesdæg, literally: day of Tiw, representing Latin diēs Martis day of Mars; compare Old Norse tӯsdagr, Old High German zīostag; see Tiu, day]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

Tues•day

(ˈtuz deɪ, -di, ˈtyuz-)

n.

the third day of the week, following Monday.

[before 1050; Middle English tewesday, Old English tīwesdæg (c. Old High German zīestac, literally, day of the war god Tiw, translating Latin diēs Mārtis day of Mars]

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Noun

Tuesday - the third day of the week; the second working day

Tues

weekday - any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday)

Whitsun Tuesday, Whit-Tuesday - the day after Whitmonday

Translations

يَوْمُ الثُّلَاثَاءيَوْم الثُّلاثاء

вторник

úterýúterní

tirsdag

Dienstag

Τρίτη

mardo

martes

teisipäev

tiistai

mardi

utorak

kedd

òriîjudagurþriðjudagur

martedì marted

火曜日

화요일

dies Martis

antradienis

otrdiena

marţi

utorokutorkový

torek

tisdag

jumaane

วันอังคาร

salı

вівторок

thứ ba

星期二

Tuesday

[ˈtjuːzdɪ] N → martes m inv
the date today is Tuesday 23rd March → hoy es martes, 23 de marzo
on Tuesday (past or future) → el martes
on Tuesdays → los martes
every Tuesday → todos los martes
every other Tuesday → cada otro martes, un martes sí y otro no
last Tuesday → el martes pasado
next Tuesday; Tuesday next → el martes próximo, el martes que viene
this Tuesday → este martes
the following Tuesday → el martes siguiente
the Tuesday before last → el martes antepasado
the Tuesday after next → el martes próximo no, el siguiente, el martes que viene no, el siguiente
a week on Tuesday; Tuesday week → del martes en una semana
a fortnight on Tuesday; Tuesday fortnight → del martes en una quincena
Tuesday morning/night → el martes por la mañana/por la noche
Tuesday afternoon/evening → el martes por la tarde
Tuesday lunchtime → el martes a mediodía
the Tuesday film (TV) → la película del martes
Tuesday's newspaper → el periódico del martes
see also Shrove Tuesday

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

Tuesday

[ˈtjuːzdeɪ ˈtjuːzdi]

n → mardi m
today is Tuesday 23 March → nous sommes aujourd'hui le mardi 23 mars
on Tuesday → mardi
on Tuesdays → le mardi
every Tuesday → tous les mardis, chaque mardi
every other Tuesday → un mardi sur deux
last Tuesday → mardi dernier
next Tuesday → mardi prochain
the following Tuesday → le mardi suivant
a week on Tuesday → mardi en huit
Tuesday week → mardi en huit
a fortnight on Tuesday → mardi en quinze
Tuesday fortnight → mardi en quinze
the Tuesday before last → pas mardi dernier, mais celui d'avant
the Tuesday after next → mardi en huit, pas ce mardi, mais le suivant
Tuesday's newspaper → le journal de mardi

modif
Tuesday morning → mardi matin
Tuesday lunchtime → mardi midi
Tuesday afternoon → mardi après-midi
Tuesday evening → mardi soir
Tuesday night (= evening) → mardi soir; (overnight) → la nuit de mardi (à mercredi)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

Tuesday

n → Dienstag m; on Tuesday → (am) Dienstag; on Tuesdays, on a Tuesday → dienstags, an Dienstagen (form); I met her on a Tuesday → ich habe sie an einem Dienstag kennengelernt; on Tuesday morning/evening → am Dienstagmorgen/-abend; on Tuesday mornings/evenings → dienstagmorgens/-abends or dienstags morgens/abends; I’ll never forget that Tuesday evening → diesen Dienstagabend werde ich nie vergessen; last/next/this Tuesday → Dienstag letzter/nächster/dieser Woche, letzten/nächsten/diesen Dienstag; a year (ago) last/next Tuesday → letzten/nächsten Dienstag vor einem Jahr; Tuesday’s newspaper → die Zeitung vom Dienstag; our Tuesday meeting (this week) → unser Treffen am Dienstag; (every week) → unser dienstägliches Treffen, unser Dienstagstreffen; Tuesday December 5th (in letter) → Dienstag, den 5. Dezember

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

Tuesday

[ˈtjuːzdɪ] n → martedì m inv
(the date) today is Tuesday 23 March → oggi è martedì 23 marzo
on Tuesday → martedì
on Tuesdays → di martedì
every Tuesday → tutti i martedì
every other Tuesday → ogni due martedì
last/next Tuesday → martedì scorso/prossimo
Tuesday next → martedì prossimo
the following Tuesday (in past) → il martedì successivo (in future) → il martedì dopo
the Tuesday before last → martedì di due settimane fa
the Tuesday after next → non questo martedì ma il prossimo
a week/fortnight (Brit) on Tuesday, Tuesday week/fortnight (Brit) → martedì fra una settimana/quindici giorni
Tuesday morning/lunchtime/afternoon/evening → martedì mattina/all'ora di pranzo/pomeriggio/sera
Tuesday night → martedì sera (overnight) → martedì notte
the Tuesday film (TV) → il film del martedì
Tuesday's newspaper → il giornale di martedì

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

Tuesday

(ˈtjuːzdi) noun

the third day of the week, the day following Monday. He came on Tuesday; (also adjective) Tuesday evening.

tuesday

→ يَوْمُ الثُّلَاثَاء úterý tirsdag Dienstag Τρίτη martes tiistai mardi utorak martedì 火曜日 화요일 dinsdag tirsdag wtorek terça-feira вторник tisdag วันอังคาร Salı Thứ ba 星期二

On Tuesday → v úterý → på tirsdag → Am Dienstag → την Τρίτη → el martes → Tiistaina → mardi → u utorak → Martedì → 火曜日に → 화요일에 → op dinsdag → på tirsdag → We wtorek → na terça-feira → Во вторник → på tisdag → วันอังคาร → Salı günü → Vào thứ Ba → 星期二

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When everybody rose to go, Helene who had spoken very little all the evening again turned to Boris, asking him in a tone of caressing significant command to come to her on Tuesday.

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He and his wife seated themselves at table one Tuesday evening, a few weeks after their return from Grand Isle.

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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday have now passed in review before the reader; the events of each day, its hopes and fears, mortifications and pleasures, have been separately stated, and the pangs of Sunday only now remain to be described, and close the week.

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Next morning, Tuesday, Alexey Alexandrovitch, on waking up, recollected with pleasure his triumph of the previous day, and he could not help smiling, though he tried to appear indifferent, when the chief secretary of his department, anxious to flatter him, informed him of the rumors that had reached him concerning what had happened in the Commission.

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