"Tuesday" in seven languages
MeaningTuesday
Spanish
martes
/ˈmaɾtes/
masc.inherited
French
mardi
/maʁdi/
masc.inherited
Italian
martedì
/marteˈdi/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
terça-feira
/ˈtehsɐ ˈfejɾɐ/
fem.other source · Church Latin FERIA TERTIA 'third feast day'
Romanian
marți
/martsʲ/
fem.inherited
Catalan
dimarts
/diˈmars/
masc.inherited
English
Tuesday
/ˈtuzdeɪ/
native English · Old English Tīwesdæg, Tiw's day, a calque of Latin MARTIS DIĒS
English → ItalianTuesdaymartedìNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: martial, March.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
MARTIS DIEM‘the day of Mars’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Mars's day. English Tuesday honours Tiw, the Germanic war god the Romans matched with Mars. Spanish kept only the genitive MARTIS.
English relatives: martial, March
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In a sentence
- esEl museo cierra los martes.
- frLe musée est fermé le mardi.
- itIl museo è chiuso il martedì.
- ptO museu fecha às terças.
- roMuzeul e închis marțea.
- caEl museu tanca els dimarts.
- enThe museum is closed on Tuesdays.