days
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days¹
- /ˈdeɪz/
- /ˈdɛjz/ British, Southern, Standard
Sounds like daze · Rhymes with -eɪz
Where it comes from
From Middle English dayes, dawes, from Old English dagas, from Proto-Germanic *dagōs, *dagōz, plural of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (plural ending).
noun
- plural of day
noun
- A particular time or period of vague extent. Things were more relaxed in Grandpa's days.
- Life. That's how he ended his days.
verb
- third-person singular simple present indicative of day
days²
- /ˈdeɪz/
- /ˈdɛjz/ British, Southern, Standard
Sounds like daze · Rhymes with -eɪz
Where it comes from
From Middle English daies, from Old English dæġes (“by day”), from Proto-Germanic *dagas, *dagis, genitive of *dagaz, equivalent to day + -s (adverbial ending).
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: years, today, period, weekdays, epoch, daily, nights, era, evenings, morning, weekday, present, dated, life, age, lifetime
Translations
Talk about this word "days." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/days. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. days. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/days "days." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/days.Cite this
@misc{days_2026,
title = {days},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/days},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
