how to pronounce saturday

/ˈsætɚdiː/

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saturday is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of saturday in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… you being here on a Saturday is a pretty …”

meanings of saturday

noun:

The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; observed as the Sabbath in Judaism (i.e., the Jewish Sabbath (Shabbat), Friday sunset to Saturday sunset); it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.

adverb:

On Saturday.

saturday frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word saturday occurs in english on average 129 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.