how to pronounce wednesday

/ˈwɛnzdiː/

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wednesday is pronounced in two syllables

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

“… understanding pain wednesday night at …”

meanings of wednesday

noun:

The fourth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the third day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Tuesday and precedes Thursday.

name:

Nickname of Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League.

adverb:

On Wednesday.

wednesday frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word wednesday occurs in english on average 70.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.