D-Day

See also: D-day

English

Etymology

The D stands for day; compare H-hour.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

D-Day

1. (World War II) 6 June 1944, the date when the Allies invaded western Europe in World War II.

Coordinate terms

• VE Day
• VJ Day
• X-Day
• Y-Day

Descendants

• → Korean: D데이 (didei)

Translations

6 June 1944

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: D日 (dì-rì)

• Czech: den D m
• Danish: D-dag c
• Finnish: D-Day (fi)
• French: Jour J (fr)
• Galician: Día D m
• German: D-Day (de) m
• Indonesian: hari-H
• Korean: D데이 (didei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: D-dagen m

• Portuguese: Dia D m
• Romanian: Ziua-Z
• Spanish: Día D m
• Swedish: dagen D

Noun

D-Day (plural D-Days)

1. (figuratively, chiefly military) The date of any major event planned for the future.

   Alternative form: D-day

   Synonym: X-Day

   Coordinate term: H-hour

   • 2023 April 2, Dan Sabbagh, Ed Ram, “Surrounded and outgunned, Ukraine’s tank crews prepare for battle of Bakhmut”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian‎^[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     A Ukrainian D-day is expected in weeks.

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Translations

date of any major event planned for the future

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: D日 (dì-rì)

• Czech: den D m
• Finnish: h-hetki (fi)
• French: Jour J (fr)
• Galician: Día D m
• German: Tag X m
• Indonesian: hari-H
• Korean: D데이 (didei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: D-dag m

• Portuguese: Dia D m
• Spanish: Día D m
• Vietnamese: ngày N (vi)

Further reading

• Normandy landings on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• D-Day (military term) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Addy, Dady, addy, dyad