How to Say "Wednesday" in Italian

mercoledì

/ˌmɛr.ko.leˈdi/masculine

The Italian word for Wednesday is mercoledì.

mercoledì is a masculine noun used to refer to the specific day of the week.

Meaning: day of the week (noun)

How does it change in a sentence?

To express that something happens every Wednesday or on a recurring basis (Wednesdays), you can add the definite article to form il mercoledì.

The word has four syllables: /ˌmɛr.ko.leˈdi/. The stress is on the fourth syllable.

The word mercoledì contains a hidden reference to the Roman god Mercury, as it derives from the Latin Mercuriī diēs.
Unlike English, where 'Wednesday' is always capitalized, the Italian mercoledì is written in lowercase unless it starts a sentence.
In Italy, the phrase mercoledì di cenere refers to Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent.

La festa è mercoledì.
The party's Wednesday.
This sentence shows how to indicate the specific day a party occurs using mercoledì.
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Ci si vede mercoledì.
See you on Wednesday.
This sentence is useful for expressing a meeting scheduled for mercoledì.
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Oggi è mercoledì, sì?
Today is Wednesday, yes?
This sentence demonstrates how to use mercoledì when asking for confirmation about the current day.
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Vado al cinema mercoledì
I'm going to the movies on Wednesday.
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Sofia and Alessandro are discussing their plans for a meeting.

Sources

Wiktionary, “wednesday” translations and entries mercoledì, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
Word origins: Wiktionary entries mercoledì, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.

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