miercuri
/ˈmjerkurʲ/feminine
Wednesday in Romanian is miercuri.
miercuri is used as a noun to name the day itself or to state that it is currently Wednesday. The related form miercurea is often used by Romanian speakers when referring to Wednesdays in a more general sense.
Meaning: day of the week (noun)
Which one should you use?
When you want to say "on Wednesday", you can use either miercuri or miercurea.
Related words
How does it change in a sentence?
The noun miercuri is feminine. Use miercuri when identifying the name of the day or saying "it is Wednesday".
How do you pronounce it?
/ˈmjerkurʲ/
Did you know?
- The name miercuri actually means 'day of Mercury', linking the Romanian week directly to the Roman god of commerce and communication.
- Unlike English, where 'Wednesday' is a proper noun, miercuri is not capitalized in Romanian unless it starts a sentence.
- Because miercuri shares a root with the metal mercur, the day is linguistically linked to the element used in old thermometers.
Examples in context
- Zilele săptămânii sunt: luni, marți, miercuri, joi și vineri.The weekdays are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday.This sentence lists the weekdays, using miercuri as one of the days.Tatoeba #8807463 by elenacristina260, translation #3086256 by Ricardo14
- Zilele săptămânii sunt: luni, marți, miercuri, joi, vineri, sâmbătă, duminică.Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday are the seven days of the week.This sentence lists all seven days of the week, including miercuri.Tatoeba #4694529 by mikajulia, translation #1701518 by CM
- Este miercuri.It is Wednesday.This sentence shows how to say "It is Wednesday" using miercuri.Tatoeba #13613656 by Ioana_Dobre, translation #5628579 by mailohilohi
- Miercurea asta mergem la teatruThis Wednesday, we're going to the theater
- La miercuri se joacă meciul.The game is on Wednesday.
- 3 more sentences on Tatoeba
Example conversation
Maria and Gabriel are discussing their plans for the week.
- MariaAvem un curs miercuri?Do we have a class on Wednesday?
- GabrielNu, avem doar vineri.No, we only have it on Friday.
- MariaO să mergem miercuri la mall?Shall we go to the mall on Wednesday?
- GabrielSigur, Maria, e o idee bună.Sure, Maria, it is a good idea.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “Wednesday” translations and entries miercuri, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries miercuri, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
