"D-Day" meaning in All languages combined

See D-Day on Wiktionary

Proper name [English]

Etymology: The D stands for day; compare H-hour. Head templates: {{en-proper-noun|head=D-Day}} D-Day
  1. (historical) 6 June 1944, the date when the Allies invaded western Europe in World War II. Tags: historical Coordinate_terms: VE Day, VJ Day, X-Day, Y-Day Translations (6 June 1944): Den D [masculine] (Czech), D-dag [common-gender] (Danish), D-Day (Finnish), Jour J (French), O día D [masculine] (Galician), D-Day [masculine] (German), Operasjon Overlord (Norwegian Bokmål), D-dagen [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Dia D [masculine] (Portuguese), Día D [masculine] (Spanish), dagen D (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-D-Day-en-name-H2NTsdkE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations, World War II Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 87 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 87 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of World War II: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): History of France Disambiguation of History of France: 0 0

Noun [English]

Forms: D-Days [plural], D-day [alternative]
Etymology: The D stands for day; compare H-hour. Head templates: {{en-noun}} D-Day (plural D-Days)
  1. (figuratively, chiefly military) The date of any major event planned for the future. Tags: figuratively Synonyms: X-Day Coordinate_terms: H-hour Translations (date of any major event planned for the future): den D [masculine] (Czech), h-hetki (Finnish), Jour J (French), O día D [masculine] (Galician), Tag X [masculine] (German), Hari-H (Indonesian), D-dag [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), Dia D [masculine] (Portuguese), Día D [masculine] (Spanish), ngày N (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-D-Day-en-noun-oqfJ3uLh Categories (other): Military, Historical events Disambiguation of Historical events: 37 63 Topics: government, military, politics, war
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): History of France Disambiguation of History of France: 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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