"D-Day" meaning in English

See D-Day in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

Etymology: The D stands for day; compare H-hour. Etymology templates: {{m|en|day}} day, {{m|en|H-hour}} 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 Categories (topical): Historical events, History of France, World War II Coordinate_terms: VE Day, VJ Day, X-Day, Y-Day Translations (6 June 1944): Den D [masculine] (Czech), D-dag [common-gender] (Danish), 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)
    Sense id: en-D-Day-en-name-H2NTsdkE Disambiguation of Historical events: 46 54 Disambiguation of History of France: 65 35 Disambiguation of World War II: 93 7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 81 19 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 81 19

Noun

Forms: D-Days [plural]
Etymology: The D stands for day; compare H-hour. Etymology templates: {{m|en|day}} day, {{m|en|H-hour}} 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 Categories (topical): Military, Historical events Synonyms: D-day, X-Day Coordinate_terms: H-hour Translations (date of any major event planned for the future): den D [masculine] (Czech), 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 Disambiguation of Historical events: 46 54 Topics: government, military, politics, war

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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