Meanings
interjection
alternative dated good-day
- datedformalA somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset.
Good day, gentlemen.
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Good day, and happineſſe, deere Roſalind.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], page 200Synonyms: g'day
Synonyms & antonyms
interjectionA somewhat formal greeting generally used between sunrise and sunset.
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Translations
Afrikaans goeiedag
- goeiedaggreeting between sunrise and sunset
Arabic نَهَارَك سَعِيد, مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر
- نَهَارَك سَعِيد (nahārak saʕīd)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- مَسَاء اَلْخَيْر (masāʔ al-ḵayr)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- مَسَاء اَلنُّور (masāʔ an-nūr)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Basque egun on
- egun ongreeting between sunrise and sunset
Bengali শুভ দিন
- শুভ দিন (śubho din)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Bulgarian добъ́р ден
- добъ́р ден (dobắr den)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Catalan bon dia
- bon diagreeting between sunrise and sunset
Chinese Mandarin 日安, 你好
- 日安 (rì'ān)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- 你好 (nǐhǎo)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Czech dobrý den
- dobrý dengreeting between sunrise and sunset
Danish goddag
- goddaggreeting between sunrise and sunset
Dutch goedendag, goeiedag
- goedendaggreeting between sunrise and sunset
- goeiedaggreeting between sunrise and sunset
Esperanto bonan tagon
- bonan tagongreeting between sunrise and sunset
Estonian tere päevast
- tere päevastgreeting between sunrise and sunset
Finnish hyvää päivää, päivää
- hyvää päiväägreeting between sunrise and sunset
- päiväägreeting between sunrise and sunset
French bonjour
- bonjourgreeting between sunrise and sunset
German guten Tag, Tach
- guten Taggreeting between sunrise and sunset
- Tachgreeting between sunrise and sunset
Greek καλημέρα
- καλημέρα (kaliméra)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Hawaiian aloha awakea
- aloha awakeagreeting between sunrise and sunset
Hebrew יום נעים, שָׁלוֹם
- יום נעים (yom na'ím)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- שָׁלוֹם (shalom)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Hindi नमस्ते
- नमस्ते (namaste)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Hungarian jó napot, jó napot kívánok
- jó napotgreeting between sunrise and sunset
- jó napot kívánokgreeting between sunrise and sunset
Icelandic góðan dag
- góðan daggreeting between sunrise and sunset
Indonesian selamat sore, selamat siang
- selamat soregreeting between sunrise and sunset
- selamat sianggreeting between sunrise and sunset
Italian buon giorno, buongiorno
- buon giornogreeting between sunrise and sunset
- buongiornogreeting between sunrise and sunset
Japanese こんにちは, 今日は
- こんにちは (konnichi wa)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- 今日は (konnichi wa)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Korean 안녕하세요, 안녕하십니까
- 안녕하세요 (annyeonghaseyo)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- 안녕하십니까 (annyeonghasimnikka)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- 안녕 (annyeong)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Latvian labdien, laba diena
- labdiengreeting between sunrise and sunset
- laba dienagreeting between sunrise and sunset
Lithuanian labà dienà
- labà dienàgreeting between sunrise and sunset
Malay selamat pagi
- selamat pagigreeting between sunrise and sunset
Norwegian god dag
- god daggreeting between sunrise and sunset
Persian روز بخیر, وقت بخیر
- روز بخیر (ruz be-xeyr)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- وقت بخیر (vaqt be-xeyr)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- روز خوش (ruz-e xoš)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Polish dzień dobry
- dzień dobrygreeting between sunrise and sunset
Portuguese bom dia
- bom diagreeting between sunrise and sunset
Romanian bună ziua
- bună ziuagreeting between sunrise and sunset
Russian до́брый день
- до́брый день (dóbryj denʹ)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Scottish Gaelic latha math
- latha mathgreeting between sunrise and sunset
Slovak dobrý deň
- dobrý deňgreeting between sunrise and sunset
Spanish buenos días, buenas
- buenos díasgreeting between sunrise and sunset
- buenasgreeting between sunrise and sunset
Swahili habari za mchana, habari za leo
- habari za mchanagreeting between sunrise and sunset
- habari za leogreeting between sunrise and sunset
- siku njemagreeting between sunrise and sunset
Swedish god dag
- god daggreeting between sunrise and sunset
Tagalog magandang araw
- magandang arawgreeting between sunrise and sunset
Thai สวัสดี
- สวัสดี (sà-wàt-dii)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Turkish iyi günler
- iyi günlergreeting between sunrise and sunset
Ukrainian до́брий день, добридень
- до́брий день (dóbryj denʹ)greeting between sunrise and sunset
- добридень (dobrydenʹ)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Urdu روز بخیر
- روز بخیر (roz baxair)greeting between sunrise and sunset
Welsh dydd da
- dydd dagreeting between sunrise and sunset
Zulu sawubona, sanibonani
- sawubonagreeting between sunrise and sunset
- sanibonanigreeting between sunrise and sunset
Cite this entry
APA
good day. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20day
MLA
“good day.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20day. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “good day,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/good%20day.
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