Tuesday (, , /ˈtuːzdeɪ/ or /ˈtuːzdi/) is a
day of the week occurring after
Monday and before
Wednesday. According to some commonly used calendars (esp. in the US), it is the third day of the week. According to international standard
ISO 8601, however, it is the second day of the week. The English name is derived from
Old English Tiwesdæg and
Middle English Tewesday, meaning "Tīw's Day", the day of Tiw or
Týr, the god of
single combat, victory and heroic glory in
Norse mythology. Tiw was equated with
Mars in the
interpretatio germanica, and the name of the day is a translation of Latin
dies Martis.