Monday

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English

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Etymology

From Middle English Monday, Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a translation (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Lūnae, equivalent to Moon +‎ day. Compare Saterland Frisian Moundai (“Monday”), West Frisian moandei (“Monday”), German Low German Maandag, Moondag, Maondag (“Monday”), Dutch maandag (“Monday”), German Montag (“Monday”), Pennsylvania German Mundaag (“Monday”), Danish mandag (“Monday”), Swedish måndag (“Monday”), Norwegian Bokmål mandag (“Monday”), Norwegian Nynorsk måndag (“Monday”), Icelandic mánudagur (“Monday”), Finnish maanantai (“Monday”).

Compare Japanese 月曜日.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmʌn.deɪ/, /ˈmʌn.di/
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  • Rhymes: -ʌndeɪ, -ʌndi

Noun

Monday (plural Mondays)

  2. The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm , London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, […] would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions.

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Descendants

  • Sranan Tongo: munde
  • Tok Pisin: Mande
  • → Maori: Mane
  • → Tahitian: Monite
  • →⇒ Fijian: siga Monite

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Adverb

Monday (not comparable)

  1. (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday.
    We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: We'll be shopping Monday […]

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Middle English

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Etymology

From Old English mōnandæġ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːn(ə)dæi̯/, /ˈmun(ə)dæi̯/

Proper noun

Monday

  1. Monday

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