Monday
English edit
Etymology edit
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”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈmʌn.deɪ/, /ˈmʌn.di/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (UK female): (file) Audio (UK male): (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndeɪ, -ʌndi
Noun edit
Monday (plural Mondays)
- 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.
Synonyms edit
- Mon, Mon. (abbreviations); washing day (UK historical)
Symbols edit
Hypernyms edit
Hyponyms edit
- Ash Monday
- bare minimum Monday
- Black Monday
- Bloody Monday
- blue Monday
- Clean Monday
- Collop Monday
- Cyber Monday
- Ducking Monday
- Easter Monday
- Fat Monday
- Green Monday
- Handsel Monday
- Hock Monday
- Holy Monday
- Meal Monday
- Pentecost Monday
- Pure Monday
- Rope Monday
- Saint Monday
- Selection Monday
- Shrove Monday
- Trinity Monday
- Wet Monday
- Whit Monday
- Whitsun Monday
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- Sranan Tongo: munde
- Tok Pisin: Mande
- → Maori: Mane
- → Tahitian: Monite
- →⇒ Fijian: siga Monite
Translations edit
day of the week
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Adverb edit
Monday (not comparable)
- (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday.
- We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: We'll be shopping Monday […]
Translations edit
on Monday
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See also edit
- (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday (Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old English mōnandæġ.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Monday
Descendants edit
References edit
- “Mọ̄̆ne-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
See also edit
- (days of the week) weke-dayes; Sunnenday, Monday, Tewesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday (Category: enm:Days of the week)
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
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