Monday

English

Etymology

From Middle English Monday, Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Lūnae, equivalent to Moon +‎ day. See also Japanese 月曜日 (“Moon's day”).

Cognates

Compare Scots Monanday (“Monday”), Yola Mondei (“Monday”), Saterland Frisian Moundai (“Monday”), West Frisian moandei (“Monday”), Alemannic German meintog, miantag, méntag, mìntàg, mäntag, Määntig (“Monday”), Bavarian Monda, Mondåg, montach, monti (“Monday”), Cimbrian matak, menta, méentag (“Monday”), Dutch maandag (“Monday”), German Montag (“Monday”), German Low German Maandag (“Monday”), Luxembourgish Méindeg (“Monday”), Mòcheno ma'ta (“Monday”), Pennsylvania German Mundaag, Muundaag (“Monday”), Vilamovian möntaog (“Monday”), West Flemish moandag (“Monday”), Yiddish מאָנטיק (montik, “Monday”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål mandag (“Monday”), Faroese mánadagur (“Monday”), Icelandic mánudagur (“Monday”), Norwegian Nynorsk, Swedish måndag (“Monday”), Finnish maanantai (“Monday”).

Pronunciation

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

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.
    • 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN‎[1]:
      An LMPD Board Notice of Hearing states part of Cosgrove’s hearings took place in November. The second half of his hearing is set to begin Monday and end Wednesday.

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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

Inherited from Old English mōnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag; equivalent to mone +‎ day.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmoːnˌdæi̯/, /ˈmunˌdæi̯/, /ˈmoːnə(n)ˌdæi̯/, /ˈmunə(n)ˌdæi̯/

Noun

Monday (plural *Mondayes)

  1. Monday (second day of the week)

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