Monday

Monday

English

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmʌn.deɪ/, /ˈmʌn.di/

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• Rhymes: -ʌndeɪ, -ʌndi

Noun

Monday (plural Mondays)

1. 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.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], chapter 6, in Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, […] would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions.

Synonyms

• Mon, Mon.

Hypernyms

• day

Hyponyms

• Ash 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

• Gang-Monday
• Monday Club
• Monday demonstrations
• Monday disease
• Monday effect
• Monday fever
• Monday hammer
• Mondayise
• Mondayish
• Mondayitis
• Mondayize
• Mondayman
• Monday-morning
• Monday pops
• Mondays
• Plough-Monday
• Plow-Monday
• Saturday-to-Monday
• what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
• Whit-Monday

 

Descendants

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

Translations

day of the week

Abkhaz: ашәахьа (aŝʷaxʲa) Adyghe: блыпэ (bləpe) Afar: itlén Afrikaans: Maandag (af) Alabama: nihtàllo inníhta Alemannic German: mondaag m Albanian: e hënë f Alutiiq: Pekyun American Sign Language: M@Side-PalmBack CirclesHoriz Amharic: ሰኞ (säño) Arabic: الْاِثْنَيْن‎ m (al-iṯnayn), يَوْم الْاِثْنَيْن‎ m (yawm al-iṯnayn) Egyptian Arabic: الاتنين‎ m (letnēn) Gulf Arabic: الاثنين‎ m (il-aṯnēn) Armenian: երկուշաբթի (hy) (erkušabtʿi) Old Armenian: երկշաբաթի (erkšabatʿi) Aromanian: Luni f, luni f Assamese: সোমবাৰ (xümbar) Asturian: llunes (ast) m Atikamekw: ockorkananiwon Avar: итни (itni) Azerbaijani: bazar ertəsi (az) Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşämbe) Basque: astelehen (eu), ilen (eu) Bats: ცჰ̡ანა̄ (ch̡anā) Belarusian: панядзе́лак (be) m (panjadzjélak) Bengali: সোমবার (bn) (sombar) Blackfoot: issikatoyiiksistsiko Breton: Lun (br) m Buginese: senneng Bulgarian: понеде́лник (bg) m (ponedélnik) Burmese: တနင်္လာ (my) (ta.nangla) Catalan: dilluns (ca) m Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵔⵉⵎ (arim) Central Dusun: Tontolu Chechen: оршот (oršot) Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏉᏅᎯ (unadodaquonvhi) Chichewa: Lolemba Chickasaw: Nittak Ammo'na' Chinese: Cantonese: 星期一 (sing1 kei4 jat1), 禮拜一／礼拜一, 礼拜一 (lai5 baai3 jat1), 周一 (zau1 jat1) Dungan: щинчийи (xinčiyi), дўшанбэ (dwšanbe), либэйи (libeyi) Mandarin: 星期一 (zh) (xīngqīyī), 禮拜一／礼拜一 (zh) (lǐbàiyī), 周一 (zh) (zhōuyī) Min Nan: 禮拜一／礼拜一, 礼拜一 (lé-pài-it), 拜一 (zh-min-nan) (pài-it) Chuukese: Sarifan Chuvash: тунтикун (tunt̬ik̬un) Classical Nahuatl: lunes, ic ōmilhuitl semana Coptic: Bohairic: Ⲡⲓⲥⲛⲁⲩ (Pisnau) Cornish: Lun, de Lun, dy'Lun Corsican: luni (co) Crimean Tatar: bazarertesi Czech: pondělí (cs) n Dakota: Aŋpetutokaheya Danish: mandag (da) c Dutch: maandag (nl) m Dzongkha: མིག་དམར (mig dmar) Esperanto: lundo (eo) Estonian: esmaspäev (et) Extremaduran: lunis Farefare: Atẽnɛ Faroese: mánadagur (fo) m Fijian: siga Monite Finnish: maanantai (fi) French: lundi (fr) m Friulian: lunis Fula: Latin: Tènin, Aaɓunde Adlam: 𞤚𞤫𞤲𞤭𞤲‎, 𞤀𞥄𞤩𞤵𞤲'𞤣𞤫‎ Galician: luns (gl) m, segunda feira (gl) f Georgian: ორშაბათი (ka) (oršabati) German: Montag (de) m Gilbertese: Moanibong Greek: Δευτέρα (el) f (Deftéra) Greenlandic: Ataasinngorneq (kl) Guerrero Amuzgo: luñè Gujarati: સોમવાર (gu) m (somvār) Gwich'in: drin tł’ęę Haitian Creole: lendi Hausa: Litinin (ha) Hawaiian: Pōʻakahi Hebrew: יוֹם שֵׁנִי‎ (he) m (yom shení), יוֹם ב'‎ m (yom bet) Hiligaynon: Lunes Hindi: सोमवार (hi) m (somvār), चन्द्रवार (hi) m (candravār), सोम (hi) m (som), इंदुवार (hi) (induvār), पीर (hi) m (pīr) Hungarian: hétfő (hu) Icelandic: mánudagur (is) m Ido: lundio (io) Indonesian: Senin (id) Ingush: оршот (oršot) Interlingua: lunedi (ia) Irish: Luan (ga) m Italian: lunedì (it) m Japanese: 月曜日 (ja) (げつようび, getsuyōbi), 月曜 (ja) (げつよう, getsuyō) Kalmyk: сарң өдр (sarng ödr) Kannada: ಸೋಮವಾರ (kn) (sōmavāra) Karelian: ezmäinargi Kashmiri : ژٔنٛدرٕوار‎ (ks) (ċạndrụvār) Kashubian: pòniedzôłk (csb) m Kazakh: дүйсенбі (kk) (düisenbı) Khmer: ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ (km) (thngay can), ថ្ងៃចន្ទ (thngay can) Klamath-Modoc: lobiini Kongo: Lumbu kia ntete Korean: 월요일(月曜日) (ko) (woryoil) Kumyk: итнингюн (itniñün) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: دووشەم‎ (dûşem), دووشەمە‎ (dûşeme) Northern Kurdish: duşem (ku) Kyrgyz: дүйшөмбү (ky) (düyşömbü) Ladin: lunesc m Lakota: Aŋpétu Tȟokáhe, Aŋpétu Tȟokáheya Lao: ວັນຈັນ (lo) (wan chan), ຈັນ (chan) Latin: diēs Lūnae (la) f, fēria secunda f (ecclesiastical) Latvian: pirmdiena f Laz: თუთაჩხა (tutaçxa) Lezgi: ислен (islen) Limburgish: maondig (li) Lithuanian: pirmadienis (lt) m Livonian: ežžõmpǟva Lombard: lunedi Louisiana Creole French: lundi, lindi Low German: German Low German: Maandag (nds) m, Maondag (nds) m Lower Sorbian: pónjeźele n Luganda: Kazooba, Bbalaza Luxembourgish: Méinden (lb) m, Méindeg (lb) m Lü: ᦞᧃᦶᦈᧃ (vanṫsaen) Macedonian: понеделник (mk) m (ponedelnik) Makasar: senneng Malay: Jawi: اثنين‎, ثنين‎, هاري ساتو‎ (Sabah, Singapore) Rumi: Isnin (ms), Senin (ms), Senayan (ms), Hari Satu (Sabah, Singapore) Maltese: it-Tnejn m Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠ ᡠᠰᡳᠩᡤᡳ (biya usinggi) Maori: Mane, Rātahi, Rāhina Marathi: सोमवार (mr) m (somvār) Mauritian Creole: lindi Mingrelian: თუთაშხა (tutašxa) Mirandese: segunda-feira f Mongolian: Cyrillic: даваа (mn) (davaa) (written), нэг дэх өдөр (neg dex ödör) (spoken), гарагийн нэг (garagiin neg) (Inner Mongolia) Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠸᠠ (dawa), ᠨᠢᠭᠡ ᠳᠡᠬᠢ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ (nige deqi edür), ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (ɣaraɣ-ün nige) Moore: tẽnɛ Mòcheno: ma'ta m Navajo: Damį́įgo Biiskání Neapolitan: lunnerì, lunnedì Ngazidja Comorian: mfumdraru Norman: Lundi m North Frisian: Föhr-Amrum: mundai Mooring: moundi Sylt: Mondai Norwegian: Bokmål: mandag m Nynorsk: måndag (nn) m Occitan: diluns (oc) m Ojibwe: ishkwaa-anamaʼe-giizhigad, nitam-anokii-giizhigad Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: понєдѣльникъ m (ponedělĭnikŭ) Old English: mōnandæġ m Old Norse: mánudagr m Old Prussian: panadīli f Old Turkic: ikinç Oriya: ସୋମବାର (somôbarô), ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରବାର (côndrôbarô) Oromo: Wiixata Ossetian: Digor: авдисӕр (avdisær) Iron: къуырисӕр (k’°yrisær) Ottoman Turkish: پازار ایرتسی‎ (pazar ertesi) Papiamentu: djaluna Pashto: دوشنبه‎ (dōšanbe), دوشنبې‎ (ps) (dōšanbe) Pennsylvania German: Moondaag m, Mundaag m, Muundaag m Persian: دوشنبه‎ (fa) (došanbe) Plautdietsch: Mondach m Polish: poniedziałek (pl) m inan Portuguese: segunda-feira (pt) f, segunda (pt) f Punjabi : ਸੋਮਵਾਰ (pa) (somvār) Quechua: killachaw Romagnol: lôn m Romani: luj f, o nevo kurko m Romanian: luni (ro) f Romansch: glindesdi m, lündeschdi m Russian: понеде́льник (ru) m (ponedélʹnik) Rwanda-Rundi: Kwambere Sami: Inari: vuossargâ Lule: mánnodahka Northern: vuossárga, mánnodat (in Sweden) Skolt: vuõssargg Southern: måanta Samoan: Aso Gafua Sardinian: lunis m Scots: Monanday Scottish Gaelic: Diluain (gd) m Semai: Senayan Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: понедељак m, понедјељак m Roman: ponedeljak (sh) m, ponedjeljak (sh) m Seychellois Creole: lendi Sherpa: གཟའ་ཟླ་བ (gza' zla ba) Shona: Muvhuro Sicilian: luni (scn) m, luneddì m, lunnidì m, lunidìa (scn) m Sindhi : سُومَرُ‎ (sd), سُومارُ‎ Sinhalese: සඳුදා (si) (saⁿdudā) Skolt Sami: vuõssargg, vuõsargg Slovak: pondelok (sk) m Slovene: ponedéljek (sl) m Somali: isniin Sotho: Mantaha (st) Spanish: lunes (es) m Svan: დო̈შდიშ (döšdiš) Swahili: Jumatatu Swedish: måndag (sv) c Tabasaran: итин (itin) Tagalog: Lunes (tl), lunes Tahitian: Monite Tajik: душанбе (tg) (dušanbe) Tamil: திங்கள் (ta) (tiṅkaḷ) Taos: lúnąsi Tarantino: lunedìe Tatar: дүшәмбе (tt) (düşämbe) Telugu: సోమవారము (te) (sōmavāramu) Tetum: loron-segunda Thai: วันจันทร์ (th) (wan jan), จันทร์ (th) (jan) Tibetan: གཟའ་ཟླ་བ (gza' zla ba) Tok Pisin: mande Tongan: Monite Tswana: mosupologo Turkish: pazartesi (tr) Turkmen: duşenbe, başgün Udmurt: вордӥськон (vordïsʹkon) Ukrainian: понеді́лок (uk) m (ponedílok) Upper Sorbian: póndźela f Urdu: پیر‎ (ur) (pir), سوموار‎ (ur) m (somvār), دو شنبہ‎ (do śanba) Uyghur: دۈشەنبە‎ (düshenbe) Uzbek: dushanba (uz) Venetian: luni (vec) m Vietnamese: thứ hai (vi), thứ Hai (vi) Volapük: mudel (vo), telüdel, mundel Walloon: londi (wa) f, dilon (wa) Welsh: dydd Llun (cy) m West Frisian: moandei (fy) c Winnebago: Hąąpcek Wolof: Altine Xhosa: uMvulo Yakut: бэнидиэнньик (benidienńik) Yiddish: מאָנטיק‎ (yi) m (montik) Yoruba: Ọjó ajé Yup'ik: Pekyun Zazaki: dışeme (diq), berarek (diq) Zulu: uMsombuluko

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Adverb

Monday (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada) on Monday

   We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: We'll be shopping Monday […]

Translations

on Monday

Dutch: 's maandags (nl) Estonian: esmaspäeval Finnish: maanantaina French: lundi (fr) Galician: o luns Georgian: ორშაბათს (oršabats) German: Montag (de), am Montag Hungarian: hétfőn (hu) Irish: Dé Luain (ga) Italian: lunedì (it) Khmer: ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ (km) (thngai chan) Korean: 월요일에 (woryoir-e) Latvian: pirmdien Lithuanian: pirmadienis (lt) Macedonian: во понеделник (vo ponedelnik), понеделнички (ponedelnički) Maltese: nhar it-Tnejn Norwegian: Bokmål: på mandag Nynorsk: på måndag Pennsylvania German: Muundaag Polish: w poniedziałek Portuguese: segunda-feira (pt), segunda (pt) Romanian: luni (ro), lunea (ro) Russian: в понеде́льник (v ponedélʹnik) Scottish Gaelic: Di-luain m Slovak: v pondelok Swedish: på (sv) måndag (sv), på måndagen Turkish: pazartesi (tr) Volapük: mudelo (vo), telüdelo, mundelo Welsh: ddydd Llun

See also

• (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday,‎ Monday,‎ Tuesday,‎ Wednesday,‎ Thursday,‎ Friday,‎ Saturday ^{(Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]}

Anagrams

• Aymond, dynamo, dynamo-

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• Monenday, Moneday, moneday

Etymology

From Old English mōnandæġ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoːndɛi̯/, /ˈmundɛi̯/

Proper noun

Monday

1. Monday

Descendants

• English: Monday (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: Monanday
• Yola: mondei

References

• “Mọ̄̆ne-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

See also

• (days of the week) weke-dayes; Sunnenday, Monday, Tewesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday ^{(Category: enm:Days of the week)}