Monday

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.

Adverb

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

Origin

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”),...

Noun

  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.
    • Mr. Whymper, a solicitor living in Willingdon, […] would visit the farm every Monday morning to receive his instructions. - 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell...
    • 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. - 2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective...

    Synonyms: Second Day

Forms

Mondays

Synonyms

Mon Mon. washing day

Hypernyms

day

Hyponyms

Ash Monday bare minimum Monday Black Monday Bloody Monday blue Monday Clean Monday Collop Monday Cyber Monday Ducking Monday Easter Monday Fat Monday Gang-Monday Green Monday Handsel Monday Hock Monday Holy Monday Meal Monday Pentecost Monday Plough-Monday Plow-Monday Pure Monday Rope Monday Saint Monday Selection Monday

Derived

Monday Club Monday demonstrations Monday disease Monday effect Monday fever Monday hammer Mondayise Mondayish Mondayitis Mondayize Mondayman Monday-morning Monday-morning quarterback Mondayness Monday pops Mondays Saturday-to-Monday Smonday what wins on Sunday sells on Monday