Monday
Syllables: Mon·day/ˈmʌn.deɪ/
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Northern England/ˈmʊn.deɪ/
Monday noun: 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.
Noun
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.
- 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 [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC
- 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 who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN
- Synonyms:
- Second Day, Mon, Mon., washing day
Adverb
Monday (not comparable)
- On Monday.
- We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: we'll be shopping Monday.
Monday meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Monday in Hindi
- day of the week
- सोमवार somvār, चन्द्रवार candravār, सोम som, इंदुवार induvār, पीर pīr
Monday in Tamil
- day of the week
- திங்கள் tiṅkaḷ, திங்கட்கிழமை tiṅkaṭkiḻamai
Monday in Marathi
- day of the week
- सोमवार somvār
- on Monday
- सोमवारी somvārī
Monday in Urdu
- day of the week
- پِیر pīr, سومْوار somvār, دو شَن٘بَہ do śamba
More languagesFewer languages
- Monday in Bengali
- সোমবার śōmbar
- Monday in Telugu
- సోమవారము sōmavāramu
- Monday in Malayalam
- തിങ്കൾ tiṅkaḷ, തിങ്കളാഴ്ച tiṅkaḷāḻca
- Monday in Kannada
- ಸೋಮವಾರ sōmavāra
- Monday in Punjabi
- ਸੋਮਵਾਰ somvār
- Monday in Gujarati
- સોમવાર somvār
- Monday in Odia
- ସୋମବାର somabāra, ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରବାର candrabāra
- Monday in Sanskrit
- सोमवार somavāra
- Monday in Sinhala
- සඳුදා saⁿdudā
- Monday in Assamese
- সোমবাৰ xümbar
- Monday in Nepali
- सोमबार sombār
- Monday in Pashto
- دوشنبه dōšanbe, دوشنبې dōšanbe
- Monday in Tagalog
- Lunes
- Monday in Arabic
- الْاِثْنَيْن al-iṯnayn, يَوْم الْاِثْنَيْن yawm al-iṯnayn
- Monday in Malay
- Isnin, Senin, Senayan, Hari Satu
- Monday in Indonesian
- Senin
- Monday in Thai
- วันจันทร์ wan jan, จันทร์ jan
- Monday in Vietnamese
- thứ hai, thứ Hai
- Monday in Myanmar
- တနင်္လာ ta.nangla
- Sindhi
- سُومَرُ sūmaru, سُومارُ sūmāru
- Dhivehi
- ހޯމަ hōma
- Kashmiri
- ژٔنٛدرٕوار ċạndrụvār
- Dzongkha
- མིག་དམར mig dmar
Synonyms of Monday
Forms of Monday
| plural | Mondays |
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Origin of Monday
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”).
Words formed from Monday
- Monday Club
- Monday demonstrations
- Monday disease
- Monday effect
- Monday fever
- Monday hammer
- Mondayise
- Mondayish
- Mondayitis
- Mondayize
- Mondayman
- Monday-morning
- Monday morning fever
- Monday-morning quarterback
- Mondayness
- Monday pops
- Mondays
- Saturday-to-Monday
- Smonday
- what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
Phrases with Monday
- Ash Monday
- St. Monday
- blue Monday
- Hock Monday
- Holy Monday
- Plow Monday
- Whit Monday
- Black Monday
- Clean Monday
- Cyber Monday
- Green Monday
- Happy Monday
19 more phrasesFewer phrases
- Saint Monday
- Collop Monday
- Easter Monday
- Plough Monday
- Shrove Monday
- yellow Monday
- Handsel Monday
- Trinity Monday
- Whitsun Monday
- Pinkster Monday
- Pentecost Monday
- Selection Monday
- bare minimum Monday
- Monday morning disease
- Monday morning quarterback
- Monday morning quarterbacks
- win on Sunday, sell on Monday
- race on Sunday, sell on Monday
- wins on Sunday, sells on Monday
Words that rhyme with Monday
Questions about Monday
- What does Monday mean?
- Monday means 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.
- What is Monday in Hindi?
- Monday in Hindi is सोमवार (somvār), चन्द्रवार (candravār), सोम (som). See Monday meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Monday?
- Monday can be a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce Monday?
- Monday is pronounced /ˈmʌn.deɪ/.
- What is the plural of Monday?
- The plural of Monday is Mondays.
Words near Monday in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Monday (page history and authors); തിങ്കളാഴ്ച (Malayalam) (page history and authors); सोमबार (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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