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Monday

  • /ˈmʌn.deɪ/
  • /ˈmʌn.di/
  • /ˈmʊn.deɪ/ Northern England
  • /ˈmʊn.də/ Northumbria

Rhymes with -ʌndeɪ, -ʌndi

Where it comes from

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”).

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

    Similar: Second Day, Mon, Mon., washing day

adverb

  1. Canada, US, informal, not comparable, in UK On Monday. We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: we'll be shopping Monday.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mon, sunday, tuesday, friday, wednesday, thursday, saturday, pair, dated, sundays, day, tue, thu, yesterday, week, tomorrow

Translations

Every language

noun day of the week

Españollunes
한국어월요일 woryoil, 월요 woryo
日本語月曜日 getsuyōbi, 月曜 getsuyō
中文星期一 xīngqīyī, 禮拜一 /礼拜一 lǐbàiyī, 周一 zhōuyī
हिन्दीसोमवार somvār, चन्द्रवार candravār, सोम som, इंदुवार induvār, पीर pīr
KiswahiliJumatatu
Portuguêssegunda-feira, segunda
Françaislundi
DeutschMontag
Italianolunedì
ΕλληνικάΔευτέρα Deftéra
Românăluni
Русскийпонеде́льник ponedélʹnik
Tiếng Việtthứ hai, thứ Hai
العربيةالْاِثْنَيْن al-iṯnayn, يَوْم الْاِثْنَيْن yawm al-iṯnayn
עבריתיוֹם שֵׁנִי yom shení, יוֹם ב׳ yom bet

adv on Monday

한국어월요일에 woryoir-e
Portuguêssegunda-feira, segunda
Françaislundi
DeutschMontag, am Montag
Italianolunedì
Românăluni, lunea
Русскийв понеде́льник v ponedélʹnik

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"Monday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/monday. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Monday. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/monday

Chicago

"Monday." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/monday.

BibTeX
@misc{monday_2026,
  title = {Monday},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/monday},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}