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Monday

Pronunciation: /ˈmʌn.deɪ/

The English word “Monday” has 2 meanings listed here.

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.

adverb

  1. On Monday.

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…

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