monday
//ˈmʌn.deɪ//
Forms
- Plural
- mondays
Definitions
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.
- 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.
1.On Monday.(informal)
- We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: we'll be shopping Monday.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1391
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Rare
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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