Monday

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US /ˈmʌn.deɪ/ UK /ˈmʌn.deɪ/ See IPA manual

Freq #2127

Meanings

1

noun
The day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday.

I always feel tired on Monday morning after the weekend.
2

adv
On Monday.

We're going shopping Monday and cleaning the house on Tuesday.

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1 noun · the day of the week after... mon

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Forms mondays

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on monday
during the day called Monday

Preposition + noun

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 meintog, miantag, méntag, mìntàg, mäntag, Määntig (“Monday”), Bavarian Monda, Mondåg, montach, monti (“Monday”), Cimbrian matak, menta, méentag (“Monday”), Dutch maandag (“Monday”), German Montag (“Mon…

*dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European Monday Middle English mōnandæġ Old English *mānini dag Proto-West Germanic diēs Lūnae Latin

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# Monday

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun, adv
**IPA (US):** /ˈmʌn.deɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈmʌn.deɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 2127

## Meanings
1. The day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday.
2. On Monday.

## Examples
- I always feel tired on Monday morning after the weekend.
- We're going shopping Monday and cleaning the house on Tuesday.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰegʷʰ-
- Root: Monday
- Root: mōnandæġ
- Root: *mānini dag
- Root: diēs Lūnae

## 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 meintog, miantag, méntag, mìntàg, mäntag, Määntig (“Monday”), Bavarian Monda, Mondåg, montach, monti (“Monday”), Cimbrian matak, menta, méentag (“Monday”), Dutch maandag (“Monday”), German Montag (“Mon…

## AI Etymology
Monday comes 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”). In present-day English its meanings include the day of the week after Sunday and before Tuesday and on Monday. The historical chain runs through *dʰegʷʰ- (Proto-Indo-European), Monday (Middle English), mōnandæġ (Old English), *mānini dag (Proto-West Germanic), and diēs Lūnae (Latin).

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