Sunday

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

Freq #1641

Meanings

1

noun
The day of the week between Saturday and Monday, traditionally a day of rest and the Christian day of worship.

We usually have a big lunch on Sunday.
2

noun
A newspaper published on Sundays.

He spent the morning reading the Sundays.

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1 noun · the day of the week between... first day

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Forms sundays

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sunday school
religious instruction, usually for children, held on Sunday

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On any given Sunday, any team can beat any other team

Etymology

From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E. Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.

*dʰegʷʰ- Proto-Indo-European Sonday Middle English sunnandæġ Old English *Sunnōn dag Proto-West Germanic diēs Sōlis Latin

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# Sunday

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈsʌn.deɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈsʌn.deɪ/
**Frequency rank:** 1641

## Meanings
1. The day of the week between Saturday and Monday, traditionally a day of rest and the Christian day of worship.
2. A newspaper published on Sundays.

## Examples
- We usually have a big lunch on Sunday.
- He spent the morning reading the Sundays.

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *dʰegʷʰ-
- Root: Sonday
- Root: sunnandæġ
- Root: *Sunnōn dag
- Root: diēs Sōlis

## Etymology
From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E. Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.

## AI Etymology
Sunday is from Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E. Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag.

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