Meanings
plural Mondays
- 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.
1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC1 more example
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.
2021 December 13, Amir Vera, “Louisville detective who fatally shot Breonna Taylor is appealing his termination from the police department”, in CNN, archived from the original on 27 Mar 2022Synonyms: Second Day, Mon, Mon., washing day
- CanadaUSinformalnot comparableOn Monday.
We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: we'll be shopping Monday.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe 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.
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latindiēs Lūnae
- Proto-West Germanic*mānini dag
- Old Englishmōnandæġ“day of the moon”
- Middle EnglishMonday
- EnglishMonday
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-West Germanic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Maandag
- Maandagday of the week
Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ Σελήνης
- ἡμέρᾱ Σελήνης (hēmérā Selḗnēs)day of the week
Arabic الْاِثْنَيْن, يَوْم الْاِثْنَيْن
- الْاِثْنَيْن (al-iṯnayn)day of the week
- يَوْم الْاِثْنَيْن (yawm al-iṯnayn)day of the week
Basque astelehen, ilen
- astelehenday of the week
- ilenday of the week
Bengali সোমবার
- সোমবার (śōmbar)day of the week
Bulgarian понеде́лник
- понеде́лник (ponedélnik)day of the week
Catalan dilluns
- dillunsday of the week
Chinese Cantonese 星期一, 禮拜一 /礼拜一
- 星期一 (sing¹ kei⁴ jat¹)day of the week
- 禮拜一 /礼拜一 (lai⁵ baai³ jat¹)day of the week
- 周一 (zau¹ jat¹)day of the week
Chinese Mandarin 星期一, 禮拜一 /礼拜一
- 星期一 (xīngqīyī)day of the week
- 禮拜一 /礼拜一 (lǐbàiyī)day of the week
- 周一 (zhōuyī)day of the week
Czech pondělí
- pondělíday of the week
Danish mandag
- mandagday of the week
Dutch maandag, 's maandags
- maandagday of the week
- 's maandagson Monday
- maandagson Monday
Esperanto lundo, lunde
- lundoday of the week
- lundeon Monday
Estonian esmaspäev, esmaspäeval
- esmaspäevday of the week
- esmaspäevalon Monday
Finnish maanantai, maanantaina
- maanantaiday of the week
- maanantainaon Monday
French lundi, lundi
- lundiday of the week
- lundion Monday
German Montag, Montag
- Montagday of the week
- Montagon Monday
- am Montagon Monday
Greek Δευτέρα
- Δευτέρα (Deftéra)day of the week
Hawaiian Pōʻakahi
- Pōʻakahiday of the week
Hebrew יוֹם שֵׁנִי, יוֹם ב׳
- יוֹם שֵׁנִי (yom shení)day of the week
- יוֹם ב׳ (yom bet)day of the week
Hindi सोमवार, चन्द्रवार
- सोमवार (somvār)day of the week
- चन्द्रवार (candravār)day of the week
- सोम (som)day of the week
- इंदुवार (induvār)day of the week
- पीर (pīr)day of the week
Hungarian hétfő, hétfőn
- hétfőday of the week
- hétfőnon Monday
Icelandic mánudagur
- mánudagurday of the week
Indonesian Senin
- Seninday of the week
Irish Luan, Dé Luain
- Luanday of the week
- Dé Luainon Monday
Italian lunedì, lunedì
- lunedìday of the week
- lunedìon Monday
Japanese 月曜日, 月曜
- 月曜日 (getsuyōbi)day of the week
- 月曜 (getsuyō)day of the week
Korean 월요일, 월요
- 월요일 (woryoil)day of the week
- 월요 (woryo)day of the week
- 월요일에 (woryoir-e)on Monday
Latin diēs Lūnae, fēria secunda
- diēs Lūnaeday of the week
- fēria secundaday of the week
Latvian pirmdiena, pirmdien
- pirmdienaday of the week
- pirmdienon Monday
Lithuanian pirmadienis, pirmadienis
- pirmadienisday of the week
- pirmadienison Monday
Malay اثنين, ثنين
- اثنينday of the week
- ثنينday of the week
- هاري ساتوday of the week
- Isninday of the week
- Seninday of the week
- Senayanday of the week
- Hari Satuday of the week
Māori Mane, Rātahi
- Maneday of the week
- Rātahiday of the week
- Rāhinaday of the week
Norwegian Bokmål mandag, på mandag
- mandagday of the week
- på mandagon Monday
Polish poniedziałek, w poniedziałek
- poniedziałekday of the week
- w poniedziałekon Monday
Portuguese segunda-feira, segunda
- segunda-feiraday of the week
- segundaday of the week
- segunda-feiraon Monday
- segundaon Monday
Punjabi ਸੋਮਵਾਰ
- ਸੋਮਵਾਰ (somvār)day of the week
Romanian luni, luni
- luniday of the week
- lunion Monday
- luneaon Monday
Russian понеде́льник, в понеде́льник
- понеде́льник (ponedélʹnik)day of the week
- в понеде́льник (v ponedélʹnik)on Monday
Scottish Gaelic Diluain, Di-luain
- Diluainday of the week
- Di-luainon Monday
Slovak pondelok, v pondelok
- pondelokday of the week
- v pondelokon Monday
Spanish lunes
- lunesday of the week
Swahili Jumatatu
- Jumatatuday of the week
Swedish måndag, på måndag
- måndagday of the week
- på måndagon Monday
- på måndagenon Monday
Tagalog Lunes
- Lunesday of the week
Tamil திங்கள், திங்கட்கிழமை
- திங்கள் (tiṅkaḷ)day of the week
- திங்கட்கிழமை (tiṅkaṭkiḻamai)day of the week
Thai วันจันทร์, จันทร์
- วันจันทร์ (wan jan)day of the week
- จันทร์ (jan)day of the week
Turkish pazartesi, pazartesi
- pazartesiday of the week
- pazartesion Monday
Ukrainian понеді́лок
- понеді́лок (ponedílok)day of the week
Urdu پِیر, سومْوار
- پِیر (pīr)day of the week
- سومْوار (somvār)day of the week
- دو شَن٘بَہ (do śamba)day of the week
Vietnamese thứ hai, thứ Hai
- thứ haiday of the week
- thứ Haiday of the week
Welsh dydd Llun, ddydd Llun
- dydd Llunday of the week
- ddydd Llunon Monday
Yiddish מאָנטיק
- מאָנטיק (montik)day of the week
Zulu uMsombuluko
- uMsombulukoday of the week
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Monday
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Cite this entry
Monday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Monday
“Monday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Monday. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Monday,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Monday.
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