sundae

sun·dae
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/ˈsʌn.deɪ//ˈsʌn.di/UK/ˈsuːn.deɪ/US/ˈsun.deɪ/

noun

A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings.

Similar
ice-cream sundae
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Meanings

sundae1

nounsundae (plural sundaes)

plural sundaes

  1. A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings.

    Dine-and-dashed for an ice cream sundae. I did it two or three times a month. Kept it to a hot fudge sundae—never real food or anything like that.

    2016, Kevin Morris, All Joe Knight, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 48

sundae2

nounsundae (uncountable)
  1. alternativeuncountableAlternative form of soondae (“Korean dish made with intestines”).

Synonyms & antonyms

nounice cream served with a topping

Similar
ice-cream sundae
Broader
frozen dessert

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Modification of Sunday.

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Translations

Bulgarian ме́лба
  • ме́лба (mélba)ice cream dessert
Chinese Cantonese 新地, 雪糕新地
  • 新地ice cream dessert
  • 雪糕新地ice cream dessert
Chinese Mandarin 聖代 /圣代, 新地
  • 聖代 /圣代 (shèngdài)ice cream dessert
  • 新地 (xīndì)ice cream dessert
Czech zmrzlinový pohár
  • zmrzlinový pohárice cream dessert
Finnish jäätelöannos, sundae
  • jäätelöannosice cream dessert
  • sundaeice cream dessert
French sundae
  • sundaeice cream dessert
German Eisbecher
  • Eisbecherice cream dessert
Japanese サンデー, パフェ
  • サンデー (sandē)ice cream dessert
  • パフェ (pafe)ice cream dessert
Polish sundae
  • sundaeice cream dessert
Portuguese sundae
  • sundaeice cream dessert
Russian са́ндей
  • са́ндей (sándej)ice cream dessert
Swedish sundae
  • sundaeice cream dessert
Thai ซันเด
  • ซันเด (san-dee)ice cream dessert
Vietnamese kem mứt
  • kem mứtice cream dessert
Yiddish סאָנדיי
  • סאָנדיי (sondey)ice cream dessert

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with sundae

MondaySundaygrundybundyWhitsundayundiesandhiundySmonday
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Sounds the same

Sunday

Anagrams

Duenasanused
Cite this entry
APA

sundae. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundae

MLA

“sundae.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundae. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sundae,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sundae.

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