# Monday
## English
### 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.
Compare Saterland Frisian Moundai (“Monday”), West Frisian moandei (“Monday”), German Low German Maandag, Moondag, Maondag (“Monday”), Dutch maandag (“Monday”), German Montag (“Monday”), Pennsylvania German Mundaag (“Monday”), Danish mandag (“Monday”), Swedish måndag (“Monday”), Norwegian Bokmål mandag (“Monday”), Norwegian Nynorsk måndag (“Monday”), Icelandic mánudagur (“Monday”), Finnish maanantai (“Monday”).
Compare Japanese 月曜日.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmʌn.deɪ/, /ˈmʌn.di/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK, female voice):(file)
* Audio (UK, male voice):(file)
* Rhymes: -ʌndeɪ, -ʌndi

### Noun

Monday (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.
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#### Synonyms

* Mon, Mon. (abbreviations); washing day (UK historical)

#### Symbols

* M, Mo
* ☽, ☾ (archaic)

#### Hypernyms

* day

#### Hyponyms

* Ash Monday
* bare minimum Monday
* Black Monday
* Bloody Monday
* blue Monday
* Clean Monday
* Collop Monday
* Cyber Monday
* Ducking Monday
* Easter Monday
* Fat Monday
* Green Monday
* Handsel Monday
* Hock Monday
* Holy Monday
* Meal Monday
* Pentecost Monday
* Pure Monday
* Rope Monday
* Saint Monday
* Selection Monday
* Shrove Monday
* Trinity Monday
* Wet Monday
* Whit Monday
* Whitsun Monday

#### Derived terms

* Gang-Monday
* Monday Club
* Monday demonstrations
* Monday disease
* Monday effect
* Monday fever
* Monday hammer
* Mondayise
* Mondayish
* Mondayitis
* Mondayize
* Mondayman
* Monday-morning
* Monday-morning quarterback
* Monday pops
* Mondays
* Plough-Monday
* Plow-Monday
* Saturday-to-Monday
* what wins on Sunday sells on Monday
* Whit-Monday

#### Descendants

* Sranan Tongo: munde
* Tok Pisin: Mande
* → Maori: Mane
* → Tahitian: Monite
* →⇒ Fijian: siga Monite

#### Translations
### Adverb

Monday (not comparable)
* (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Monday.
    We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: We'll be shopping Monday […]

#### Translations
### See also

* days of the week (appendix): Sunday · Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday

### Anagrams

* Aymond, dynamo, dynamo-

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* Monenday, Moneday, moneday

### Etymology

From Old English mōnandæġ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈmoːn(ə)dæi̯/, /ˈmun(ə)dæi̯/

### Proper noun

Monday
* Monday

#### Descendants

* English: Monday (see there for further descendants)
* Scots: Monanday
* Yola: Mondei

#### References

* “Mọ̄̆ne-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

### See also

* days of the week: weke-dayes (appendix): Sunnenday · Monday · Tewesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saterday