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Monday

adv · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmʌn.deɪ/
  • /ˈmʌn.di/
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Northern-England: /ˈmʊn.deɪ/
  • Northumbria: /ˈmʊn.də/
  • rhymes with -ʌndeɪ
  • rhymes with -ʌndi
  • CMU ARPABET: M AH1 N D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: M AH1 N D EY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

On Monday.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US, informal, not-comparable

Examples

  • We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: we'll be shopping Monday.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Second Day

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the second day of the week; the first working day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Mon

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: weekday

Narrower terms: Whitmonday, Whitsun Monday

History

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 (“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”).

Across languages

Translations

373 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Dutch: 's maandags — on Monday
  • Dutch: maandags — on Monday
  • Esperanto: lunde — on Monday
  • Estonian: esmaspäeval — on Monday
  • Finnish: maanantaina — on Monday
  • French: lundi — on Monday
  • Galician: o luns — on Monday
  • Georgian: ორშაბათს (oršabats) — on Monday
  • German: Montag — on Monday
  • German: am Montag — on Monday
  • Hungarian: hétfőn — on Monday
  • Irish: Dé Luain — on Monday
  • Italian: lunedì — on Monday
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ (thngai chan) — on Monday
  • Korean: 월요일에 (woryoir-e) — on Monday
  • Latvian: pirmdien — on Monday
  • Lithuanian: pirmadienis — on Monday
  • Macedonian: во понеделник (vo ponedelnik) — on Monday
  • Macedonian: понеделнички (ponedelnički) — on Monday
  • Maltese: nhar it-Tnejn — on Monday
  • Manx: Jelune — on Monday
  • Marathi: सोमवारी (somvārī) — on Monday
  • Eastern Mari: шочмын (šočmyn) — on Monday
  • Norwegian Bokmål: på mandag — on Monday
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: på måndag — on Monday
  • Pennsylvania German: Muundaag — on Monday
  • Polish: w poniedziałek — on Monday
  • Portuguese: segunda-feira — on Monday
  • Portuguese: segunda — on Monday
  • Romanian: luni — on Monday
  • Romanian: lunea — on Monday
  • Russian: в понеде́льник (v ponedélʹnik) — on Monday
  • Scottish Gaelic: Di-luain — on Monday
  • Slovak: v pondelok — on Monday
  • Swedish: på måndag — on Monday
  • Swedish: på måndagen — on Monday
  • Turkish: pazartesi — on Monday
  • Volapük: mudelo — on Monday
  • Volapük: telüdelo — on Monday
  • Volapük: mundelo — on Monday
  • Welsh: ddydd Llun — on Monday
  • Abkhaz: ашәахьа (aŝwaxja) — day of the week
  • Afar: itlén — day of the week
  • Afrikaans: Maandag — day of the week
  • Akan: Dwoadda — day of the week
  • Alabama: nihtàllo inníhta — day of the week
  • Albanian: e hënë — day of the week
  • Alutiiq: Pekyun — day of the week
  • American Sign Language: M@Side-PalmBack CirclesHoriz — day of the week
  • Amharic: ሰኞ (säño) — day of the week
  • Guerrero Amuzgo: luñè — day of the week
  • Arabic: الْاِثْنَيْن (al-iṯnayn) — day of the week
  • Arabic: يَوْم الْاِثْنَيْن (yawm al-iṯnayn) — day of the week
  • Arabic: الاتنين (letnēn) — day of the week
  • Arabic: الاثنين (il-aṯnēn) — day of the week
  • Arabic: الاثنين (al-itnēn) — day of the week
  • Armenian: երկուշաբթի (erkušabtʻi) — day of the week
  • Old Armenian: երկշաբաթի (erkšabatʻi) — day of the week
  • Aromanian: Luni — day of the week
  • Aromanian: luni — day of the week
  • Assamese: সোমবাৰ (xümbar) — day of the week
  • Asturian: llunes — day of the week
  • Avar: итни (itni) — day of the week
  • Azerbaijani: bazar ertəsi — day of the week
  • Bashkir: дүшәмбе (düşəmbe) — day of the week
  • Basque: astelehen — day of the week
  • Basque: ilen — day of the week
  • Bats: ცჰ̡ანა̄ (ch̡anā) — day of the week
  • Belarusian: панядзе́лак (panjadzjélak) — day of the week
  • Bengali: সোমবার (śōmbar) — day of the week
  • Central Bikol: Lunes — day of the week
  • Blackfoot: issikatoyiiksistsiko — day of the week
  • Breton: Lun — day of the week
  • Buginese: senneng — day of the week
  • Bulgarian: понеде́лник (ponedélnik) — day of the week
  • Burmese: တနင်္လာ (ta.nangla) — day of the week
  • Catalan: dilluns — day of the week
  • Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴰⵔⵉⵎ (arim) — day of the week
  • Chechen: оршот (oršot) — day of the week
  • Cherokee: ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏉᏅᎯ (unadodaquonvhi) — day of the week
  • Chichewa: Lolemba — day of the week
  • Chickasaw: Nittak Ammo'na' — day of the week
  • Chinese Cantonese: 星期一 (sing1 kei4 jat1) — day of the week
  • Chinese Cantonese: 禮拜一 /礼拜一 (lai5 baai3 jat1) — day of the week
  • Chinese Cantonese: 周一 (zau1 jat1) — day of the week
  • Chinese: щинчийи (xinqiyi) — day of the week
  • Chinese: дўшанбэ (dwšanbe) — day of the week
  • Chinese: либэйи (libeyi) — day of the week
  • Chinese: 禮拜一 /礼拜一 (lé-pài-it) — day of the week
  • Chinese: 拜一 (zh-min-nan) — day of the week
  • Chinese Mandarin: 星期一 (xīngqīyī) — day of the week
  • Chinese Mandarin: 禮拜一 /礼拜一 (lǐbàiyī) — day of the week
  • Chinese Mandarin: 周一 (zhōuyī) — day of the week
  • Choctaw: Mʋnti — day of the week
  • Chuukese: Sarifan — day of the week
  • Chuvash: тунтикун (tunt̬ik̬un) — day of the week
  • West Circassian: блыпэ (bləpɛ) — day of the week
  • Ngazidja Comorian: mfumdraru — day of the week
  • Cornish: Lun — day of the week
  • Cornish: de Lun — day of the week
  • Cornish: dy'Lun — day of the week
  • Corsican: luni — day of the week
  • Atikamekw: ockorkananiwon — day of the week
  • Crimean Tatar: bazarertesi — day of the week
  • Czech: pondělí — day of the week
  • Dakota: Aŋpetutokaheya — day of the week
  • Danish: mandag — day of the week
  • Dhivehi: ހޯމަ (hōma) — day of the week
  • Central Dusun: Tontolu — day of the week
  • Dutch: maandag — day of the week
  • Dzongkha: མིག་དམར (mig dmar) — day of the week
  • Emilian: lonedé — day of the week
  • Erzya: атяньчи (aťańči) — day of the week
  • Erzya: пондельник (pondelnik) — day of the week
  • Esperanto: lundo — day of the week
  • Estonian: esmaspäev — day of the week
  • Extremaduran: lunis — day of the week
  • Farefare: Atẽnɛ — day of the week
  • Faroese: mánadagur — day of the week
  • Fijian: siga Monite — day of the week
  • Finnish: maanantai — day of the week
  • French: lundi — day of the week
  • North Frisian: mundai — day of the week
  • North Frisian: moundi — day of the week
  • North Frisian: Mondai — day of the week
  • West-Frisian: moandei — day of the week
  • Friulian: lunis — day of the week
  • Fula: 𞤚𞤫𞤲𞤭𞤲 — day of the week
  • Fula: 𞤀𞥄𞤩𞤵𞤲'𞤣𞤫 — day of the week
  • Fula: Tènin — day of the week
  • Fula: Aaɓunde — day of the week
  • Galician: luns — day of the week
  • Galician: segunda feira — day of the week
  • Georgian: ორშაბათი (oršabati) — day of the week
  • German: Montag — day of the week
  • German: mondaag — day of the week
  • Gilbertese: Moanibong — day of the week
  • Greek: Δευτέρα (Deftéra) — day of the week
  • Ancient Greek: ἡμέρᾱ Σελήνης (hēmérā Selḗnēs) — day of the week
  • Greenlandic: Ataasinngorneq — day of the week
  • Gujarati: સોમવાર (somvār) — day of the week
  • Gwich'in: drin tł’ęę — day of the week
  • Haitian Creole: lendi — day of the week
  • Hausa: Litinin — day of the week
  • Hawaiian: Pōʻakahi — day of the week
  • Hebrew: יוֹם שֵׁנִי (yom shení) — day of the week
  • Hebrew: יוֹם ב׳ (yom bet) — day of the week
  • Hiligaynon: Lunes — day of the week
  • Hindi: सोमवार (somvār) — day of the week
  • Hindi: चन्द्रवार (candravār) — day of the week
  • Hindi: सोम (som) — day of the week
  • Hindi: इंदुवार (induvār) — day of the week
  • Hindi: पीर (pīr) — day of the week
  • Hungarian: hétfő — day of the week
  • Iban: Hari Satu — day of the week
  • Icelandic: mánudagur — day of the week
  • Ido: lundio — day of the week
  • Indonesian: Senin — day of the week
  • Ingrian: esmessarki — day of the week
  • Ingrian: ensipäivä — day of the week
  • Ingrian: maantaki — day of the week
  • Ingush: оршот (oršot) — day of the week
  • Interlingua: lunedi — day of the week
  • Irish: Luan — day of the week
  • Italian: lunedì — day of the week
  • Japanese: 月曜日 (getsuyōbi) — day of the week
  • Japanese: 月曜 (getsuyō) — day of the week
  • Javanese: ꦱꦼꦤꦺꦤ꧀ (Senèn) — day of the week
  • Kalmyk: сарң өдр (sarñ ödr) — day of the week
  • Kannada: ಸೋಮವಾರ (sōmavāra) — day of the week
  • Karelian: ezmäinargi — day of the week
  • Kashmiri: ژٔنٛدرٕوار (ċạndrụvār) — day of the week
  • Kashubian: pòniedzôłk — day of the week
  • Kazakh: дүйсенбі (düisenbı) — day of the week
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ (thngay can) — day of the week
  • Khmer: ថ្ងៃចន្ទ (thngay can) — day of the week
  • Klamath-Modoc: lobiini — day of the week
  • Kongo: Lumbu kia ntete — day of the week
  • Korean: 월요일 (woryoil) — day of the week
  • Korean: 월요 (woryo) — day of the week
  • Kumyk: итнингюн (itniñün) — day of the week
  • Central Kurdish: دووشەم (dûşem) — day of the week
  • Central Kurdish: دووشەمە (dûşeme) — day of the week
  • Northern Kurdish: duşem — day of the week
  • Kyrgyz: дүйшөмбү (düyşömbü) — day of the week
  • Ladin: lunesc — day of the week
  • Lakota: Aŋpétu Tȟokáhe — day of the week
  • Lakota: Aŋpétu Tȟokáheya — day of the week
  • Lao: ວັນຈັນ (wan chan) — day of the week
  • Lao: ຈັນ (chan) — day of the week
  • Latin: diēs Lūnae — day of the week
  • Latin: fēria secunda — day of the week
  • Latvian: pirmdiena — day of the week
  • Laz: თუთაჩხა (tutaçxa) — day of the week
  • Lezgi: ислен (islen) — day of the week
  • Limburgish: maondig — day of the week
  • Lithuanian: pirmadienis — day of the week
  • Livonian: ežžõmpǟva — day of the week
  • Lombard: lunedi — day of the week
  • Louisiana Creole: lundi — day of the week
  • Louisiana Creole: lindi — day of the week
  • Low German: Maandag — day of the week
  • Low German: Maondag — day of the week
  • : ᦞᧃᦶᦈᧃ (vanṫsaen) — day of the week
  • Luganda: Kazooba — day of the week
  • Luganda: Bbalaza — day of the week
  • Luxembourgish: Méinden — day of the week
  • Luxembourgish: Méindeg — day of the week
  • Macedonian: понеделник (ponedelnik) — day of the week
  • Makasar: senneng — day of the week
  • Malay: اثنين — day of the week
  • Malay: ثنين — day of the week
  • Malay: هاري ساتو — day of the week
  • Malay: Isnin — day of the week
  • Malay: Senin — day of the week
  • Malay: Senayan — day of the week
  • Malay: Hari Satu — day of the week
  • Maltese: it-Tnejn — day of the week
  • Manchu: ᠪᡳᠶᠠ ᡠᠰᡳᠩᡤᡳ (biya usinggi) — day of the week
  • Manx: Jelune — day of the week
  • Māori: Mane — day of the week
  • Māori: Rātahi — day of the week
  • Māori: Rāhina — day of the week
  • Mapudungun: lüne antü — day of the week
  • Marathi: सोमवार (somvār) — day of the week
  • Eastern Mari: шочмо (šočmo) — day of the week
  • Eastern Mari: арнявуй (arńavuj) — day of the week
  • Western Mari: шачмы (šačmy) — day of the week
  • Mauritian Creole: lindi — day of the week
  • Mingrelian: თუთაშხა (tutašxa) — day of the week
  • Mirandese: segunda-feira — day of the week
  • Mizo: Thawhṭanni — day of the week
  • Mòcheno: ma'ta — day of the week
  • Mokilese: nioahd — day of the week
  • Mongolian: даваа (davaa) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: нэг дэх өдөр (neg dex ödör) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: гарагийн нэг (garagiin neg) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: ᠳᠠᠸᠠ (dawa) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: ᠨᠢᠭᠡ ᠳᠡᠬᠢ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ (nige deki edür) — day of the week
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠨᠢᠭᠡ (ɣaraɣ-ün nige) — day of the week
  • Moore: tẽnɛ — day of the week
  • Classical Nahuatl: lunes — day of the week
  • Classical Nahuatl: ic ōmilhuitl semana — day of the week
  • Navajo: Damį́įgo Biiskání — day of the week
  • Neapolitan: lunnerì — day of the week
  • Neapolitan: lunnedì — day of the week
  • Niuean: Aho Gofua — day of the week
  • Norman: Lundi — day of the week
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mandag — day of the week
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: måndag — day of the week
  • Occitan: diluns — day of the week
  • Odia: ସୋମବାର (somabāra) — day of the week
  • Odia: ଚନ୍ଦ୍ରବାର (candrabāra) — day of the week
  • Ojibwe: ishkwaa-anamaʼe-giizhigad — day of the week
  • Ojibwe: nitam-anokii-giizhigad — day of the week
  • Church Slavic: понєдѣльникъ (ponedělĭnikŭ) — day of the week
  • Old English: mōnandæġ — day of the week
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: lũes — day of the week
  • Old Norse: mánudagr — day of the week
  • Old Prussian: panadīli — day of the week
  • Oromo: Wiixata — day of the week
  • Pannonian Rusyn: пондзелок (pondzelok) — day of the week
  • Papiamentu: djaluna — day of the week
  • Pashto: دوشنبه (dōšanbe) — day of the week
  • Pashto: دوشنبې (dōšanbe) — day of the week
  • Pennsylvania German: Moondaag — day of the week
  • Pennsylvania German: Mundaag — day of the week
  • Pennsylvania German: Muundaag — day of the week
  • Iranian Persian: دوشَنْبِه (došanbe) — day of the week
  • Plautdietsch: Mondach — day of the week
  • Polish: poniedziałek — day of the week
  • Portuguese: segunda-feira — day of the week
  • Portuguese: segunda — day of the week
  • Punjabi: ਸੋਮਵਾਰ (somvār) — day of the week
  • Quechua: killachaw — day of the week
  • Rapa Nui: monirē — day of the week
  • Romagnol: lôn — day of the week
  • Romani: luj — day of the week
  • Romani: o nevo kurko — day of the week
  • Romanian: luni — day of the week
  • Romansh: glindesdi — day of the week
  • Romansh: lündeschdi — day of the week
  • Russian: понеде́льник (ponedélʹnik) — day of the week
  • Rwanda-Rundi: Kwambere — day of the week
  • Inari-Sami: vuossargâ — day of the week
  • Kildin-Sami: вӯссоаррк (vūssårrk) — day of the week
  • Lule-Sami: mánnodahka — day of the week
  • Northern Sami: vuossárga — day of the week
  • Northern Sami: mánnodat — day of the week
  • Skolt-Sami: vuõssargg — day of the week
  • Skolt-Sami: vuõsargg — day of the week
  • Southern Sami: måanta — day of the week
  • Samoan: Aso Gafua — day of the week
  • Sanskrit: सोमवार (somavāra) — day of the week
  • Sardinian: lunis — day of the week
  • Scots: Monanday — day of the week
  • Scottish Gaelic: Diluain — day of the week
  • Semai: Senayan — day of the week
  • Serbo-Croatian: понедељак — day of the week
  • Serbo-Croatian: понедјељак — day of the week
  • Serbo-Croatian: ponedeljak — day of the week
  • Serbo-Croatian: ponedjeljak — day of the week
  • Seychellois Creole: lendi — day of the week
  • Sherpa: གཟའ་ཟླ་བ (gza' zla ba) — day of the week
  • Shona: Muvhuro — day of the week
  • Sicilian: luni — day of the week
  • Sicilian: luneddì — day of the week
  • Sicilian: lunnidì — day of the week
  • Sicilian: lunidìa — day of the week
  • Sindhi: سُومَرُ (sūmaru) — day of the week
  • Sindhi: سُومارُ (sūmāru) — day of the week
  • Sinhalese: සඳුදා (sandudā) — day of the week
  • Slovak: pondelok — day of the week
  • Slovene: ponedéljek — day of the week
  • Somali: isniin — day of the week
  • Lower Sorbian: pónjeźele — day of the week
  • Upper Sorbian: póndźela — day of the week
  • Sotho: Mantaha — day of the week
  • Southern Altai: понедельник (ponedelʹnik) — day of the week
  • Spanish: lunes — day of the week
  • Sranan Tongo: munde — day of the week
  • Svan: დო̈შდიშ (döšdiš) — day of the week
  • Swahili: Jumatatu — day of the week
  • Swedish: måndag — day of the week
  • Tabasaran: итин (itin) — day of the week
  • Tagalog: Lunes — day of the week
  • Tahitian: Monite — day of the week
  • Tajik: душанбе (dušanbe) — day of the week
  • Tamil: திங்கள் (tiṅkaḷ) — day of the week
  • Tamil: திங்கட்கிழமை (tiṅkaṭkiḻamai) — day of the week
  • Taos: lúnąsi — day of the week
  • Tarantino: lunedìe — day of the week
  • Tatar: дүшәмбе (düşämbe) — day of the week
  • Telugu: సోమవారము (sōmavāramu) — day of the week
  • Tetum: loron-segunda — day of the week
  • Thai: วันจันทร์ (wan jan) — day of the week
  • Thai: จันทร์ (jan) — day of the week
  • Tibetan: གཟའ་ཟླ་བ (gza' zla ba) — day of the week
  • Tok Pisin: mande — day of the week
  • Tokelauan: Ahogafua — day of the week
  • Tongan: Monite — day of the week
  • Tswana: mosupologo — day of the week
  • Tumbuka: Mande — day of the week
  • Turkish: pazartesi — day of the week
  • Ottoman Turkish: پازار ایرتسی (pazar ertesi) — day of the week
  • Turkmen: duşenbe — day of the week
  • Turkmen: başgün — day of the week
  • Udmurt: вордӥськон (vordiśkon) — day of the week
  • Ukrainian: понеді́лок (ponedílok) — day of the week
  • Urdu: پِیر (pīr) — day of the week
  • Urdu: سومْوار (somvār) — day of the week
  • Urdu: دو شَن٘بَہ (do śamba) — day of the week
  • Uyghur: دۈشەنبە (düshenbe) — day of the week
  • Uzbek: dushanba — day of the week
  • Venetan: luni — day of the week
  • Vietnamese: thứ hai — day of the week
  • Vietnamese: thứ Hai — day of the week
  • Volapük: mudel — day of the week
  • Volapük: telüdel — day of the week
  • Volapük: mundel — day of the week
  • Walloon: londi — day of the week
  • Walloon: dilon — day of the week
  • Welsh: dydd Llun — day of the week
  • Winnebago: Hąąpcek — day of the week
  • Wolof: Altine — day of the week
  • Xhosa: uMvulo — day of the week
  • Yakut: бэнидиэнньик (benidienňik) — day of the week
  • Yiddish: מאָנטיק (montik) — day of the week
  • Yoruba: ọjọ́ Ajé — day of the week
  • Yup'ik: Pekyun — day of the week
  • Zazaki: dışeme (diq) — day of the week
  • Zazaki: berarek (diq) — day of the week
  • Zulu: uMsombuluko — day of the week
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