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sundae

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.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈsʌn.deɪ/
  • /ˈsʌn.di/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: Sunday
  • rhymes with -ʌndeɪ
  • rhymes with -ʌndi
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈsuːn.deɪ/
  • General-American: /ˈsun.deɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -uːndeɪ
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH1 N D EY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of soondae (“Korean dish made with intestines”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

ice cream served with a topping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ice-cream sundae

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: frozen dessert

History

Etymology

Modification of Sunday.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

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