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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sunday

/ˈsʌn.deɪ/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: 4.92 in modern English

Syllables
Sun-day
IPA
/ˈsʌn.deɪ/
10
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.

noun

A newspaper published on Sunday.

Informal

noun

A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.

Informal

noun

Describes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.

Informal

noun

Describes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.

Informal

verb

To spend Sunday (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).

Informal; Intransitive verb

adv

On Sunday.

Canadian usage; American usage; Informal

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dag (literally “day of the Sun”), equivalent to sun + day, as a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321 C.E. Compare Saterland Frisian Sundai (“Sunday”), German Low German Sünndag, Dutch zondag, West Frisian snein, German Sonntag, Danish søndag, Yiddish זונטיק (zuntik).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *dʰegʷʰ-, Sonday, sunnandæġ, *Sunnōn dag, diēs Sōlis

Usage

Inflected Forms

Sundays (plural) Sundays (present, singular) Sundaying (participle, present) Sundayed (participle, past) Sundayed (past)

Derived Forms

Smonday sundae Sundaily Sundayed Sundayfied Sundayish Sundayism Sundaylike Sundayly Sundayness Sundays

Phrases

any given Sunday month of Sundays never in a month of Sundays Sunday baby Sunday beer Sunday best Sunday child Sunday Christian

Synonyms

First Day Lord's Day Sun//Sun. dominicus sun

Homonyms

sundae sandhi

Rhymes With

hyundai munday lunday monday sundae whitsunday bundy grundy sandhi undie fundie undy

Questions

How do you pronounce sunday?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsʌn.deɪ/.
What does sunday mean?
The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 standard; the Christian Sabbath; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
Where does sunday come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce sunday

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