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sunday
English
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Week-day names
Etymology
en ine-pro *dʰegʷʰ-
From en enm Sonday, from en ang sunnandæġ, from en gmw-pro *Sunnōn dag day of the Sun, equivalent to en sun day, as a calque (la interpretātiō germānica) of en la diēs Sōlis; declared the "venerable day of the sun" by Roman Emperor Constantine on March 7, 321
Compare stq Sundai Sunday, nds-de Sünndag, nl zondag, fy snein, de Sonntag, da søndag, yi זונטיק.
Pronunciation
sŭnʹdā sŭnʹdē, en /ˈsʌn.deɪ/ /ˈsʌn.di/
en En-uk-Sunday.ogg UK
en en-us-Sunday.ogg US
en /ˈsʊn.deɪ/ Northern England
en /ˈsʊn.də/ Northumbria
en sundae sandhi
en Sun day
en ʌndeɪ ʌndi 2
Noun
en Q132The 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.
en First Day<q:Quakerism> Lord's Day Sun//Sun.<q:abbreviations>
en 1988 w:Morrissey w:Viva Hate w:Everyday Is Like Sunday Every day is like Sunday / Every day is silent and grey
en 2012-06-19 w:Phil McNulty England 1-0 Ukraine w:BBC Sport http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18181971 And after missing a simple header in the first half, the Manchester United striker ensured England topped Group D to set up a quarter-final meeting with Italy in Kiev on Sunday. https://web.archive.org/web/20200724140306/https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/18181971
Daniel Burke How Pete Buttigieg found God https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/politics/pete-buttigieg-religious-journey 2019-08-16 But on that Sunday it was filled with Episcopalians from around the country who had traveled to South Bend to attend his campaign launch. https://web.archive.org/web/20211022035759/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/16/politics/pete-buttigieg-religious-journey/
en informal A newspaper published on Sunday.
en 1974 John le Carré Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy I gave him the switchboard with my love, went down to the Savoy for breakfast and read the Sundays.
en informal A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
en 2017 Mark Arnold Pocket Full of Dennis the Menace It just wasn't his thing, although he did beautiful Sundays for however long he did them. So as soon as he could, he hired someone to do the Sundays. Karen and I would do some dailies, but we were the Sunday artists.
en informal attributive Describes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.
en 2010-11-09 Rosemary Wells On the Blue Comet Candlewick Press 9780763654191 113 Your face is the color of a Sunday swimmer who swallowed half the pool.
en 2010-03-30 Lance Armstrong Every Second Counts Random House 9781407064079 51 My limbs felt hollow, empty. Empty, empty, empty. A Sunday cyclist on a casual ride could have passed me.
en 2010-12-15 Peter Everett Matisse's War Random House 9781446412206 Below, a Sunday painter dabs at a canvas near the Pont Neuf, his suit as natty as any Landru wore. He tilts his bowler hat and steps back to view his efforts. 'What is a Sunday painter?' Matisse says aloud. 'When we start, we are all Sunday painters.'
en 2016-01-18 Renars Sidrabs Memoirs of a Drunk Xlibris Corporation 9781514447765 If he even tries it, then his addiction will take over again. An alcoholic can never become a “Sunday drinker”.
en informal attributive Describes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.
en 2002 Emanuel Zeylmans Willem Zeylmans Van Emmichoven: An Inspiration for Anthroposophy : a Biography Temple Lodge Publishing 9781902636351 9 His father replies with a special tone of voice (his Sunday voice', which he also used for reading fairy tales): 'That is about the tragedy of human beings!'
en 2010 Marion Houldsworth The Morning Side of the Hill Boolarong Press 9781921555473 150 It landed on the wire mesh in front of me, thrust its thin, monkey-arm through the wire, seized my Sunday hat, blue satin ribbons, rosettes and all, and squealing in triumph made off with it, leaping and bounding, to the top of the monkey-tree.
en 2011-04-29 Tommy Chamberlain A Spoon Full of Sugar iUniverse 9781462001408 6 On the day of the show I decided to wear my good blue Sunday suit, even though Ms. Arnoldi had prescribed flannel shirts, boots, and jeans for all the boys.
Symbols
en S, en Su
mul ☉ archaic
Hypernyms
en day
Hyponyms
en Albless Sunday Alb Sunday Antipascha Sunday Ascension Sunday Black Sunday Bloody Sunday Branch Sunday cannonball Sunday Cantate Sunday Care Sunday Carling Sunday Chestnut Sunday Christmas Sunday Cold Sunday Communion Sunday Divine Mercy Sunday Easter Sunday Expectation Sunday Fast Sunday Fig Sunday Flowering Sunday Garland Sunday Gaudete Sunday God's Sunday Good Shepherd Sunday Greasy Sunday Hall' Sunday Hospital Sunday Jerusalem Sunday Jubilate Sunday Judica Sunday Justice Sunday Laetare Sunday Low Sunday Mid-fast Sunday Mid-Lent Sunday Mothering Sunday Oculi Sunday Palm Sunday Passion Sunday Pentecost Sunday Plough Sunday Quadragesima Sunday Quasimodo Sunday Quinquagesima Sunday Racial Justice Sunday Refreshment Sunday Remembrance Sunday Reminiscere Sunday Renewal Sunday Rogate Sunday Rogation Sunday rope yarn Sunday Rorate Sunday Rose Sunday Rush-bearing Sunday Saint Sunday Scout Sunday Second Sunday of Easter Seedy Sunday Selection Sunday Septuagesima Sunday Sexagesima Sunday Shrove Sunday six ways to Sunday St. Thomas Sunday Stir-up Sunday Suicide Sunday Super Bowl Sunday Super Sunday Tap-up Sunday Thomas Sunday Tradition Sunday Trinity Sunday Vocations Sunday Wentsunday Whit Sunday White Sunday Whitsunday World Communion Sunday
Derived terms
en any given Sunday month of Sundays never in a month of Sundays Smonday sundae Sundaily Sunday baby Sunday beer Sunday best Sunday child Sunday Christian Sunday church Sunday closing law Sunday clothes Sunday comics Sunday Creek Sunday dinner Sunday driver Sunday face Sunday funnies Sunday gravy Sunday in Sexagesima Sunday joint Sunday law Sunday letter Sunday lunch Sunday man Sunday motorist Sunday observance Sunday out Sunday painter Sunday paper Sunday punch Sunday roast Sunday saint Sunday salt Sunday scaries Sunday school Sunday shopping Sunday strip Sunday supplement Sunday throat Sunday trading Sunday Trading Act Sunday within the Octave of Christmas Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes Sunday-go-to-meeting Sunday-going Sunday's best Sunday's child Sunday's daughter Sundayed Sundayfied Sundayish Sundayism Sundaylike Sundayly Sundayness Sundays<pos:adverb> week of Sundays what wins on Sunday sells on Monday when two Sundays come together when two Sundays meet
Descendants
fpe sɔ́nde
srn sonde
tpi sande
cho Sʋnti 1
1 kla sandi
1 lg sande
Translations
day of the week
Abkhaz: ab амҽыша
Afrikaans: af Sondag
Aghwan: xag 𐕚𐔰𐕐𐔰𐕌𐔱𐔰𐕜
Akan: ak Kwasiada
Alabama: akz nihtahollo, akz nihta istontòklo
Albanian: sq e dielë f, sq e diel f
Alutiiq: ems Agayuneq
American Sign Language: ase 5@SideNoseHigh-PalmForward-5@SideNoseHigh-PalmForward RoundMidline-RoundMidline 5@SideChesthigh-PalmForward-5@SideChesthigh-PalmForward
Amharic: am እሑድ
Arabic: ar الْأَحَد m, ar يَوْم الْأَحَد m
Egyptian Arabic: arz الحد m el-ḥad
Hijazi Arabic: acw الأحد m al-ʔaḥad
Moroccan Arabic: ary الحد
South Levantine Arabic: ajp الأحد il-ʔaḥad, ajp الحد il-ḥadd, ajp يوم الأحد yōm il-ʔaḥad
Aramaic: arc חדבשבא
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܚܕܒܫܒܐ ḳošaba
Classical Syriac: syc ܚܕܒܫܒܐ, syc ܚܕ ܒܫܒܐ m ḥāḏbəšabbā, syc ܚܕܐ ܒܫܒܐ f ḥəḏābəšabbā, syc ܝܘܡܐ ܕܚܕ m yawmā dəḥāḏ, syc ܒܝܬ ܫܒܘܥܬܐ m bayṯ šāḇōʿtā
Armenian: hy կիրակի
Old Armenian: xcl կիւրակէ, xcl միաշաբաթի
Aromanian: rup Duminicã f, rup Dumãnicã f, rup Dumeniche f, rup Dumenãche f
Assamese: as দেওবাৰ, as ৰবিবাৰ
Asturian: ast domingu m
Avar: av гьатӏан
Azerbaijani: az bazar
Balinese: ban redité
Bangi: bni eyenga
Banjarese: bjn Ahat
Bashkir: ba йәкшәмбе
Basque: eu igande
Bats: bbl კვირაჸო კვირაჸო̆
Belarusian: be нядзе́ля f
Bengali: bn রবিবার
Bhojpuri: bho एतवार
Bikol:
Central Bikol: bcl Domingo
Blackfoot: bla naatoyiksistsiko
Breton: br Sul m, br disul adverb
Buginese: bug duminggu
Bulgarian: bg неде́ля f
Burmese: my တနင်္ဂနွေ
Carpathian Rusyn: rue недї́ля f
Catalan: ca diumenge m
Cebuano: ceb Dominggo
Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⴰⵛⴻⵔ
Chechen: ce кӏиранде
Cherokee: chr ᎤᎾᏙᏓᏆᏍᎬᎢ
Chichewa: ny Lasabata, ny Lamulungu
Chickasaw: cic Nittak Hollo', cic Nittak Ishtontoklo'
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 星期日 sing1 kei4 jat6, yue 禮拜日 lai5 baai3 jat6
Dungan: dng щинчижы, dng либэтян, dng екшанбэ
Hokkien: nan-hbl 禮拜日 lé-pài-ji̍t, lé-pài-li̍t, nan-hbl 禮拜 lé-pài
Mandarin: cmn 星期日 xīngqīrì formal, cmn 星期天 xīngqītiān informal, cmn 禮拜日 lǐbàirì, cmn 禮拜天 colloquial, cmn 礼拜天 lǐbàitiān, cmn 周日 zhōurì
Chuukese: chk Raninfen
Chuvash: cv вырсарникун
Circassian:
East Circassian: kbd
West Circassian: ady
Cornish: kw Sul, kw de Sul, kw dy'Sul
Corsican: co dumenica f
Cree:
Atikamekw: atj manactakaniwon
Crimean Tatar: crh bazar
Czech: cs neděle f
Dakota: dak Aŋpetuwakaŋ
Danish: da søndag c
Dhivehi: dv އާދިއްތަ
Dutch: nl zondag m
Dzongkha: dz ཟླ་བ
Elfdalian: ovd sunndag m
Emilian: egl dmanndga f
Erzya: myv таргочи, myv недлячи
Esperanto: eo dimanĉo
Estonian: et pühapäev
Ewe: ee Kɔsiɖagbe n
Farefare: gur Lasrɩ daarɛ
Faroese: fo sunnudagur m
Fijian: fj Siga Tabu
Finnish: fi sunnuntai
French: fr dimanche m
Frisian:
North Frisian:
Föhr-Amrum: frr söndai
Mooring: frr saandi
Sylt: frr Sendai
West Frisian: fy snein c
Friulian: fur domenie f
Fula:
Adlam: ff 𞤁𞤫𞤱𞤮, ff 𞤀𞤤𞤫𞤼
Latin: ff Dewo, ff Alet
Galician: gl domingo m
Georgian: ka კვირადღე, ka კვირა
German: de Sonntag m
Bavarian: bar Sunnda m
Gothic: got 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐍃 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂𐍃𐌰𐌱𐌱𐌰𐍄𐌴 m
Greek: el Κυριακή f
Greenlandic: kl sapaat
Guarani:
Paraguayan Guarani: gug arateĩ
Guianese Creole: gcr dimanch
Gujarati: gu રવિવાર m, gu દિતવાર m
Haitian Creole: ht dimanch
Hausa: ha Lahadi
Hawaiian: haw Lāpule
Hebrew: he יוֹם רִאשׁוֹן m yom rishón, he יוֹם א' m yom álef
Hiligaynon: hil Domingo
Hindi: hi रविवार m, hi इतवार m, hi एतवार m, hi आदित्यवार m, hi भानुवार m, hi सूर्यवार m
Hungarian: hu vasárnap
Icelandic: is sunnudagur m
Ido: io sundio
Indonesian: id Minggu, id Ahad
Ingrian: izh pyhä
Ingush: inh кӏиранди
Interlingua: ia dominica
Inuktitut: iu ᓈᑦᑏᖑᔭ
Irish: ga Domhnach m
Italian: it domenica f
Japanese: ja 日曜日 にちようび, nichiyōbi, ja 日曜 にちよう, nichiyō
Javanese: jv ꦫꦢꦶꦠꦾ
Kalmyk: xal нарн өдр
Kannada: kn ಭಾನುವಾರ
Karajá: kpj nobiku women's speech, kpj nobiu men's speech
Karelian: krl pyhäpäivy
Kashmiri: ks آتھوار
Kashubian: csb niedzela f
Kazakh: kk жексенбі
Khmer: km ថ្ងៃអាទិត្យ
Klamath-Modoc: kla sandi
Kongo: kg Lumbu kia lumingu
Korean: ko 일요일(日曜日), ko 일요(日曜)
Kumyk: kum къаттыгюн
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ckb یەکشەم, ckb یەکشەمە
Northern Kurdish: kmr yekşem, kmr yekşeme
Kyrgyz: ky жекшемби
Ladin: lld domenia f
Ladino: lad alhad m, lad Alhát m
Lakota: lkt Aŋpétu Wakȟáŋ, lkt Aŋpétu Šakówiŋ
Lao: lo ວັນອາທິດ, lo ອາທິດ
Latgalian: ltg svātdīne f
Latin: la diēs Sōlis, la diēs Dominicus
Latvian: lv svētdiena f
Laz: lzz ბჟაჩხა, lzz მჟორაჩხა
Lezgi: lez базар, lez гьяд
Ligurian: lij domenega
Limburgish: li zönjig m, li zóndig m, li zónjig m
Lingala: ln eyenga, ln lomingo
Lithuanian: lt sekmadienis m
Livonian: liv pivāpǟva
Lombard: lmo domenica f
Louisiana Creole: lou dimansh
Low German:
Dutch Low Saxon: nds-nl zundag m
German Low German: nds-de Sünndag m
Westphalian: nds-de Ssundag m
Münsterländisch: nds-de Sunndag m
Paderbornisch: nds-de Sunndag m
Sauerländisch: nds-de Sundag m
Lü: khb ᦞᧃᦑᦲᧆ
Luganda: lg sande
Luxembourgish: lb Sonnden m, lb Sonndeg m
Macedonian: mk не́дела f
Makasar: mak aha
Malay:
Jawi: ms هاري احد, ms احد, ms هاري ميڠݢو, ms ميڠݢو
Rumi: ms hari Ahad, ms Ahad, ms hari Minggu, ms Minggu
Malayalam: ml ഞായര്
Maltese: mt il-Ħadd m
Manchu: mnc ᡧᡠᠨ ᡠᠰᡳᠩᡤᡳ
Manx: gv Jedoonee f, gv Doonaght m
Māori: mi Rātapu
Mapudungun: arn domingu antü
Marathi: mr रविवार m
Mari:
Eastern Mari: mhr рушарня
Western Mari: mrj рушӓрня
Mauritian Creole: mfe dimans
Mingrelian: xmf ჟაშხა
Mirandese: mwl demingo m
Mizo: lus Pathianni, lus Chawlhni
Mòcheno: mhn sunta m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn ням written, mn бүтэн сайн өдөр spoken, mn гарагийн өдөр China
Mongolian script: mn ᠨᠢᠮᠠ, mn ᠪᠦᠲᠦᠨ ᠰᠠᠢᠢᠨ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ, mn ᠭᠠᠷᠠᠭ ᠦᠨ ᠡᠳᠦᠷ
Navajo: nv Damį́įgo, nv Damóo
Neapolitan: nap dumméneca
Nepali: ne आइतबार, ne रविवार
Niuean: niu Aho Tapu
Norman: nrf dîmmaunche m France, nrf desmanche m Guernsey, nrf Dînmanche m Jersey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb søndag m
Nynorsk: nn sundag m, nn søndag m
Occitan: oc dimenge m
Odia: or ରବିବାର
Ojibwe: oj anamaʼe-giizhigad
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu недѣлꙗ f
Glagolitic: cu ⱀⰵⰴⱑⰾⱑ f nedělja
Old East Slavic: orv недѣлꙗ f
Old English: ang sunnandæġ m
Old Norse: non sunnudagr m
Old Prussian: prg nadīli f
Oromo: om Dilbata
Ossetian: os хуцаубон Digor, os хуыцаубон Iron
Pahari-Potwari: phr اتوار itvār m
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk нєдзеля f
Papiamentu: pap diadomingu
Pashto: ps يکشنبه f yakšanbá, ps اتبار m itbār
Pennsylvania German: pdc Sunndaag m
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira یِکشَنْبِه
Picard: pcd diminche m
Piedmontese: pms duminica f
Plautdietsch: pdt Sindach m, pdt Sinndag m
Polish: pl niedziela f
Portuguese: pt domingo m
Punjabi: pa ਐਤਵਾਰ
Quechua: qu dumingu, qu intichaw
Rapa Nui: rap mahana tāpati
Réunion Creole French: rcf dimans
Romani: rom kurko m, rom purano kurko m o purano kurko
Romanian: ro duminică f
Romansh: rm dumengia f, rm dumeingia f
Russian: ru воскресе́нье n, ru неде́ля f archaic
Rwanda-Rundi: rw Kwamungu
Sami:
Inari Sami: smn pasepeivi
Kildin Sami: sjd пассьпе̄ййв
Northern Sami: se sotnabeavi
Northern Sami: se sotnabeaivi
Skolt Sami: sms pâʹsspeiʹvv
Samoan: sm Aso Sa
Sanskrit: sa रविवार m, sa आदित्यवारम् m, sa भानुवार m
Sardinian: sc domiga, sc dumínica, sc domìniga f, sc domigu m
Scots: sco Sunday
Scottish Gaelic: gd Didòmhnaich m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh недеља f, sh недјеља f
Latin: sh nedelja f, sh nedjelja f
Seychellois Creole: crs dimans
Shona: sn Svondo
Sicilian: scn duminica f, scn dumìnica f, scn duminicadìa f
Silesian: szl niydziela f
Sindhi: sd آچَرُ āčaru
Sinhalese: si ඉරිදා
Slovak: sk nedeľa f
Slovene: sl nedélja f
Somali: so axad
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb njeźela f
Upper Sorbian: hsb njedźela f
Sotho: st Sontaha
Southern Altai: alt воскресен, alt кудайдыҥ кӱни
Spanish: es domingo m
Sranan Tongo: srn sonde
Subanen:
Lapuyan Subanun: laa Duminggu
Svan: sva მიშლადეღ, sva მი̄შ, sva ნაგზი
Swahili: sw Jumapili
Swazi: ss lí-Sontfo
Swedish: sv söndag c
Sylheti: syl ꠞꠛꠤꠛꠣꠞ, syl ꠞꠂꠛ꠆ꠛꠣꠞ
Tabasaran: tab базар
Tagalog: tl Linggo, tl Dominggo
Tahitian: ty Tapati, ty Sabati, ty Mahana Tapu
Tajik: tg якшанбе
Tamil: ta ஞாயிறு, ta ஞாயிற்றுக்கிழமை
Taos: twf tumį́ku
Tarantino: roa-tar dumèneche
Tatar: tt якшәмбе
Tausug: tsg Ahad
Telugu: te ఆదివారం, te రవివారము
Tetum: tet loron-domingu
Thai: th วันอาทิตย์ wan aa-tít, th อาทิตย์
Northern Thai: nod
Tibetan: bo གཟའ་ཉི་མ
Tigrinya: ti ሰንበት
Tok Pisin: tpi sande
Tokelauan: tkl Ahohā
Tongan: to Sapate
Tswana: tn tshipi
Tumbuka: tum Sabata
Turkish: tr pazar
Turkmen: tk ýekşenbe, tk dynçgün
Udmurt: udm арнянунал, udm арня
Ukrainian: uk неді́ля f
Urdu: ur اِتْوَار m, ur رَوِیوار m, ur ایتْوَار m, ur یَک شَنْبَہ m, ur یَومُ الْاَحَد m yaumu l-ahad
Ushojo: ush اتوار itwār
Uyghur: ug يەكشەنبە
Uzbek: uz yakshanba
Vai: vai ꗓꔕ Sɔ́nde
Venetan: vec doménega f
Veps: vep
Vietnamese: vi Chủ nhật, vi Chúa nhật Christianity
Volapük: vo sudel, vo balüdel, vo soldel
Võro: vro pühäpäiv
Votic: vot
Walloon: wa dimegne f
Welsh: cy dydd Sul m
Winnebago: win Haramįhe Hąąp
Wolaytta: wal Woggaa
Wolof: wo Dibéer, wo Dimas
Xhosa: xh iCawe
Yakan: yka Ahad
Yakut: sah баскыһыанньа
Yiddish: yi זונטיק m
Yup'ik: esu Agayuneq
Zazaki: zza bazar, zza kırê, zza yewşeme
Zulu: zu iSonto
newspaper
Bulgarian: bg неделен вестник m
Finnish: fi sunnuntainumero
French: fr presse dominicale f
Japanese: ja 日曜版 nichiyōban
Verb
en intransitive informal To spend en Sunday Q132 (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).
en 1910 w:Arthur B. Reeve The Silent Bullet III http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks/c00054.txt I waded through accounts of new calves and colts, new fences and barns, who “Sundayed” with his brother, etc., and soon had a list of all the cases in that part of the country.
en 1944 w:Emily Carr w:The House of All Sorts Kipling http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100121.txt The dogs and I were Sundaying on the garden lawn.
2016, Brian Finnegan, “Your Sunday Best,” in totallydublin.ie,
When we’re Sundaying in the city, I like nothing better than to roll out of bed and head straight for Noshington on the corner of South Circular Road and Washington Street, for one of their hugely satisfying weekend brunch options.
Adverb
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en US Canada informal _ in _ UK On en Sunday Q132.
Translations
on Sunday
Bulgarian: bg в неделя
Dutch: nl 's zondags, nl zondags
Esperanto: eo dimanĉe
Finnish: fi sunnuntaina
French: fr dimanche
Georgian: ka კვირას, ka კვირაობით
German: de sonntags
Greek: el κυριακάτικα
Irish: ga Dé Domhnaigh
Latin: la dominica
Latvian: lv svētdien
Manx: gv Jedoonee
Pennsylvania German: pdc Sunndaag
Portuguese: pt no domingo, pt domingueiro, pt dominical
Romanian: ro duminică, ro duminica
Slovak: sk v nedeľu
Turkish: tr pazar
Volapük: vo sudelo, vo balüdelo, vo soldelo
Welsh: cy ddydd Sul
See also