Sunday

Meaning

Noun

1. 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; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.
2. (informal) A newspaper published on Sunday.
3. (informal) A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
4. (informal) Describes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.

Verb

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

Adv

On Sunday.

Synonyms

Lord’s Day

Sabbath

Dominicus

William Ashley Sunday

Sun

☀️

week

sunday

day of rest

holiday

Billy Sunday

on Sunday

festive

Advent

day

sabbath

Sabbath-day

dominical day

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsʌn.deɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: Sonday

Inherited from Old English: sunnandæġ

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Sundai

Cognate with Dutch: zondag

Cognate with Western Frisian: snein

Cognate with German: Sonntag

Cognate with Danish: søndag

In summary

From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ (“day of the sun”), from sunne (“sun”), + dæġ (“day”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunnōn dag, as a translation (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.

Sentences

Sunday Mirror thought Goodman was at the core of the game .