Monday

Mon-day · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The day of the week before Tuesday and following Sunday.

  2. 2.

    (informal) The start of the work week.

Forms

plural: Mondays

Related words

See also: Tuesday, day, week

Etymology

From Old English "monandaeg" meaning "day of the moon," a translation of Latin "lunae dies." The day was named after the moon in many Indo-European languages, following the Roman practice of naming days after celestial bodies.