sunday

CEFRA1

/ˈsʌn.deɪ/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The day of the week after Saturday and before Monday.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.

Examples

  • I work even on Sunday.

  • Must you work on Sunday?

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
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noun

Extra meaning

  1. A newspaper published on Sunday.

More examples

In context

  • We work every day except Sunday.

  • 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...

  • Every day is like Sunday / Every day is silent and grey

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Origin

noun

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.