Monday
Mon·day/ˈmʌn.deɪ/noun, adverb
Monday is spelled M-O-N-D-A-Y: 6 letters and 2 syllables (Mon·day). It appears 63 times per million words in written English, the 1,668th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Monday means “The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Monday is Mondays.
How many letters and syllables are in Monday?
| Letters | 6: M-O-N-D-A-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: Mon·day |
| In writing | 63 times per million words; the 1,668th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Monday?
Monday appears 63 times per million words in written English, the 1,668th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Monday?
- /ˈmʌn.deɪ/
- /ˈmʌn.di/
- /ˈmʊn.deɪ/
Monday has 2 syllables, split Mon·day in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-uk-Monday.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Back_ache-Monday.wav, En-us-Monday.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of Monday
- Mondays plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Monday mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The second day of the week in many religious traditions, and the first day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm. It follows Sunday and precedes Tuesday.
adverb
- 1
CanadaUSinformalOn Monday.
We've worked out the schedule for Easter week: we'll be shopping Monday.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Monday in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | lundi |
| German | Montag , am Montag |
| Portuguese | segunda-feira, segunda |
| Spanish | lunes |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does Monday come from?
From Middle English Monday, Monenday, from Old English mōnandæġ (“day of the moon”), from Proto-West Germanic *mānini dag, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Lūnae, equivalent to Moon + day. See also Japanese 月曜日 (“Moon's day”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).