Meaning

5 senses
  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; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.

    Sonntag

    воскресе́ньеvoskresénʹje, неде́ляnedélja

    неді́ляnedílja

  2. (informal)A newspaper published on Sunday.

  3. (informal)A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.

  4. (attributive, informal)Describes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.

  5. (attributive, informal)Describes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.

More definitions
  • United States evangelist (1862-1935)
  • first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians

Examples

245 sentences
  1. I am never free on Sundays.

    У мене ніколи немає вільного часу по неділях. — deniko

    ruЯ по воскресеньям никогда не бываю свободна. — Wezel

  2. I'm never at home on Sundays.

    Я нiколи не буваю вдома в недiлю. — rmdas

    ruЯ никогда не бываю дома в воскресенье. — odexed

  3. I'm not always free on Sundays.

    Я не завжди вільний по неділях. — deniko

    ruЯ не всегда свободен по воскресеньям. — marafon

    deIch habe sonntags nicht immer frei. — Yorwba

  4. What do you do on Sundays?

    Що ти робиш у неділю? — deniko

    ruЧто вы делаете по воскресеньям? — afyodor

    deWas machst du sonntags? — Dejo

  5. He's always at home on Sundays.

    Він завжди вдома у неділю. — deniko

    ruПо воскресеньям он всегда дома. — marafon

    deSonntags ist er immer zuhause. — Manfredo

Translations

9 languages
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Origin

From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn d

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.

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Forms

plural: Sundays
SingularSunday
PluralSundays

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • United States evangelist (1862-1935):Billy SundayWilliam Ashley Sunday
  • first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians:Lord-ap-s DayDominicusSun

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsundae

Collocations

3 patterns
  • home on sundays
  • work on sundays
  • open on sundays

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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