Sunday
The first day of the week in many religious traditions, and the seventh day of the…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.
» I am never free on Sundays.
Я по воскресеньям никогда не бываю свободна. — Wezel
Я никогда не бываю свободен по воскресеньям. — marafon
У мене ніколи немає вільного часу по неділях. — deniko
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5 sensesThe 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
(informal)A newspaper published on Sunday.
(informal)A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
(attributive, informal)Describes someone who does something occasionally or casually, and therefore without skill.
(attributive, informal)Describes something particularly fine and elegant, particularly something that could be worn to or used at church.
- United States evangelist (1862-1935)
- first day of the week; observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians
Examples
245 sentencesI am never free on Sundays.
У мене ніколи немає вільного часу по неділях. — deniko
ruЯ по воскресеньям никогда не бываю свободна. — Wezel
I'm never at home on Sundays.
Я нiколи не буваю вдома в недiлю. — rmdas
ruЯ никогда не бываю дома в воскресенье. — odexed
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
What do you do on Sundays?
Що ти робиш у неділю? — deniko
ruЧто вы делаете по воскресеньям? — afyodor
deWas machst du sonntags? — Dejo
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
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Origin
From Middle English Sonday, from Old English sunnandæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Sunnōn dFrom 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: SundaysSynonyms
8 synonyms- 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 wordsCollocations
3 patterns- home on sundays
- work on sundays
- open on sundays
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary 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.