how to pronounce sunday

/ˈsʌndɛɪ/

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sunday is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of sunday in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… in 1307 on palm sunday before easter …”

meanings of sunday

noun:

A newspaper published on Sunday.
A comic strip published in a Sunday newspaper.
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; the Lord's Day; it follows Saturday and precedes Monday.

verb:

To spend Sunday (at a certain place, with a certain person or people, etc.).

adverb:

On Sundays.

sunday frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word sunday occurs in english on average 93.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.