Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

first day

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.72 in modern English

Syllables
first -day
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).

name

Alternative form of First Day

name

Alternative letter-case form of First Day

Etymology

Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the pagan associations of the traditional name.

Inflected Forms

First-day (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

Second Day Third Day Fourth Day Fifth Day Sixth Day Seventh Day

Questions

What does first day mean?
Sunday (the first day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).
Where does first day come from?
Used (like also First Month in place of January, etc) to avoid the pagan associations of the traditional name.

How to pronounce first day

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