Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

second day

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.46 in modern English

Syllables: sec-ond -day
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Monday (the second day of the Judeo-Christian seven day week).

Etymology

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

Frequently Paired Words

First Day Third Day Fourth Day Fifth Day Sixth Day Seventh Day

Questions

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

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