sundae

English

Etymology 1

A strawberry sundae

Modification of Sunday. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌn.deɪ/, /ˈsʌn.di/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Homophone: Sunday
• Hyphenation: sun‧dae
• Rhymes: -ʌndeɪ, -ʌndi

Noun

sundae (plural sundaes)

1. (originally US) A dessert consisting of ice cream with various toppings.
   • 2016, Kevin Morris, All Joe Knight, Grove Press, →ISBN, page 48:

     Dine-and-dashed for an ice cream sundae. I did it two or three times a month. Kept it to a hot fudge sundae—never real food or anything like that.

Derived terms

• ice cream sundae
• tin roof sundae

Descendants

• Chinese:
  • Cantonese: 新地
  • Mandarin: 聖代 / 圣代 (shèngdài)
  • Wu: 聖代 / 圣代 (⁵sen-de₆)
• → Finnish: sundae
• → Japanese: サンデー
• → Marathi: सन्डे (sanḍe)
• → Portuguese: sundae
• → Swedish: sundae
• → Thai: ซันเด (san-dee)
• → Yiddish: סאָנדיי (sondey)

Translations

ice cream dessert

• Bulgarian: ме́лба f (mélba)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 新地 (san¹ dei^6-2), 雪糕新地 (syut³ gou¹ san¹ dei^6-2)

  Mandarin: 聖代 / 圣代 (zh) (shèngdài), 新地 (xīndì)

• Czech: zmrzlinový pohár
• Finnish: jäätelöannos, sundae
• French: sundae (fr) m
• German: Eisbecher (de) m
• Japanese: サンデー (ja) (sandē), パフェ (ja) (pafe)
• Marathi: सन्डे m (sanḍe)
• Polish: sundae (pl) m
• Portuguese: sundae m
• Russian: са́ндей (ru) m (sándej)
• Swedish: sundae c
• Thai: ซันเด (san-dee)
• Vietnamese: kem mứt
• Yiddish: סאָנדיי m (sondey)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsuːn.deɪ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsun.deɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːndeɪ
• Hyphenation: sun‧dae

Noun

sundae (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of soondae (“Korean dish made with intestines”).

Further reading

• Category:sundae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Duenas, anused

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sundae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɑndei̯/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝nde̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑndei

Noun

sundae

1. sundae (ice cream dessert)

Declension

Inflection of sundae (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative		sundae	sundaet
genitive		sundaen	sundaeiden sundaeitten
partitive		sundaeta	sundaeita
illative		sundaehin sundaehen	sundaeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		sundae	sundaet
accusative	nom.	sundae	sundaet
	gen.	sundaen
genitive		sundaen	sundaeiden sundaeitten
partitive		sundaeta	sundaeita
inessive		sundaessa	sundaeissa
elative		sundaesta	sundaeista
illative		sundaehin sundaehen	sundaeihin
adessive		sundaella	sundaeilla
ablative		sundaelta	sundaeilta
allative		sundaelle	sundaeille
essive		sundaena	sundaeina
translative		sundaeksi	sundaeiksi
abessive		sundaetta	sundaeitta
instructive		—	sundaein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of sundae (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sundaeni sundaeni accusative nom. sundaeni sundaeni gen. sundaeni genitive sundaeni sundaeideni sundaeitteni partitive sundaetani sundaeitani inessive sundaessani sundaeissani elative sundaestani sundaeistani illative sundaehini sundaeheni sundaeihini adessive sundaellani sundaeillani ablative sundaeltani sundaeiltani allative sundaelleni sundaeilleni essive sundaenani sundaeinani translative sundaekseni sundaeikseni abessive sundaettani sundaeittani instructive — — comitative — sundaeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative sundaesi sundaesi accusative nom. sundaesi sundaesi gen. sundaesi genitive sundaesi sundaeidesi sundaeittesi partitive sundaetasi sundaeitasi inessive sundaessasi sundaeissasi elative sundaestasi sundaeistasi illative sundaehisi sundaehesi sundaeihisi adessive sundaellasi sundaeillasi ablative sundaeltasi sundaeiltasi allative sundaellesi sundaeillesi essive sundaenasi sundaeinasi translative sundaeksesi sundaeiksesi abessive sundaettasi sundaeittasi instructive — — comitative — sundaeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sundaemme sundaemme accusative nom. sundaemme sundaemme gen. sundaemme genitive sundaemme sundaeidemme sundaeittemme partitive sundaetamme sundaeitamme inessive sundaessamme sundaeissamme elative sundaestamme sundaeistamme illative sundaehimme sundaehemme sundaeihimme adessive sundaellamme sundaeillamme ablative sundaeltamme sundaeiltamme allative sundaellemme sundaeillemme essive sundaenamme sundaeinamme translative sundaeksemme sundaeiksemme abessive sundaettamme sundaeittamme instructive — — comitative — sundaeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative sundaenne sundaenne accusative nom. sundaenne sundaenne gen. sundaenne genitive sundaenne sundaeidenne sundaeittenne partitive sundaetanne sundaeitanne inessive sundaessanne sundaeissanne elative sundaestanne sundaeistanne illative sundaehinne sundaehenne sundaeihinne adessive sundaellanne sundaeillanne ablative sundaeltanne sundaeiltanne allative sundaellenne sundaeillenne essive sundaenanne sundaeinanne translative sundaeksenne sundaeiksenne abessive sundaettanne sundaeittanne instructive — — comitative — sundaeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative sundaensa sundaensa accusative nom. sundaensa sundaensa gen. sundaensa genitive sundaensa sundaeidensa sundaeittensa partitive sundaetaan sundaetansa sundaeitaan sundaeitansa inessive sundaessaan sundaessansa sundaeissaan sundaeissansa elative sundaestaan sundaestansa sundaeistaan sundaeistansa illative sundaehinsa sundaehensa sundaeihinsa adessive sundaellaan sundaellansa sundaeillaan sundaeillansa ablative sundaeltaan sundaeltansa sundaeiltaan sundaeiltansa allative sundaelleen sundaellensa sundaeilleen sundaeillensa essive sundaenaan sundaenansa sundaeinaan sundaeinansa translative sundaekseen sundaeksensa sundaeikseen sundaeiksensa abessive sundaettaan sundaettansa sundaeittaan sundaeittansa instructive — — comitative — sundaeineen sundaeinensa

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sundae.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.dej/ [ˈsɐ̃.deɪ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.dɐj/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.dɐj/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.dej/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.dej/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈsɐ̃.de/

• Hyphenation: sun‧dae

Noun

sundae m (plural sundaes)

1. sundae (ice cream dessert)

Further reading

• “sundae”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sundae”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “sundae”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “sundae”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026