Thursday

From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þurresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag (“Thursday”); all from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag (“day of the thunder god”). Compare West Frisian tongersdei, German Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag, Danish torsdag. More at thunder, day.

A calque of Latin diēs Iovis (diēs Jovis), via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the god Thor with the Roman god of thunder Jove (Jupiter).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/, /ˈθɜːzdi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈθɝzdeɪ/, /ˈθɝzdi/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈθɵːzdæe/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈθɘːzdæɪ̯/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdeɪ, -ɜː(ɹ)zdi

Thursday (plural Thursdays)

1. The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.
   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, OCLC 503903918, [Act III, scene iv]:

     Cap[ulet]. […] If vve ſhould reuell much, therefore vve vvill haue / Some halfe a dozen frends and make no more adoe. / But vvhat ſay you to Thurſday. / Par[is]. My Lorde I vviſhe that Thurſday vvere to morrovv.

   • 1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 50:

     But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort, Thursday canʼt be beat.

• R, T, Thu, Thu., Thur, Thur., Thurs, Thurs. (abbreviations)

• day

• Shorpthursday
• Shorthursday
• Thursdays

• Thursday Dinners
• Thursday Island

Thursday (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada) on Thursday

• (days of the week) day of the week; Sunday,‎ Monday,‎ Tuesday,‎ Wednesday,‎ Thursday,‎ Friday,‎ Saturday ^{(Category: en:Days of the week) [edit]}

• thoresday, Thuresday, Thurysday, Þursday

From Old English þurresdæġ, þursdæġ, late form of þunresdæġ, from Proto-West Germanic *Þunras dag. Possibly influenced by Old Norse þórsdagr, though compare the development of early Middle English are from ānre.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθur(i)zdɛi̯/

Thursday

1. Thursday

• Schyre Thursday

• English: Thursday
• Scots: Fuirsday
• Yola: thorsdei

• “Thūres-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

• (days of the week) weke-dayes; Sunnenday, Monday, Tewesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saterday ^{(Category: enm:Days of the week)}