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-Germanic *Þunras dagaz (“Thor's day”). 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/ or IPA^(key): /ˈθɜːzdi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈθɝzdeɪ/ or IPA^(key): /ˈθɝzdi/
• (General New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈθɵːzdæe/

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdeɪ, Rhymes: -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.

• Thu, Thu., Thur, Thur., Thurs, Thurs.

• 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]}

• Thuresday, Þursday, Thurysday

From Old English þūresdæġ, þursdæġ, forms of þunresdæġ influenced by Old Norse þórsdagr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈθuːr(ə)zdɛi/, /ˈθur(ə)zdɛi/

Thursday

1. Thursday

• Schyre Thursday

• English: Thursday

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