Thursday

From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), but more likely of North Germanic origin, from Old Norse þórsdagr; 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)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθɜːz.deɪ/, /-.di/

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  • (Northumbria) IPA^(key): /ˈθɔːz.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθɝz.deɪ/, /-.di/ (enPR: thûrzˈ -dā, -dē)

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈθɘːz.dæɪ̯/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˈθɵːz.dæe/
• Hyphenation: Thurs‧day
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdeɪ, -ɜː(ɹ)zdi

• Thersday (obsolete)

Thursday (plural Thursdays)

2. 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.

   Synonym: (Quakerism) Fifth Day

   • c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [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.

   • 2024 July 25, Devan Cole, “Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.

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

• T, Th, R, Θ
• ♃ (archaic)

• day

• Thursday Dinners
• Thursday Island

Thursday (not comparable)

1. (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Thursday.

• days of the week (appendix): Sunday · Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday ^[edit]

• Thoresday, Thuresday, Thurysday, Þursday

From Old English þuresdæġ, 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)zdæi̯/
• IPA^(key): /ˈθyːrzdæi̯/ (Northern)

Thursday

1. Thursday (fifth day of the week)

• Schyre Thursday

• English: Thursday
• Middle Scots: Thursday, Thurisday
  • Scots: Fuirsday, Foorsday
• Yola: Thorsdei

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

• days of the week: wykedayes (appendix): Sonday · Monday · Tewesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saterday ^[edit]