Thursday
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Thursday
- /ˈθɜːz.deɪ/ UK
- /-.di/ UK
- /ˈθɔːz.də/ Northumbria
- /ˈθɝz.deɪ/ US
- /-.di/ US
- /ˈθɘːz.dæɪ̯/ Australia
- /ˈθɵːz.dæe/ New Zealand
Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)zdeɪ, -ɜː(ɹ)zdi
Where it comes from
From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), or 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).
noun Thursdays
- 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. 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.
adverb
- On Thursday.
