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Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

Noun

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, [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:
      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.

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Adverb

Thursday (not comparable)

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

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Middle English

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Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈθur(i)zdæi̯/
  • IPA(key): /ˈθyːrzdæi̯/ (Northern)

Proper noun

Thursday

  1. Thursday

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Descendants

  • English: Thursday
  • Scots: Forsday, Försday
  • Yola: Thorsdei

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