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Etymology

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FromMiddle EnglishThursday,Thuresday, fromOld Englishþursdæġ,þurresdæġ(“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction ofþunresdæġ(“Thursday”, literally“Thor's day”), but more likely ofNorth Germanic origin, fromOld Norseþórsdagr; all fromProto-West Germanic*Þunras dag(“day of the thunder god”). CompareWest Frisiantongersdei,German Low GermanDunnersdag,Dutchdonderdag,GermanDonnerstag,Danishtorsdag. More atthunder,day.

Acalque of Latindiēs Iovis (diēs Jovis), via an association (interpretātiō germānica) of the godThor with the Roman god of thunderJove (Jupiter).

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Noun

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Thursday (pluralThursdays)

  2. The fifth day of theweek in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it followsWednesday and precedesFriday.
    • c.1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published1597,→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 toThurſday. /Par[is]. My Lorde I vviſhe thatThurſday vvere to morrovv.
    • 1992,Toni Morrison,Jazz, Vintage (2016), page50:
      But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort,Thursday canʼt be beat.

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Translations

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day of the week
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Adverb

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Thursday (notcomparable)

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

Translations

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on Thursday

See also

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Middle English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromOld Englishþurresdæġ,þursdæġ, late form ofþunresdæġ, fromProto-West Germanic*Þunras dag. Possibly influenced byOld Norseþórsdagr, though compare the development of early Middle Englishare fromānre.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Thursday

  1. Thursday

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