# Thursday
## English
### Etymology

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 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

* (UK) IPA: /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/, /ˈθɜːzdi/
* (US) IPA: /ˈθɝzdeɪ/, /ˈθɝzdi/ (enPR: thûrzˈ -dā, -dē)
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈθɵːzdæe/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈθɘːzdæɪ̯/
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   * Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdeɪ, -ɜː(ɹ)zdi

### Noun

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

#### Synonyms

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

#### Symbols

* T, Th, R, Θ
* ♃ (archaic)

#### Hypernyms

* day

#### Hyponyms

* Ascension Thursday
* Black Thursday
* Bounds Thursday
* Carnival Thursday
* Chare Thursday
* Chewidden Thursday
* dirty tricks Thursday
* dress-up Thursday
* Fat Thursday
* Great and Holy Thursday
* Great Thursday
* Green Thursday
* Hallow Thursday
* Holy Thursday
* Maundy Thursday
* Running Thursday
* Shear Thursday
* Sheer Thursday
* Shore Thursday
* Shorpthursday
* Shorthursday
* Shrove Thursday
* Silver Thursday
* Skire Thursday
* Skis Thursday
* Super Thursday
* White Thursday
* Whit Thursday

#### Derived terms

* Shorpthursday
* Shorthursday
* Thursday Island
* Thursdays

#### Related terms

* Thursday Dinners
* Thursday Island

#### Translations

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### Adverb

Thursday (not comparable)
* (US, Canada, informal in UK) On Thursday.

#### Translations
### See also

* days of the week (appendix): Sunday · Monday · Tuesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saturday

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* Thuresday, Thurysday, Þursday, Thoresday

### Etymology

From Old English þurresdæġ, 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: /ˈθur(i)zdæi̯/
* IPA: /ˈθyːrzdæi̯/ (Northern)

### Proper noun

Thursday
* Thursday

#### Derived terms

* Schyre Thursday

#### Descendants

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

#### References

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

### See also

* days of the week: weke-dayes (appendix): Sunnenday · Monday · Tewesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saterday