Thursday

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/ or IPA: /ˈθɜːzdi/
• US IPA: /ˈθɝzdeɪ/ or IPA: /ˈθɝzdi/

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)zdeɪ, Rhymes: -ɜː(r)zdi

Origin

From Middle English, from Old English þursdæġ, þurresdæġ ("Thursday"), possibly from a contraction of Old English þunresdæġ ("Thursday", literally Thor's day), but more likely of origin, from Old Norse þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag ("Thursday"); all from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dagaz ("Thor's day"). Compare West Frisian tongersdei, Low German Dunnersdag, Dutch donderdag, German Donnerstag, Danish torsdag. More at thunder, day.

A calque of Latin dies Iovis (dies Jovis), via an association of the god Thor with the Roman god of thunder Jove (Jupiter).

Full definition of Thursday

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Adverb

1. on Thursday