Thursday

== English == === 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 === (UK) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθɜːz.deɪ/, /-.di/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /ˈθɔːz.də/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈθɝz.deɪ/, /-.di/ (enPR: thûrzˈ -dā, -dē) (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈθɘːz.dæɪ̯/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈθɵːz.dæe/ Hyphenation: Thurs‧day 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. Synonym: (Quakerism) Fifth Day ==== Synonyms ==== Thu, Thu., Thur, Thur., Thurs, Thurs. (abbreviations) ==== Symbols ==== T, Th, R, Θ ♃ (archaic) ==== Hypernyms ==== day ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== Thursday Dinners Thursday Island ==== Translations ==== === 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 [edit] == Middle English == === Alternative forms === Thoresday, Thuresday, Thurysday, Þursday === 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) === Noun === Thursday Thursday (fifth day of the week) ==== Derived terms ==== Schyre Thursday ==== Descendants ==== English: Thursday Middle Scots: Thursday, Thurisday Scots: Fuirsday, Foorsday Yola: Thorsdei ==== References ==== “Thūres-dai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === See also === days of the week: wykedayes (appendix): Sonday · Monday · Tewesday · Wednesday · Thursday · Friday · Saterday [edit]