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 þōrsdagr or Old Danish þūrsdag (“Thursday”); all from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dagaz (“Thor's day”). 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(key): /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/ or IPA(key): /ˈθɜːzdi/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈθɝzdeɪ/ or IPA(key): /ˈθɝzdi/
- (General New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈθɵːzdæe/
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- Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdeɪ, Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)zdi
Noun
Thursday (plural Thursdays)
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Ascension Thursday
- Black Thursday
- Bounds Thursday
- Carnival Thursday
- Chare 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
- Whit Thursday
Derived terms
- Shorpthursday
- Shorthursday
- Thursdays
Related terms
Translations
day of the week
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Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
- Thuresday, Þursday, Thurysday
Etymology
From Old English þūresdæġ, þursdæġ, forms of þunresdæġ influenced by Old Norse þórsdagr.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈθuːr(ə)zdɛi/, /ˈθur(ə)zdɛi/
Noun
Thursday
- Thursday
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: Thursday
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