Thursday
Syllables: Thurs·day/ˈθɜːz.deɪ/
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Northumbria/ˈθɔːz.də/
Thursday noun: 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.
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.
- 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.c. 1591–1595 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] Romeo and Juliet. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Iohn Danter, published 1597, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]
- But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort, Thursday canʼt be beat.1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 50
Adverb
Thursday (not comparable)
- On Thursday.
Thursday meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
Thursday in Hindi
- day of the week
- गुरुवार guruvār, बृहस्पतिवार bŕhaspativār
Thursday in Tamil
- day of the week
- வியாழன் viyāḻaṉ, வியாழக்கிழமை viyāḻakkiḻamai
Thursday in Marathi
- day of the week
- गुरुवार guruvār
Thursday in Urdu
- day of the week
- جُمِعْرات jumi'rāt, پَن٘ج شَن٘بَہ pañj śamba, خمیس xamīs
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- Thursday in Bengali
- বৃহস্পতিবার brihośpotibar, বিষ্যুদবার biśśudbar
- Thursday in Telugu
- గురువారము guruvāramu
- Thursday in Malayalam
- വ്യാഴാഴ്ച vyāḻāḻca
- Thursday in Kannada
- ಗುರುವಾರ guruvāra
- Thursday in Punjabi
- ਵੀਰਵਾਰ vīrvār
- Thursday in Gujarati
- ગુરુવાર guruvār
- Thursday in Odia
- ଗୁରୁବାର gurubāra
- Thursday in Sanskrit
- गुरुवार guruvāra
- Thursday in Sinhala
- බ්රහස්පතින්දා brahaspatindā
- Thursday in Assamese
- বৃহস্পতিবাৰ brihospotibar
- Thursday in Nepali
- बिहिबार bihibār, बिहीबार bihībār
- Thursday in Pashto
- پنجشنبه panjšanbá, زيارت ورځ zyārát wráź
- Thursday in Tagalog
- Huwebes
- Thursday in Arabic
- الْخَمِيس al-ḵamīs, يَوْم الْخَمِيس yawm al-ḵamīs
- Thursday in Malay
- Khamis, Kamis, Hari Empat
- Thursday in Indonesian
- Kamis
- Thursday in Thai
- วันพฤหัสบดี wan prʉ́-hàt-sà-bɔɔ-dii, พฤหัสบดี prʉ́-hàt-sà-bɔɔ-dii
- Thursday in Vietnamese
- thứ năm
- Thursday in Myanmar
- ကြာသပတေး krasa.pa.te:
- Sindhi
- خَميِسَ xamyisa, وِسپَتِ vispati, وِرَسپَتِ viraspati
- Kashmiri
- برَٛسوار, برٛؠسوار bryasvār
- Dzongkha
- པ་སངས
Synonyms of Thursday
Forms of Thursday
| plural | Thursdays |
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Origin of Thursday
From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), or 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).
Words formed from Thursday
Phrases with Thursday
- Fat Thursday
- Holy Thursday
- Black Thursday
- Green Thursday
- Sheer Thursday
- Skire Thursday
- White Thursday
- Easter Thursday
- Maundy Thursday
- Maunday Thursday
- Thirsty Thursday
- Covenant Thursday
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Words that rhyme with Thursday
Questions about Thursday
- What does Thursday mean?
- Thursday means 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.
- What is Thursday in Hindi?
- Thursday in Hindi is गुरुवार (guruvār), बृहस्पतिवार (bŕhaspativār). See Thursday meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Thursday?
- Thursday can be a noun or an adverb.
- How do you pronounce Thursday?
- Thursday is pronounced /ˈθɜːz.deɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Thursday?
- The plural of Thursday is Thursdays.
Words near Thursday in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Thursday (page history and authors); ಗುರುವಾರ (Kannada) (page history and authors); बिहिबार (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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