Thursday

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Proper noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Adverb 1.4.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

Middle English, from Old English þursdæġ, a contraction of þunresdæġ Thor’s day. From Proto-Germanic *thonaras daga-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tene- (“‘to thunder’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈθɜ:zdeɪ/, SAMPA: /"T3:zdeI/ or IPA: /ˈθɜ:zdi/, SAMPA: /"T3:zdi/
• (US) IPA: /ˈθɝzdeɪ/, SAMPA: /"T3`zdeI/ or IPA: /ˈθɝzdi/, SAMPA: /"T3`zdi/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

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

[edit] Proper noun

Singular Thursday

Plural Thursdays

Thursday (plural Thursdays)

1. The fifth day of the week in the USA, and the fourth day of the week in Europe and in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday.

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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 Thu, Thu., Thur, Thur., Thurs, Thurs. Thursday Dinners Thursday Island Thursdays Whit Thursday

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[edit] Adverb

Thursday (not comparable)

1. on Thursday

[edit] Translations

• Irish: Déardaoin ga(ga)