quinta-feira

See also: quinta feira

Mirandese

Etymology

From Ecclesiastical Latin quīnta fēria (“Thursday”, literally “fifth weekday”).

Noun

quinta-feira f (plural quintas-feiras)

1. Thursday (day between Wednesday and Friday)

See also

• days of the week (appendix): demingo~deimingo · segunda · terça~tércia · quarta · quinta · sesta · sábado ^[edit]

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese quinta feira (“Thursday”), from Ecclesiastical Latin quīnta fēria (“Thursday”, literally “fifth weekday”); displaced earlier joves. Compare Galician quinta feira and Mirandese quinta-feira.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkĩ.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌkĩ.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkĩ.tɐˈfe(j).ɾɐ/ [ˌkĩ.tɐˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌkĩ.taˈfe(j).ɾa/ [ˌkĩ.taˈfe(ɪ̯).ɾa]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkĩ.tɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkĩ.tɐˈfɐj.ɾɐ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkĩ.tɐˈfej.ɾɐ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkĩ.tɐˈfej.ɾɐ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌkĩ.tɐˈfe.ɾɐ/

• Hyphenation: quin‧ta-‧fei‧ra

Noun

quinta-feira f (plural quintas-feiras)

1. Thursday (day between Wednesday and Friday)

   Synonym: quinta

Adverb

quinta-feira (not comparable)

1. Thursday (on a Thursday)

   Synonym: quinta

Descendants

• ⇒ Tetum: loron-kinta

See also

• days of the week (appendix): dias da semana · domingo · segunda-feira · terça-feira · quarta-feira · quinta-feira · sexta-feira · sábado ^[edit]

Further reading

• “quinta-feira”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “quinta-feira”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026