Meanings
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.
But for satisfaction pure and deep, for balance in pleasure and comfort, Thursday canʼt be beat.
1992, Toni Morrison, Jazz, Vintage (2016), page 502 more examples
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]Justice Elena Kagan on Thursday defended the code of conduct the Supreme Court created last year, but conceded there needs to be a way to enforce the rules for it to be more effective.
2024 July 25, Devan Cole, “Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.”, in CNN, archived from the original on 15 Aug 2024
- CanadaUSinformalnot comparableOn Thursday.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe 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.
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Origin
- Proto-West Germanic*Þunras dag“day of the thunder god”
- Old Norseþórsdagr
- Old Englishþursdæġ
- Middle EnglishThursday
- EnglishThursday
From Middle English Thursday, Thuresday, from Old English þursdæġ, þuresdæġ (“Thursday”), possibly from a contraction of þunresdæġ (“Thursday”, literally “Thor's day”), equivalent to 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).
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Afrikaans Donderdag
- Donderdagday of the week
Arabic الْخَمِيس, يَوْم الْخَمِيس
- الْخَمِيس (al-ḵamīs)day of the week
- يَوْم الْخَمِيس (yawm al-ḵamīs)day of the week
Basque ostegun
- ostegunday of the week
Bengali বৃহস্পতিবার, বিষ্যুদবার
- বৃহস্পতিবার (brihośpotibar)day of the week
- বিষ্যুদবার (biśśudbar)day of the week
Bulgarian четвъртък
- четвъртък (četvărtăk)day of the week
Catalan dijous
- dijousday of the week
Chinese Cantonese 星期四, 禮拜四 /礼拜四
- 星期四 (sing¹ kei⁴ sei³)day of the week
- 禮拜四 /礼拜四 (lai⁵ baai³ sei³)day of the week
- 周四 (zau¹ sei³)day of the week
Chinese Mandarin 星期四, 禮拜四 /礼拜四
- 星期四 (xīngqīsì)day of the week
- 禮拜四 /礼拜四 (lǐbàisì)day of the week
- 周四 (zhōusì)day of the week
Czech čtvrtek
- čtvrtekday of the week
Danish torsdag
- torsdagday of the week
Dutch donderdag, donderdags
- donderdagday of the week
- donderdagson Thursday
- 's donderdagson Thursday
- op donderdagon Thursday
Esperanto ĵaŭdo, ĵaŭde
- ĵaŭdoday of the week
- ĵaŭdeon Thursday
Estonian neljapäev
- neljapäevday of the week
Finnish torstai, torstaina
- torstaiday of the week
- torstainaon Thursday
French jeudi, le jeudi
- jeudiday of the week
- le jeudion Thursday
German Donnerstag, am Donnerstag
- Donnerstagday of the week
- am Donnerstagon Thursday
Greek Πέμπτη
- Πέμπτη (Pémpti)day of the week
Hawaiian Pōʻahā
- Pōʻahāday of the week
Hebrew יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי, יוֹם ה׳
- יוֹם חֲמִישִׁי (yom ḥamishí)day of the week
- יוֹם ה׳ (yom hē)day of the week
Hindi गुरुवार, बृहस्पतिवार
- गुरुवार (guruvār)day of the week
- बृहस्पतिवार (bŕhaspativār)day of the week
Hungarian csütörtök
- csütörtökday of the week
Icelandic fimmtudagur
- fimmtudagurday of the week
Indonesian Kamis
- Kamisday of the week
Irish Déardaoin, Déardaoin
- Déardaoinday of the week
- Déardaoinon Thursday
Italian giovedì
- giovedìday of the week
Japanese 木曜日, 木曜
- 木曜日 (mokuyōbi)day of the week
- 木曜 (mokuyō)day of the week
- 木曜日に (mokuyōbi ni)on Thursday
Korean 목요일, 목요
- 목요일 (mogyoil)day of the week
- 목요 (mogyo)day of the week
Latin diēs Iovis, diēs Jovis
- diēs Iovisday of the week
- diēs Jovisday of the week
- fēria quintaday of the week
Latvian ceturtdiena, ceturtdien
- ceturtdienaday of the week
- ceturtdienon Thursday
Lithuanian ketvirtadienis
- ketvirtadienisday of the week
Malay خميس, هاري امڤت
- خميسday of the week
- هاري امڤتday of the week
- Khamisday of the week
- Kamisday of the week
- Hari Empatday of the week
Māori Tāite, Rāwhā
- Tāiteday of the week
- Rāwhāday of the week
- Rāpareday of the week
Norwegian Bokmål torsdag
- torsdagday of the week
Polish czwartek
- czwartekday of the week
Portuguese quinta-feira, na quinta-feira
- quinta-feiraday of the week
- na quinta-feiraon Thursday
Punjabi ਵੀਰਵਾਰ
- ਵੀਰਵਾਰ (vīrvār)day of the week
Romanian joi, joi
- joiday of the week
- joion Thursday
- joiaon Thursday
Russian четве́рг
- четве́рг (četvérg)day of the week
Scottish Gaelic Diardaoin
- Diardaoinday of the week
Slovak štvrtok
- štvrtokday of the week
Spanish jueves, el jueves
- juevesday of the week
- el jueveson Thursday
Swahili Alhamisi
- Alhamisiday of the week
Swedish torsdag
- torsdagday of the week
Tagalog Huwebes
- Huwebesday of the week
Tamil வியாழன், வியாழக்கிழமை
- வியாழன் (viyāḻaṉ)day of the week
- வியாழக்கிழமை (viyāḻakkiḻamai)day of the week
Thai วันพฤหัสบดี, พฤหัสบดี
- วันพฤหัสบดี (wan prʉ́-hàt-sà-bɔɔ-dii)day of the week
- พฤหัสบดี (prʉ́-hàt-sà-bɔɔ-dii)day of the week
Turkish perşembe, cuma akşamı
- perşembeday of the week
- cuma akşamıday of the week
- perşembeon Thursday
Ukrainian четве́р
- четве́р (četvér)day of the week
Urdu جُمِعْرات, پَن٘ج شَن٘بَہ
- جُمِعْرات (jumi'rāt)day of the week
- پَن٘ج شَن٘بَہ (pañj śamba)day of the week
- خمیس (xamīs)day of the week
Vietnamese thứ năm
- thứ nămday of the week
Welsh dydd Iau, ddydd Iau
- dydd Iauday of the week
- ddydd Iauon Thursday
Yiddish דאָנערשטיק
- דאָנערשטיק (donershtik)day of the week
Zulu uLwesine
- uLwesineday of the week
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with Thursday
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Thursday. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thursday
“Thursday.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thursday. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Thursday,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Thursday.
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