Thursday

SayTHURZ-day/ˈθɜɹzˌdeɪ//ˈθɜːzdeɪ/AUS/ˈθɘːzdæɪ̯/

2 meanings of Thursday

1
nouncountable
The day following Wednesday and preceding Friday, counted as the fifth day of the week in many traditions and the fourth under the ISO 8601 standard.
The committee meets every other Thursday to review new proposals.
Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
UsageWritten with a capital T. Say on Thursday, on Thursdays for every week, but usually next Thursday with no on.
2
adverbCanadaUS
On the day following Wednesday; on a given or upcoming Thursday.
I'll send the report Thursday once the numbers are final.
They're closing the store early Thursday for inventory.
UsageUsed with no on: see you Thursday, it arrives Thursday. In careful writing, on Thursday is the safer choice.

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Origin

The name goes back to a Proto-West Germanic form meaning "day of the thunder god." Its Old English form þursdæġ, which became Middle English Thursday, may be a contraction of þunresdæġ, literally "Thor's day," but more probably came from North Germanic, from Old Norse þórsdagr. The name is a calque of Latin diēs Iovis, since Thor was associated with Jove (Jupiter), the Roman thunder god.