# Thursday

Pronunciation: say "THURZ-day" US /ˈθɜɹzˌdeɪ/, UK /ˈθɜːzdeɪ/, AUS /ˈθɘːzdæɪ̯/

## Noun

1. 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.
   - Simple: The day that comes after Wednesday and before Friday.
   - _The committee meets every other Thursday to review new proposals._
   - _Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States._

## Adverb

2. On the day following Wednesday; on a given or upcoming Thursday. *(Canada, US)*
   - Simple: On the day after Wednesday and before Friday.
   - _I'll send the report Thursday once the numbers are final._
   - _They're closing the store early Thursday for inventory._

## 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.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/thursday (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).