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Thursday

noun
thursday pronunciation English ˈθɜːzdeɪ thursday pronunciation American ˈθɜːrzdeɪ
thursday pronunciation English ˈθɜːzdi thursday pronunciation American ˈθɜːrzdi
[countable, uncountable] (abbr. Thur., Thurs.)
 
the day of the week after Wednesday and before Friday
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From the Old English for ‘day of thunder’, translated from Latin Jovis dies ‘Jupiter's day’. Jupiter was the god associated with thunder.