"Thursday" in seven languages
MeaningThursday
Spanish
jueves
/ˈxwebes/
masc.inherited
French
jeudi
/ʒødi/
masc.inherited
Italian
giovedì
/dʒoveˈdi/
masc.inherited
Portuguese
quinta-feira
/ˈkĩtɐ ˈfejɾɐ/
fem.other source · Church Latin FERIA QUINTA 'fifth feast day'
Romanian
joi
/ʒoj/
fem.inherited
Catalan
dijous
/diˈʒɔws/
masc.inherited
English
Thursday
/ˈθɝzdeɪ/
native English · Old English Þūresdæg, Thor's day, a calque of Latin IOVIS DIĒS
English → ItalianThursdaygiovedìNot relatedDifferent sources — learn this one fresh. But English has relatives: jovial, Jove.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
IOVIS DIEM‘the day of Jupiter’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
Jupiter's (Jove's) day — Thor's day in English, as both were thunder gods. Latin I- became Spanish j [x], French j [ʒ], Italian gi [dʒ].
English relatives: jovial, Jove
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In a sentence
- esEl mercado es el jueves.
- frLe marché, c'est le jeudi.
- itIl mercato è il giovedì.
- ptA feira é na quinta.
- roPiața e joi.
- caEl mercat és dijous.
- enThe market is on Thursday.