Thu

English

Etymology 1

Noun

Thu (plural Thus)

1. Abbreviation of Thursday.

Translations

abbreviation of Thursday

• Catalan: dj. (ca)
• Czech: čt (cs)
• Estonian: N (et)
• Finnish: to (fi)
• French: jeu. (fr) m
• German: Do. (de), Don., Donnerst.
• Japanese: 木 (ja) (moku), 木曜 (ja) (mokuyō)
• Korean: 목 (ko) (mok)
• Portuguese: qui (pt) f
• Scottish Gaelic: Diar
• Swahili: Alh
• Vietnamese: T5

Etymology 2

Two main origins:

• Borrowed from Vietnamese Thư, the local romanization of the Chinese surname 舒 (Shū).
• Borrowed from Norwegian Thu, a surname predominantly found in Western Norway.

Proper noun

Thu (plural Thus)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Thu is the 39052^nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 564 individuals. Thu is most common among Asian/Pacific Islander (82.62%) and White (14.36%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Thu”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

Anagrams

• UHT, hut

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 秋.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [tʰu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [tʰʊw˧˧]
• Homophone: thu

Proper noun

Thu

1. a female given name from Chinese