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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /θæŋks/
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-thanks.ogg


Etymology

From the þancian ("to give thanks"), from P.Gmc. *thankojan, from *thankoz thought, gratitude, from Proto Indo European *tong- to think, feel.

Interjection

thanks

  1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.
  2. : Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks.


Derived terms


Translations

Noun

thanks

  2. An expression of gratitude.
  3. : After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is all the thanks I get?
  4. grateful|Grateful feelings or thoughts.


Derived terms


Translations

  • Dutch: {{t+|nl|dank|m}}
  • French: {{t+|fr|remerciement|m}}
  • German: {{t+|de|Dank|m}}
  • Hungarian:

Verb

thanks


Translations

  • Portuguese: {{t+|pt|agradecer|alt=agradece}}

Category:Phrasebook

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English thank \thank\ (th[a^][ng]k), n.; pl. thanks (th[a^][ng]ks).
[AS. [thorn]anc, [thorn]onc, thanks, favor, thought; akin to
OS. thank favor, pleasure, thanks, D. & G. dank thanks, Icel.
[thorn]["o]kk, Dan. tak, Sw. tack, Goth. [thorn]agks thanks;
-- originally, a thought, a thinking. See Think.]
A expression of gratitude; an acknowledgment expressive of a
sense of favor or kindness received; obligation, claim, or
desert, or gratitude; -- now generally used in the plural.
"This ceremonial thanks." --Massinger.
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If ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank
have ye? for sinners also do even the same. --Luke vi.
33.
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What great thank, then, if any man, reputed wise and
constant, will neither do, nor permit others under his
charge to do, that which he approves not, especially in
matter of sin? --Milton.
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Thanks, thanks to thee, most worthy friend,
For the lesson thou hast taught. --Longfellow.
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His thanks, Her thanks, etc., of his or her own accord;
with his or her good will; voluntary. [Obs.]
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Full sooth is said that love ne lordship,
Will not, his thanks, have no fellowship. --Chaucer.
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In thank, with thanks or thankfulness. [Obs.]

Thank offering, an offering made as an expression of
thanks.
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WordNet thanks
n 1: an acknowledgment of appreciation
2: with the help of or owing to; "thanks to hard work it was a
great success"
Moby Dictionary
Angelus , Ave , Ave Maria , Hail Mary , Kyrie Eleison , Paternoster ,
acknowledgment , aid prayer , appeal , beadroll , beads , benediction ,
beseechment , bidding prayer , blessing , breviary , chaplet ,
cognizance , collect , communion , contemplation , credit , crediting ,
devotions , entreaty , grace , hymn , impetration , imploration ,
intercession , invocation , litany , meditation , obsecration ,
obtestation , orison , paean , petition , praise , prayer ,
prayer of thanks , prayer wheel , recognition , rogation , rosary ,
silent prayer , suit , supplication , thank offering , thank-you ,
thanksgiving


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