English

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Etymology 1

From {{term|þu|þū|lang=ang}}

Pronunciation

• , IPA: /ðaʊ/,
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-thou.ogg

Pronoun

{{infl|en|second person pronoun|second person singular nominative case||plural|ye or you|objective case|thee|reflexive|thyself|possessive determiner|thy (thine before a vowel)|possessive pronoun|thine}}

1. {{context|archaic|or|dialectal}} you (singular informal)

Usage notes

• is used with the archaic second-person singular of verbs, which usually ends in , as in, for example, “Lovest thou me?” Exceptions (forms without s) include (of ), (of ) and (of ).

Translations

• Arabic: (’ínta) , (’ínti)
• Catalan: tu#Catalan|tu
• Chinese: 你, 祢 (nǐ)
• Czech:
• Dutch: gij (archaic or dialectal), jij
• Esperanto: {{t-|eo|ci|xs=Esperanto}}
• Faroese: {{t-|fo|tú|xs=Faroese}}
• Finnish:
• French: {{t+|fr|tu|m|f}}
• German: ,
• Hebrew: אתה (atá) , את (at)
• Hungarian:
• Icelandic:
• Irish: {{t-|ga|tú|xs=Irish}}

• Italian:
• Japanese: 汝 (なんじ, nanji), 君 (きみ, kimi)
• Latin:
• Norwegian:
• Ojibwe: giin
• Old Church Slavonic: тъі (ty)
• Persian: (tu)
• Polish:
• Portuguese:
• Russian: ты (ty)
• Scottish Gaelic: thu, tu#Scottish Gaelic|tu
• Slovene:
• Spanish: {{t+|es|tú|m|f}}
• Swedish:

Verb

1. To address (a person) using the pronoun , esp. as an expression of familiarity or contempt.
2. :I thou thee, thou traitor! (Edward Coke to Walter Raleigh)
3. :Don't thou them as thous thee. (English admonition to overly familiar children)
4. To use the word .

Etymology 2

Shortened from and .

Pronunciation

• , IPA: /θaʊ/,

Noun

1. A unit of length equal to one-thousandth of an inch.

Synonyms

• mil

Noun

1. A thousand, especially a thousand dollars, a thousand pound sterling|pounds sterling, etc.

Category:English heteronyms

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