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thank
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: th?ngk IPA(key): /?æ?k/
- (US) IPA(key): [?æ?k], [ðæ?k]
- (UK) IPA(key): [?a?k]
- (æ-tensing, NYC) IPA(key): [?e???k], [t?e???k], [ðe???k]
- Rhymes: -æ?k
Etymology 1
From Middle English thank, from Old English þanc (“thought, favour, grace, pleasure, satisfaction, thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“thought, remembrance, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *tong-, *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tonk, West Frisian tank, Dutch dank, Low German Dank, German Dank, Danish tak, Swedish tack, Faroese tøkk, Icelandic þökk. Related to thought.
Noun
thank (plural thanks)
- (obsolete) An expression of appreciation; a thought.
Etymology 2
From Middle English thanken, thankien, from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank, give thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þank?n? (“to thank”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian tonkje (“to thank”), West Frisian tanke (“to thank”), Dutch danken (“to thank”), Low German danken (“to thank”), German danken (“to thank”), Danish takke (“to thank”), Swedish tacka (“to thank”), Icelandic þakka (“to thank”). Related to thought.
Verb
thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thanking, simple past and past participle thanked)
- (transitive) To express gratitude or appreciation toward.
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- The Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman and the Lion now thanked the Good Witch earnestly for her kindness; and Dorothy exclaimed: […]
- 1900, L. Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
- (transitive) To feel gratitude or appreciation toward.
- 1844, The Quarterly Review (volume 74, page 104)
- Our readers would not thank us for going into the badgerings which had for some time annoyed the chancellor on the subject of arrears in his court.
- 1844, The Quarterly Review (volume 74, page 104)
- (transitive) To credit or hold responsible.
Derived terms
- bethank
- thankable
- thankworthy
- unthank
Related terms
- thanks
- thank you
- think
Translations
Scots
Etymology
From Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank, give thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þank?n? (“to thank”),
Verb
thank (third-person singular present thanks, present participle thankin, past thankit, past participle thankit)
- to thank
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thanky
English
Interjection
thanky
- Pronunciation spelling of thank you, representing African-American Vernacular English.
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), page 143:
- “Thanky Ma’am. Ah hates dat woman lak poison. Keep her from round dis house. Her look lak uh white woman!
- 1937, Zora Neale Hurston, Their Eyes Were Watching God, Harper Perennial (2000), page 143:
Anagrams
- Khanty, hankty
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