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thanks
English
Alternative forms
- thx, thanx, 10x
Etymology
From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þank?s, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?æ?ks/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?æ?ks/
- Rhymes: -æ?ks
Interjection
thanks
- Used to express appreciation or gratitude.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thank you
- ~1595, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, scene 1
- Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!
Derived terms
- thanks a lot
- thanks, but no thanks
- thanks for asking
- thanks for nothing
- thanks for your help
Translations
Noun
thanks
- plural of thank
thanks (uncountable)
- An expression of gratitude.
- After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is all the thanks I get?
- Grateful feelings or thoughts.
Derived terms
- thanks to
Translations
Verb
thanks
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thank
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English thanks.
Interjection
thanks
- (informal) thanks
- Synonyms: bedankt, dank je, dank u, dank je wel, dank u wel
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response
English
Etymology
From Middle English respounse, respons, from Old French respons, respuns, responce, ultimately from the Latin resp?nsum, a nominal use of the neuter form of resp?nsus, the perfect passive participle of responde?, from re (“again”) + sponde? (“promise”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /???sp?ns/
- Rhymes: -?ns
Noun
response (plural responses)
- An answer or reply, or something in the nature of an answer or reply.
- The act of responding or replying; reply: as, to speak in response to a question.
- An oracular answer.
- (liturgics) A verse, sentence, phrase, or word said or sung by the choir or congregation in sequence or reply to the priest or officiant.
- (liturgics) A versicle or anthem said or sung during or after a lection; a respond or responsory.
- A reply to an objection in formal disputation.
- An online advertising performance metric representing one click-through from an online ad to its destination URL.
- A reaction to a stimulus or provocation.
Synonyms
- reaction
Derived terms
- consultary response
Related terms
Translations
References
- response in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Participle
resp?nse
- vocative masculine singular of resp?nsus
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French response.
Noun
response f (plural responses)
- response
Descendants
- French: réponse
Old French
Alternative forms
- responce
- respounce (Anglo-Norman)
- respounse (Anglo-Norman)
- respunse (Anglo-Norman)
Etymology
Variant of the masculine noun respons (also used as the past participle of respondre), itself a semi-learned word derived from Latin responsus.
Noun
response f (oblique plural responses, nominative singular response, nominative plural responses)
- response
Descendants
- ? English: response
- French: réponse
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (response, supplement)
- respuns on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub (the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub lists the feminine noun repunse under the masculine noun respuns)
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