different between thanks vs thanky
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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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
thanky From the web:
- thank you in french
- what are thankyou points
- thank you in korean
- thank you in spanish
- thank you in japanese
- thank you in german
- thank you in italian
- thank you in chinese
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