different between these vs thesp

English

Etymology

From Middle English þes, from Old English þas, from Proto-West Germanic *þes-, a form of Proto-Germanic *sa (“that”), from Proto-Indo-European *só. Compare with German diese.

Pronunciation

• enPR: th?z, IPA^(key): /ði?z/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ðiz/
• Rhymes: -i?z

Determiner

these

1. plural of this
   • Seinfeld, The Alternate Side

     These pretzels are making me thirsty.

Usage notes

Depending on the context, the word those may be used either in place of or interchangeably with these.

Translations

Pronoun

these

1. plural of this

Translations

Anagrams

• Sheet, seeth, sheet, thees

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French thèse, from Latin th?sis, from Ancient Greek ????? (thésis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?te?.z?/
• Hyphenation: the?se
• Rhymes: -e?z?

Noun

these f (plural theses or thesen)

1. statement, thesis, proposition

   Synonym: stelling

Latin

Noun

these

1. ablative singular of thesis

Middle English

Determiner

these

1. Alternative spelling of þese

Pronoun

these

1. Alternative spelling of þese

Noun

these

1. Alternative spelling of þese (plural of þe (“thigh”))

Old Dutch

Etymology

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Determiner

these

1. this, these

Inflection

Descendants

• Middle Dutch: d?se
  • Dutch: deze, dit
  • Limburgish: deze

Further reading

• “these”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old Saxon

Determiner

these m

1. this, these

   an thesum uueroldr?kea uuirkean scoldin: They should work on this world.

Declension

Descendants

• Low German: düsse, disse

Portuguese

Noun

these f (plural theses)

1. Obsolete spelling of tese (used in Portugal until September 1911 and died out in Brazil during the 1920s).

English

Etymology

Clipping of thespian.

Noun

thesp (plural thesps)

1. (informal) An actor.

Verb

thesp (third-person singular simple present thesps, present participle thesping, simple past and past participle thesped)

1. (informal) To act (perform in a play etc.).
   • 1947, April 5, Billboard

     The play is expertly thesped by a competent cast of actors […]

Anagrams

• Speth, Steph