thank

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)

verb

To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
In the future tense in the form one will thank someone to do something, chiefly expressing a command or criticism: to request that (someone) do something.
To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).
To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.
Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.
To express gratitude.

Pronunciation

/ˈθæŋk/ [ˈθæŋk] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-thank.wav /ˈfæŋk/ [ˈfæŋk] /ˈθɛŋk/ [ˈθɛŋk] /ˈðæŋk/ [ˈðæŋk] /ˈθeɪ̯ŋk/ [ˈθeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈθɛ̃ŋk/ En-us-thank.ogg /ˈðeɪ̯ŋk/ [ˈðeɪ̯ŋk] ~ /ˈðɛ̃ŋk/ [ˈðɛ̃ŋk]

Word forms

thank thanks thanking thanked thanke

Etymology

From Middle English thank (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; attractiveness; commendation, praise; God’s grace; goodwill; merit, reward; mind, thought”), from Old English þanc, þonc (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; favour, grace; mind, thought; pleasure, satisfaction”), from Proto-Germanic *þankaz (“gratitude; expression of gratitude, thanks; mind, thought; remembrance”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to perceive; to think”). Cognates Cognate with Saterland Frisian Tonk (“thanks”), West Frisian tanke (“thanks”), Cimbrian dånke (“thanks”), Dutch dank (“thanks”), German Dank (“thanks”), Vilamovian dank, daŋk, daonk (“thanks”), Yiddish דאַנק (dank, “thanks”), Danish tak (“thanks”), Elfdalian tokk (“thanks”), Faroese takk, tøkk (“thanks”), Icelandic takk, þökk (“thanks”), Norwegian Bokmål and Norwegian Nynorsk takk (“thanks”), Swedish tack (“thanks”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 (þagks, “thanks”), Vandalic *þank- (“thanks”); also Latin tongeō (“to know”). For the think — thank relation, compare typologically Russian призна́тельный (priznátelʹnyj) (< знать (znatʹ).

Derived words

thankful thankworthy pickthank pickthanking shun-thank thankless thankly thank-offering thank-picking thank-render thanksdoing thanksgive thanksgiver thanks-living thanksprayer thankworth bethank no thank you rethank thankable thanker thank fuck thank god thank Goddess thank Goddesses thank God it's Friday thank gods thank goodness thank heavens thanking thank one's lucky stars thank one's stars thank science thank the goddesses thank the gods thank u thank ya thank ye thank ye so very much thank you thank-you thank you all thank you card thank-you-ma'am thank you very much unthank unthanking wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am

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