Thanksgiving

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name

Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.
The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.
An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.

noun

The expression of gratitude.
A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.

Pronunciation

/θæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/ /ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-Thanksgiving.wav /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/ /ˈθæŋksˌɡɪv.ɪŋ/ en-us-thanksgiving.ogg /ˌθeɪ̯ŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/ /ˈθɛ̃ŋksˌɡɪv.ɪŋ/

Word forms

Thanksgiving Thanksgivings

Etymology

A proprialization from the common noun thanksgiving; by surface analysis, thanks + giving.

Related words

Derived words

American Thanksgiving anti-Thanksgiving Canadian Thanksgiving Friendsgiving happy Thanksgiving Skanksgiving Thanksgiving break Thanksgiving

Translations

Arabic: عِيد اَلشُّكْر Armenian: Գոհաբանության օր Catalan: Acció de Gràcies Chickasaw: Chaloklowa' I̠nittak Chinese Cantonese: 感恩節 /感恩节 Chinese Mandarin: 感恩節 /感恩节 Esperanto: Dankotago Estonian: tänupühad Faroese: takkargerð Finnish: kiitospäivä French: Action de grâce French: Action de grâces French: Thanksgiving Galician: Día de Acción de Grazas Georgian: მადლიერების დღე German: Thanksgiving German: Erntedankfest German: Erntedank Hebrew: חַג הַהוֹדָיָה Hindi: धन्यवाद Hindi: धन्यवाद दिन Hungarian: hálaadás Icelandic: Þakkargjörðardagur Irish: Lá an Altaithe Italian: giorno del ringraziamento Italian: Ringraziamento Japanese: 感謝祭 Korean: 추수 감사절 Central Kurdish: شوکرانە Navajo: Késhmish Yázhí Navajo: Tązhii Daʼaghał Norman: Actions dé Grâces Norwegian: thanksgiving Pennsylvania German: Betdaag Persian: روز شکرگزاری Plautdietsch: Dankfast Polish: Święto Dziękczynienia Polish: Dzień Dziękczynienia Portuguese: Dia de Ação de Graças Russian: День благодаре́ния Scottish Gaelic: Là-Bhuidheachais Lower Sorbian: žnjowny swěźeń Spanish: Día de Acción de Gracias Swedish: Thanksgiving Tagalog: Araw ng Pasasalamat Tamil: நன்றி தெரிவிக்கும் நாள் Thai: วันขอบคุณพระเจ้า Turkish: Şükran Günü

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