English Explanatory Dictionary

thee

English dictionary entry

Meanings

pron
  1. Objective and reflexive case of thou.
  2. Thou.
verb
  1. To address (a person) using the pronoun thee.
  2. To use the word thee.
verb
  1. To thrive; prosper.
noun
  1. The letter ⟨(⟩, which stands for the th sound /ð/ in Pitman shorthand.
article
  1. Alternative spelling of the.
pron
  1. Honorific alternative letter-case form of thee, sometimes used when referring to God or another important figure who is understood from context.

Pronunciation

thē /ðiː/ en-uk-the-stressed.ogg en-us-the-stressed.ogg /θiː/

Word forms

thee thou thyself the thees theeing theed

Etymology

From Middle English þe, from Old English þē (“thee”, originally dative, but later also accusative, supplanting accusative þec), from Proto-Germanic *þiz (“thee”), from Proto-Indo-European *te (“second-person singular pronoun”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian die (“thee”), West Frisian dy (“thee”), German Low German di (“thee”), German dir (“thee”, dative pron.), Icelandic þér (“thee”). More at thou.

Synonyms

thou

Related words

Ime me myselfmemysen mine mymineme we us ourselvesourselfoursen oursourn our you yourselfyoursen yoursyourn your thou thyselftheeselfthysen thine thythine youye yourselves you ally'all you guys yous y'allselves all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' he him himselfhisselfhissen hishisn his she her herselfhersen hershern ithit itselfhitself itshis itshishits they them themself themselves theirs their one oneself – one's themhem 'em themselvestheirsen theirstheirn The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. thing ith eth the name of the IPA letter for this sound

Derived words

fare thee well for me and not for thee fuck thee get thee behind me me and thee thee and me thee sen to a fare-thee-well to a fine fare-thee-well theedom
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