gratitude

== English == === Etymology === From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced native Old English þancung. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) (without the yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹætɪtjud/ (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹætɪt͡ʃud/ (General American, Canada) (yod-dropping) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹætɪtud/, [ˈɡɹæɾɪtud] (Scotland) (without the yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹatɪtjʉd/, [ˈɡɾatɪtjʉd] (yod-coalescence) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹatɪt͡ʃʉd/, [ˈɡɾatɪt͡ʃʉd] Hyphenation: grat‧i‧tude Rhymes: -ætɪtjuːd === Noun === gratitude (countable and uncountable, plural gratitudes) The state of being grateful. Synonyms: appreciation, gratefulness, thankfulness Antonym: ingratitude ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “gratitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “gratitude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “gratitude”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. == French == === Etymology === From Late Latin gratitudō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡʁa.ti.tyd/ Homophone: gratitudes Hyphenation: gra‧ti‧tude === Noun === gratitude f (plural gratitudes) gratitude Synonym: reconnaissance Antonym: ingratitude === Further reading === “gratitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012