thank

== English == === Pronunciation === (without æ-raising) (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈθæŋk/, [ˈθæŋk] (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈθaŋk/, [ˈθaŋk] (Northern England, Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈθaŋk/, [ˈθäŋk] (England, th-fronting) IPA(key): /ˈfaŋk/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈθɛŋk/, [ˈθɛŋk] IPA(key): /ˈðæŋk/, [ˈðæŋk] (æ-raising) IPA(key): /ˈθeɪŋk/, [ˈθeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [ˈθɛ̃ŋk] IPA(key): /ˈðeɪŋk/, [ˈðeɪ̯ŋk] ~ [ˈðɛ̃ŋk] Rhymes: -æŋk Hyphenation: thank Homophones: think (thank-think merger), tank, dank (both th-stopping) === Etymology 1 === 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”). For the think — thank relation, compare typologically Russian призна́тельный (priznátelʹnyj) (< знать (znatʹ). ==== Noun ==== thank (plural thanks) (obsolete) singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”) ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English thanken, thankien (“to express gratitude, give thanks; to congratulate, rejoice with, or wish joy to; to extol, praise; to hold responsible for”), from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank”), from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną (“to thank”), from *þankaz (see etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming infinitives of verbs from nouns). ==== Alternative forms ==== thanke (obsolete) ==== Verb ==== thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thanking, simple past and past participle thanked) (transitive) 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. (rare) To express appreciation or gratitude for (something). (figurative) 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. (intransitive, obsolete) To express gratitude. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === References === == Scots == === Etymology === From Middle English thanken, from Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank, give thanks”). === Verb === thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thankin, simple past and past participle thankit) to thank