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Complete Definition of "thanks"

English

Pronunciation
IPA|/θæŋks/
SAMPA|/T{Nks/
audio|en-us-thanks.ogg|Audio (US)

Etymology
Old English þancian to give thanks, from P.Gmc. *thankojan, from *thankoz thought, gratitude, from Proto Indo European *tong- to think, feel.

Interjection
thanks

  1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

#:Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks.

Derived terms
thanks a lot

Translations

Afrikaans: dankie
Arabic: t-|ar|شكرا|altشكرًا|tršúkran|sc=Arab
Bosnian: t-|bs|hvala
Catalan: gràcies, mercès, merci (not "mercí", a Gallicism)
Chinese: 謝謝, 谢谢 (xièxie)
Croatian: t+|hr|hvala
Czech: díky
Danish: t+|da|tak
Dutch: bedankt, dank je
Filipino: salamat
Finnish: t+|fi|kiitos
French: t+|fr|merci
German: t+|de|danke
Greek: ευχαριστώ (efkharistó)
Hebrew: תודה|תּוֹדָה (toda)
Hindi: शुक्रिया (šʊkriyā), धन्यवाद (đǝnyǝvad) (both are polite)
Hungarian: köszönöm; köszi (informal)
Icelandic: takk (informal), takk fyrir (formal)
Indonesian: terimah kasih
Italian: t+|it|grazie
Japanese: t+|ja|ありがとう|trarigatō|scJpan
mid
Jingpho: chyeju kaba sai
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|سوپاس|trsopas|scKUchar
Latvian: paldies
Macedonian: фала (fala)
Maltese: grazzi
Mongolian: баярлалаа (bayarlalaa)
Norwegian: t+|no|takk
Persian: FAchar|ممنون (mamnôn), FAchar|سپاس (spās, sepās)
Polish: t+|pl|dziękuję
Portuguese: obrigado m, obrigada f
Russian: t+|ru|спасибо|scCyrl (spasíbo), t|ru|благодарю|scCyrl (blagodarjú)
Serbian:

Slovene: t+|sl|hvala
Spanish: t+|es|gracias
Swahili: asante
Swedish: tack; tackar
Telugu: ధన్యవాదాలు (dhanyavaadaalu)
Turkish: teşekküler

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Albanian: faleminderit (2)
ttbc|Catalan: gràcies
ttbc|Cantonese: 多謝 (dòh.je̿) (for something, usually a physical object); 唔該 (m.gòi) (for an act)
ttbc|Esperanto: dankon
ttbc|Estonian: aitäh, tänan
ttbc|Romanian: mulțumiri f|p, mulțumesc n (2), mersi n (2)
ttbc|Slovak: vďaka

Noun
thanks

  1. obsolete plural of|thank
  2. plurale tantum An expression of gratitude.

#:After all I’ve done, a simple acknowledgment is all the thanks I get?

  1. grateful|Grateful feelings or thoughts.

Derived terms
thanks to

Translations
trans-top|Expression of gratitude
French: remerciements m|p
German: Dank m, Danksagung f
trans-mid
Portuguese: agradecimentos m|p
Russian: благодарность (blagodárnost’) f
Swedish: t+|sv|tack|n
trans-bottom

trans-top|Grateful feelings
Dutch: t+|nl|dank|m
French: t-|fr|remerciement|m
German: t+|de|Dank|m
trans-mid
Portuguese: gratidão f
Russian: благодарность (blagodárnost’) f
Swedish: t+|sv|tack|n
trans-bottom

Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Esperanto: dank' al
ttbc|Filipino: salamat
ttbc|Hungarian: köszönet, köszönhetöleg
ttbc|Latin: ob, propter
ttbc|Slovak: vďaka
ttbc|Spanish: gracias a

Verb
thanks

  1. third-person singular of|thank

Translations

Dutch: dankt (''when praying not to be confused with bedankt)
German: sich bedanken|er/sie bedankt sich, danken|er/sie dankt
Portuguese: t+|pt|agradecer|alt=agradece
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Category:Phrasebook

et:thanks
fa:thanks
fr:thanks
it:thanks
ku:thanks
ja:thanks
pl:thanks
simple:thanks
fi:thanks
sv:thanks
ta:thanks
te:thanks
vi:thanks
chr:thanks
zh:thanks

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