thank

English Online Dictionary. What means thank‎? What does thank mean?

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: thăngk IPA^(key): /θæŋk/
• (æ-tensing, New York City) IPA^(key): [θeɪ̯ŋk], [t̪eɪ̯ŋk], (sometimes) [ðeɪ̯ŋk]
• (dialectal) IPA^(key): /ðæŋk/
• Rhymes: -æŋk

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 (“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”). Doublet of think and thought.

Noun

thank (plural thanks)

1. (obsolete) singular of thanks (“an expression of appreciation or gratitude; grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness”)

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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-Germanic *þankōną (“to thank”), from *þankaz (see etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming infinitives of verbs from nouns).

Verb

thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thanking, simple past and past participle thanked)

1. (transitive)
   1. To express appreciation or gratitude toward (someone or something).
   2. 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.
   3. (rare) To express appreciation or gratitude for (something).
   4. (figurative)
      1. To respond to (someone) out of, or as if out of, appreciation or gratitude.
      2. Chiefly followed by for: to credit or hold (someone or something) responsible, especially for something negative; to blame.

2. (intransitive, obsolete) To express gratitude.

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Scots

Etymology

From Old English þancian, þoncian (“to thank, give thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōną (“to thank”).

Verb

thank (third-person singular simple present thanks, present participle thankin, simple past thankit, past participle thankit)

1. to thank