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English

Etymology

From Middle English this, from Old English þis (neuter demonstrative), from North Sea Germanic base *þa- "that", from Proto-Germanic *þat, from Proto-Indo-European *tód, extended form of demonstrative base *to-; + North-West Germanic definitive suffix -s, from Proto-Indo-European *só (“this, that”).

Cognate with Scots this (“this”), Saterland Frisian dusse (“this”), West Frisian dizze (“this”), German dies, dieses (“this”), Old Gutnish þissi (“this”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: thĭs, thəs, IPA^(key): /ðɪs/, /ðəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪs

Determiner

this (plural these)

1. The (thing) here (used in indicating something or someone nearby).
   1. (colloquial, with stress on this) Referring to oneself.
2. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone just mentioned).

3. The known (thing) (used in indicating something or someone about to be mentioned).

4. (informal) A known (thing) (used in first mentioning a person or thing that the speaker does not think is known to the audience). Compare with "a certain ...".

5. (of a time reference) Designates the current or next instance.

   Coordinate term: next

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Adverb

this (not comparable)

1. To the degree or extent indicated.

Translations

Pronoun

this (plural these)

1. The thing, item, etc. being indicated.

Related terms

• that, these, those

Translations

Noun

this (plural thises)

1. (philosophy) Something being indicated that is here; one of these.

Interjection

this

1. (Internet slang) Indicates the speaker's strong approval or agreement with the previous material.

Synonyms

• +1
• IAWTP
• QFT

Anagrams

• HITs, Hist, Tish, hist, hist-, hist., hits, iths, shit, sith, tish

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)

Pronoun

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)

Adverb

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“this”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“these”)

Pronoun

this

1. Alternative spelling of þis (“these”)

Quechua

Etymology

Of onomatopoeic origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɪs/

Interjection

this

1. the sound a cat makes when preparing to attack something
2. the sound of damp wood burning

References

• Academia Mayor de la Lengua Quechua (2005) Diccionario quechua-español-quechua/Qheswa-español-qheswa simi taqe‎^[2], Cuzco: Regional Government of Cuzco, page 207

Scots

Determiner

this (plural thir)

1. this
2. Doric Scots form of thir (“these”)

Pronoun

this (plural thir)

1. this
2. Doric Scots form of thir (“these”)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English this, from Old English þis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ðɪs/

Determiner

this

1. this

   Synonym: dhicke

References

• Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 104