thanks

• t'anks, thanx, thx, tnx, 10x, fanks (all nonstandard)

From Middle English thanks, thankes, from Old English þancas (“thanks”), from Proto-Germanic *þankōs, nominative plural of *þankaz (“thought, gratitude”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think, feel”). More at thank.

• (without æ-raising)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈθæŋks/, [ˈθæŋks]
    • (th-fronting)
      • (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfæŋks/, [ˈfæŋks]
  • IPA^(key): /ˈðæŋks/, [ˈðæŋks]
• (æ-raising)
  • (US, Canada)
    • IPA^(key): /ˈθeɪ̯ŋks/, [ˈθeɪ̯ŋks] ~ /ˈθɛ̃ŋks/, [ˈθɛ̃ŋks]

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    • IPA^(key): /ˈðeɪ̯ŋks/, [ˈðeɪ̯ŋks] ~ /ˈðɛ̃ŋks/, [ˈðɛ̃ŋks]
• Rhymes: -æŋks
• Hyphenation: thanks

thanks

1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:thank you

   Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks. —Have you got enough now? —Yes, thanks.

   Would you like some potatoes? — Thanks. —How many?

   • c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “A Midsommer Nights Dreame”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]:

     Thanks, courteous wall: Jove shield thee well for this!

thanks pl (normally plural, singular (obsolete) thank)

2. An expression of appreciation or gratitude.

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

3. Grateful feelings or thoughts; favour, goodwill, graciousness.

thanks

1. (obsolete) plural of thank

thanks

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of thank

Borrowed from English thanks.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛŋks/

thanks

1. (informal) thanks

   Synonyms: bedankt, dank je, dank u, dank je wel, dank u wel, merci

   Thanks dat je de vaat gisterenavond gedaan had, ik had er zelf geen tijd voor.

   Thanks for doing the dishes yesterday evening, I didn't have time for it myself.