gratitude

English

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Etymology

From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin gratitudo (“thankfulness”), from Latin gratus (“thankful”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

gratitude (uncountable)

1. The state of being grateful.

Synonyms

• appreciation
• thankfulness
• gratefulness

Antonyms

• ingratitude

Related terms

• grace
• grateful
• gratification
• gratify

Translations

state of being grateful

Albanian: mirënjohje (sq) f. Arabic: شكر (ar) (shukr) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 感恩 (zh) (gǎn'ēn), 謝意 (zh), 谢意 (zh) (xièyì) Croatian: zahvalnost (hr) Czech: vděčnost (cs) f., vděk (cs) m. Dutch: dankbaarheid (nl) Esperanto: dankemo (eo) Faroese: takksemi (fo) Finnish: kiitollisuus (fi) French: gratitude (fr) f. German: Dankbarkeit (de) f. Greek: ευγνωμοσύνη (el) (evgnomosýni) f. Hindi: आभार (hi) (ābhār) m., कृतज्ञता (hi) (kŕtagyatā) f.

Italian: gratitudine (it) f. Japanese: 感謝 (ja) (かんしゃ, kansha) Persian: تشکر (fa) (tašákor) Polish: wdzięczność (pl) Portuguese: gratidão (pt) f. Romanian: gratitudine (ro) f. Russian: благодарность (ru) (blagodárnost') f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: благодарност (sh) f., захвалност (sh) f. Roman: blagodarnost (sh) f., zahvalnost (sh) f. Spanish: gratitud (es) Swedish: tacksamhet (sv) Turkish: şükür (tr)

External links

• gratitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• gratitude in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• gratitude at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Etymology

Derived from ingratitude, from Late Latin ingratitudo.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡʁa.ti.tyd/, X-SAMPA: /gRa.ti.tyd@/

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• Homophone: gratitudes
• Hyphenation: gra‧ti‧tude

Noun

gratitude f. (plural gratitudes)

1. gratitude.

Synonyms

• reconnaissance

Antonyms

• ingratitude