thankful

See also: Thankful

English

Alternative forms

• thankefull (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English thankful, from Old English þancful, þancfull (“thoughtful, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, thankful, grateful”), equivalent to thank +‎ -ful. Compare Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).

Pronunciation

• (without æ-raising)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈθæŋkfəl/, [ˈθæŋkfəl] ~ [ˈθæŋkfl̩]
  • IPA^(key): /ˈðæŋkfəl/, [ˈðæŋkfəl] ~ [ˈðæŋkfl̩]
• (æ-raising)
  • (US, Canada)
    • IPA^(key): /ˈθeɪ̯ŋkfəl/, [ˈθeɪ̯ŋkfəl] ~ [ˈθeɪ̯ŋkfl̩]; /ˈθɛ̃ŋkfəl/, [ˈθɛ̃ŋkfəl] ~ [ˈθɛ̃ŋkfl̩]

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    • IPA^(key): /ˈðeɪ̯ŋkfəl/, [ˈðeɪ̯ŋkfəl] ~ [ˈðeɪ̯ŋkfl̩]; /ˈðɛ̃ŋkfəl/, [ˈðɛ̃ŋkfəl] ~ [ˈðɛ̃ŋkfl̩]
• Hyphenation: thank‧ful

Adjective

thankful (comparative more thankful, superlative most thankful)

1. Showing appreciation or gratitude.

   I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?

2. (obsolete) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

Synonyms

• grateful
• appreciative

Antonyms

• thankless
• unthankful

Derived terms

• be thankful for small mercies
• thankfully
• thankfulness

Translations

showing thanks

• Albanian: mirënjohje (sq)
• Arabic: شَاكِر (šākir), شَكُور (šakūr)
• Armenian: շնորհակալ (hy) (šnorhakal)
• Azerbaijani: minnətdar (az)
• Belarusian: удзя́чны (udzjáčny), ўдзя́чны (wdzjáčny)
• Bulgarian: благода́рен (bg) (blagodáren), призна́телен (bg) (priznátelen)
• Burmese: ကျေးဇူးသိ (my) (kye:ju:si.)
• Catalan: agraït (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感謝 / 感谢 (zh) (gǎnxiè), 感激 (zh) (gǎnjī)

• Czech: vděčný (cs)
• Danish: taknemmelig, taknemlig
• Dutch: dankbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: dankema (eo)
• Estonian: tänulik
• Faroese: takksamur
• Finnish: kiitollinen (fi)
• French: reconnaissant (fr)
• Georgian: მადლიერი (madlieri), მადლობელი (madlobeli)
• German: dankbar (de)
• Greek: ευγνώμων (el) (evgnómon)

  Ancient Greek: εὐχάριστος (eukháristos)

• Hebrew: אסיר תודה (he) m (asír todá)
• Hindi: कृतज्ञ (hi) (kŕtajña), आभारी (hi) (ābhārī)
• Hungarian: hálás (hu)
• Indonesian: berterima kasih (id)
• Ingrian: kiitolliin
• Italian: riconoscente (it), grato (it)
• Japanese: 感謝する (ja) (かんしゃする, kansha suru), 有難い (ja) (ありがたい, arigatai)
• Kazakh: игілікті (ıygilikti)
• Khmer: អរគុណ (ʼɑɑ kun), កតវេទី (km) (kaʼtaʼveitii), ដឹងគុណ (dəng kun)
• Korean: 고맙다 (ko) (gomapda), 감사하다 (ko) (gamsahada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مەمنون (memnun)

  Northern Kurdish: spasdar (ku), minêkar (ku), memnûn (ku)

• Kyrgyz: ыраазы (ky) (ıraazı)
• Latin: grātus
• Latvian: pateicīgs
• Lithuanian: dėkingas
• Lutuv: law
• Macedonian: благодарен (blagodaren)
• Malay: berterima kasih
• Navajo: ahééh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: takknemlig (no)

  Nynorsk: takknemleg

• Persian: سپاسگزار (fa) (sepâsgozâr), شاکر (fa) (šâker), ممنون (fa) (mamnun), متشکر (fa) (motšakker, motešakker)
• Plautdietsch: dankboa
• Polish: wdzięczny (pl)
• Portuguese: grato (pt), agradecido (pt)
• Romanian: recunoscător (ro), mulțumitor (ro)
• Romansh: savair grà (a) (to be grateful, thankful)
• Russian: благода́рный (ru) (blagodárnyj), призна́тельный (ru) (priznátelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: taingeil
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: за́хва̄лан

  Latin: záhvālan (sh)

• Slovak: vďačný
• Slovene: hvaležen (sl)
• Spanish: agradecido (es)
• Swedish: tacksam (sv)
• Tajik: сипосгузор (tg) (siposguzor), муташаккир (tg) (mutašakkir), мамнун (tg) (mamnun)
• Thai: รู้คุณ (th) (rúu-kun-ná), กตัญญู (th) (gà-dtan-yuu)
• Turkish: minnettar (tr), müteşekkir (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: شاكر (şakir)

• Turkmen: minnetdar
• Ukrainian: вдя́чний (uk) (vdjáčnyj)
• Urdu: مشکور (maśkūr), شاکر (śākir)
• Uzbek: minnatdor (uz)
• Vietnamese: biết ơn (vi)
• Welsh: diolchgar (cy)
• Yakut: махталлаах (maxtallaax)
• Yiddish: דאַנקבאַר (dankbar)