thankful

See also: Thankful

English

Etymology

From thank +‎ -ful.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθæŋkfəl/
• 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

Derived terms

• thankfully
• thankfulness

Translations

showing thanks

• Albanian: mirënjohës (sq)
• Arabic: شَاكِر (šākir), شَكُور (šakūr)
• Azerbaijani: minnətdar (az)
• Belarusian: ўдзя́чны (ŭdzjáčny), удзя́чны (udzjáčny)
• Bulgarian: благода́рен (bg) (blagodáren), призна́телен (bg) (priznátelen)
• Catalan: agraït (ca)
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: vděčný (cs)
• Danish: taknemmelig
• Dutch: dankbaar (nl)
• Faroese: takksamur
• Finnish: kiitollinen (fi)
• French: reconnaissant (fr) m
• Georgian: მადლიერი (madlieri)
• German: dankbar (de)
• Greek: ευγνώμων (el) m or f (evgnómon)

  Ancient: εὐχάριστος (eukháristos)

• Italian: riconoscente (it), grato (it) m
• Japanese: 有難い (ja) (ありがたい, arigatai)
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• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latin: grātus
• Latvian: pateicīgs
• Navajo: ahééh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: takknemlig (no)

  Nynorsk: takknemleg

• Persian: سپاسگزار (fa) (sepâsgozâr)
• Polish: wdzięczny (pl)
• Portuguese: grato (pt), agradecido (pt)
• Romanian: recunoscător (ro) m, mulțumitor (ro) m
• Romansch: savair grà (a) (to be grateful, thankful)
• Russian: благода́рный (ru) (blagodárnyj), призна́тельный (ru) (priznátelʹnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: taingeil
• Slovak: vďačný
• Spanish: agradecido (es)
• Ukrainian: вдя́чний (uk) (vdjáčnyj)
• Welsh: diolchgar (cy)
• Yakut: махталлаах (maqtallaaq)