thanks

English

Thanks

Alternative forms

• thx, thanx, 10x

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /θæŋks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /θæŋks/

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• Rhymes: -æŋks

Interjection

thanks

1. Used to express appreciation or gratitude.

   Could you give me a hand, please? — Yes, sure. — Thanks.

   • ~1595, Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night's Dream, act 5, scene 1

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

Synonyms

• For semantic relationships of this term, see thank you in the Thesaurus.

Derived terms

• thanks a lot
• thanks for asking
• thanks for nothing
• thanks for your help

Translations

used to express appreciation or gratitude

• Afrikaans: dankie (af)
• Albanian: faleminderit (sq)
• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp
• Arabic: شُكْرًا‎‎ (šukran)
• Armenian: շնորհակալություն (hy) (šnorhakalutʿyun)
• Assamese: ধন্যবাদ (dhoinnobad), থেংকিউ (theṅkiu)
• Asturian: gracies
• Azerbaijani: çox sağ ol, təşəkkür edirəm
• Belarusian: дзя́кую (dzjákuju)
• Bengali: ধন্যবাদ (bn) (dhônnôbad)
• Breton: trugarez (br)
• Bulgarian: благодаря̀ (bg) (blagodarjà), мерсѝ (mersì)
• Catalan: gràcies (ca), mercès (ca), merci (ca)
• Chamicuro: osolopaki
• Cherokee: ᎠᎾᎵᎮᎵᎬ (analiheligv)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 多謝, 多谢 (do¹ ze⁶) (for something received), 唔該, 唔该 (m⁴ goi¹) (for something performed)

  Mandarin: 謝謝 (zh), 谢谢 (zh) (xièxie), 多謝 (zh), 多谢 (zh) (duōxiè), (slang) 三Q (sānkiù)

  Min Nan: 多謝 (zh-min-nan), 多谢 (to-siā)

• Chukchi: рэӄуԓымӈэ (rėquḷymṇė), вэԓынкыӄун (vėḷynkyqun)
• Czech: díky (cs)
• Danish: tak (da)
• Dutch: bedankt (nl), dank je, dank u (nl)
• Esperanto: dankon
• Estonian: tänan, aitäh (et)
• Ewe: akpe
• Faroese: takk
• Finnish: kiitos (fi), kiitti (fi)
• French: merci (fr)
• Galician: grazas, (informal) graciñas
• Georgian: გმადლობთ (gmadlobt), მადლობა (madloba), გმადლობ (gmadlob)
• German: danke (de)
• Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) (efcharistó)
• Hebrew: תּוֹדָה‎‎ (he) (todá), חֵן חֵן‎‎ (he) (khén khén)
• Hindi: धन्यवाद (hi) (dhanyavād), शुक्रिया (hi) (śukriyā), थैंक्स (thaiṅks), थैंक्यू (thaiṅkyū)
• Hungarian: köszönöm (hu), köszi (hu) (informal)
• Icelandic: takk (is) (informal), takk fyrir (is) (formal), þakka þér
• Ido: danko (io)
• Igbo: ị́mẹ̄lá
• Inari Sami: takkâ
• Indonesian: terima kasih (id)
• Irish: (to one person) go raibh maith agat, (to more than one person) go raibh maith agaibh
• Italian: grazie (it)
• Japanese: ありがとう (ja) (arigatō), どうも (dōmo), サンキュー (ja) (sankyū)
• Jingpho: chyeju kaba sai
• Khmer: អរគុណ (ɑɑ kun)
• Korean: 고마워 (gomawo), 감사합니다 (ko) (gamsahamnida), 감사해요 (gamsahaeyo)
• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: spas (ku), memnûn (ku), teşekur (ku)

  Sorani: سوپاس‎‎ (supas), سپاس‎‎ (spas)

• Lao: ຂໍຂອບໃຈ (khǭ khǭp chai), ຂອບໃຈ (khǭp chai)
• Latin: gratias (la), gratias ago
• Latvian: paldies

• Lithuanian: ačiū (lt), dėkui
• Luganda: webale
• Luxembourgish: merci
• Macedonian: фа́ла (fála)
• Malay: terima kasih (ms)
• Maltese: grazzi (mt)
• Mongolian: баярлалаа (bajarlalaa)
• Nahuatl: tlazohcāmati (nah)
• Navajo: ahéheeʼ
• Nepali: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian: takk (no)
• Occitan: mercé (oc), mercés
• Palauan: sulang
• Papiamentu: danki
• Persian: ممنون‎‎ (fa) (mamnun), سپاس‎‎ (fa) (sepâs), مرسی‎‎ (fa) (mersi), تشکر‎‎ (fa) (tašakkor)
• Polish: dziękuję (pl), dzięki (pl)
• Portuguese: obrigado (pt) m, obrigada (pt) f, valeu (informal, Brazil)
• Rajasthani: धनवाद (dhanavād), धिनवाद (dhinavād)
• Romanian: mulțumesc (ro), mersi (ro)
• Russian: спаси́бо (ru) (spasíbo), благодарю (blagodaryú)
• Samoan: fa'afetai
• Sanskrit: धन्यवादान m pl (dhanyavādāna), अनुगृहीतोऽस्मि (anugṛhīto’smi)
• Scots: thank
• Scottish Gaelic: taing
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: хва́ла

  Roman: hvála (sh)

• Sinhalese: ඉස්තුති (istuti), ස්තුති (stuti)
• Skolt Sami: späʹsseb
• Slovak: vďaka, ďakujem
• Slovene: hvála (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: źěkujom se

• Spanish: gracias (es)
• Sranan Tongo: danki, tangi
• Swahili: asante
• Swedish: tack (sv), tackar (sv)
• Sylheti: ꠡꠥꠇ꠆ꠞꠤꠀ (śukria), ꠗꠂꠘ꠆ꠘꠛꠣꠖ (doinnobad)
• Tagalog: salamat (tl)
• Tamil: நன்றி (ta) (naṉṟi)
• Telugu: ధన్యవాదాలు (te) (dhanyavādālu)
• Thai: ขอบคุณ (th) (kɔ̀ɔp-kun)
• Tlingit: gunalchéesh
• Turkish: sağ ol (tr), teşekkürler (tr), teşekkür ederim (tr)
• Turkmen: sagboluň, spasiba
• Ukrainian: дя́кую (djákuju), спаси́бi (spasýbi)
• Urdu: دھنیہ واد‎‎ (dhanya-vād), شکریہ‎‎ (ur) (šukriya)
• Vietnamese: cám ơn (vi) (感恩) (plus one of: ông, bà, cô, anh, chị, em, quí vị – depending on subject of gratitude)
• Welsh: diolch (cy)
• West Frisian: tankewol, tanke
• Yiddish: דאַנק‎‎ (dank)
• Yup'ik: quyana
• Zulu: ngiyabonga (zu)

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Translations to be checked

• Albanian: (2) ^{(please verify)} faleminderit (sq)
• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} aitäh (et), ^{(please verify)} tänan

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} mulțumiri f pl, (2)

Noun

thanks

1. plural of thank

thanks (uncountable)

2. An expression of gratitude.

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

3. Grateful feelings or thoughts.

Derived terms

• thanks to

Translations

expression of gratitude

• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp
• Bulgarian: призна̀телност (bg) m (priznàtelnost), благода̀рност (bg) (blagodàrnost)
• Czech: díky (cs) m pl
• Danish: tak (da) c
• Dutch: bedankt (nl)
• Ewe: akpe n
• Faroese: tøkk, takk
• Finnish: kiitos (fi), kiitokset
• French: remerciements m pl
• Galician: grazas f pl
• German: Dank (de) m, Danksagung f
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌰𐌲𐌺𐍃 m (þagks)

• Greek: ευχαριστώ (el) n (efcharistó)
• Hungarian: köszönet (hu)
• Icelandic: þökk (is) f, þakkargerð f, þakkargjörð f
• Japanese: 謝辞 (shaji)
• Portuguese: agradecimentos m pl
• Romanian: mulțumiri f pl
• Russian: благода́рность (ru) f (blagodárnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: taing f
• Spanish: gracias (es) f pl
• Swedish: tack (sv) n
• Tamil: நன்றி (ta) (naṉṟi)
• Volapük: dan (vo)

grateful feelings

• American Sign Language: OpenB@Chin-PalmBack OpenB@FromChin-PalmUp
• Bulgarian: призна̀телност (bg) m (priznàtelnost), благода̀рност (bg) (blagodàrnost)
• Dutch: dank (nl) m
• Finnish: kiitokset pl
• French: remerciement (fr) m
• German: Dank (de) m
• Greek: ευχαριστία (el) f (efcharistía), ευγνωμοσύνη (el) f (evgnomosýni)

• Hungarian: hála (hu)
• Italian: ringraziamento (it)
• Portuguese: gratidão (pt) f, agradecimento (pt)
• Russian: благода́рность (ru) f (blagodárnostʹ)
• Spanish: agradecimiento (es)
• Swedish: tack (sv) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} vďaka

• Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} salamat (tl)

Verb

thanks

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of thank