thanksgiving

See also: Thanksgiving

English

Etymology

thanks +‎ giving

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/
• IPA^(key): /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

thanksgiving (countable and uncountable, plural thanksgivings)

1. an expression of gratitude.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter IV

     The waters grew suddenly lighter, and my spirits rose accordingly. I shouted down to those below that I saw daylight ahead, and a great shout of thanksgiving reverberated through the ship. A moment later we emerged into sunlit water, and immediately I raised the periscope and looked about me upon the strangest landscape I had ever seen.

2. a short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.
3. A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.
   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict‎^[1]:

     Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.

Translations

expression of gratitude — see also gratitude

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感恩 (zh) (gǎn'ēn)

• Dutch: dankzegging (nl) f
• French: remerciement (fr) m
• Galician: acción de grazas
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• German: Danksagung f
• Greek:

  Ancient: εὐχαριστία f (eukharistía)

• Hebrew: הודיה f (hodiah)
• Russian: благодаре́ние (ru) n (blagodarénije)
• Spanish: acción de gracias f

short prayer said at meals

• Russian: благода́рственный моле́бен m (blagodárstvennyj molében), моле́бен (ru) m (molében), благода́рственная моли́тва f (blagodárstvennaja molítva)
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• Spanish: acción de gracias