thank you

Definitions

1. An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given.
2. thank you, thanks
3. Used as a polite affirmative to accept an offer.
   often
4. thanks
5. A polite dismissal; usually used in professional contexts.
6. plural of gracia

Equivalents

25 more languages

العربيةالله يبارك فيكبارك الله فيكتسلمجزاك اللهشكراشكرا لكيِعْطيك العافية+ 4 more

Češtinaděkujiděkuji tiděkuji vámděkujudobře, děkuji+ 2 more

Suomikiitoksiakiitos

Galegograciñasgrazas

עבריתחזק וברוךחן חןתודה

हिन्दीधन्यवादशुक्रिया

Bahasa Indonesiakamsiamaaciterima kasih

Igbodaalụ

Italianograzie

日本語あいがとありがたやありがとうありがとうございますサンキュサンキュースパシーバセンキューだんだんどうもどうもありがとう大きに謝謝+ 10 more

한국어감사합니다고마워고맙습니다

Kurdîmercî

Latinabenigne dicis

Latviešupaldies

Nederlandsbedanktdank jedank u

Polskidziękujędzińkaści

Portuguêsobrigadaobrigadovaleu

Русскийблагодарюмерсиспасибо

Svenskatack

ไทยขอบใจ

Setswanake a leboga

Türkçehoş buldukiyiyim, teşekkür ederimiyiyim, teşekkürlersağ olsağ olunteşekkür ederim+ 3 more

Українськадякуюспасибіспасибоньки

中文дуәщерахмат三Q勞力 /劳力多謝 /多谢感謝 /感谢感謝您 /感谢您感谢您謝謝 /谢谢+ 6 more

繁體中文三Q

Examples

““Thank⟳ you!” said the girl after her mom gave her a gift.”

““And thank⟳ you for being so sweet,” replied her mom.”

“Jun[ius] […] The General has new Wine, new come⟳ over. / He muſt have⟳ new Acquaintance for it too, / For I will none, I thank⟳ ye. / Pet[ilus] None, I thank⟳ ye? / A short and touchy answer⟳. None, I thank⟳ ye: / Ye do not scorn it, do ye?”

“I had some faint recollection of having a penny-piece in my waistcoat pocket, and, pleased with the service he had rendered to us, I gave it him as his guerdon. "Thank⟳ ye, sir—thank⟳ ye, sir—thank⟳ ye, sir," he cried, and immediately returned to his station near the footway.”

“"But, thank⟳ you, Lucy, oh, thank⟳ you," said Mrs. Dalloway, and thank⟳ you, thank⟳ you, she went on saying (sitting down on the sofa with her dress over her knees, her scissors, her silks), thank⟳ you, thank⟳ you, she went on saying in gratitude to her servants generally for helping her to be like⟳ this, to be what she wanted, gentle, generous-hearted.”

“Thank⟳ you for the music, the songs I'm singing / Thanks for all the joy they're bringing / Who can live⟳ without it, I ask⟳ in all honesty / What would life be? / Without a song or a dance⟳ what are we? / So I say⟳ thank⟳ you for the music / For giving it to me”

“Thank⟳ ya, ma'am, thank⟳ ya, thank⟳ ya, thank⟳ ya. He's a good dog. He likes ever'body. He won' be no bother. Thank⟳ ya, ma'am, thank⟳ ya, thank⟳ ya.”

“Always say⟳ "thank⟳ you." When in doubt⟳, say⟳ "thank⟳ you." Say⟳ "thank⟳ you" even if you think⟳ it is not necessary in the circumstances. Whether the recipient thinks it is or is not, it will be appreciated and remembered. It is impossible to say⟳ "thank⟳ you" too often!”

“His return⟳ text came about an hour later. "I Love⟳ you … For all the right reasons," he wrote. "And I'm glad 2 know⟳ u feel⟳ the true love⟳ u have⟳ 4 me again … Thank⟳ u!! You make⟳ me feel⟳ like⟳ i really am superman!!"”

“Adrian Shush. / Carl Thank⟳ yu. / Adrian Fer what? / Carl Fer staying. / Adrian Man tell⟳ mi to. Nuh thank⟳ mi. But you must shush.”

“Near-synonym: please⟳”

“—May I help⟳ you? —Yes, thank⟳ you.”

“—May I help⟳ you? —Thank⟳ you.”

“‘No, come⟳ in,’ he said. ‘Martin, right? Have⟳ a seat.’ […] ‘Thank⟳ you, no, I won’t.’ He moved inside a little more.”

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