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See also:thankyouandthank-you

English

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WOTD – 24 November 2016
A “thank you” sign being held up at aconference inTaiwan in 2014

Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishthanke yow; as withthank God,praise be to God, andpraise the Lord, it was originally apresent subjunctive form but is usually not parsed that way in current usage. It has also sometimes been parsed as aprodrop form of (present indicative)I thank you, a mechanism that may plausibly coexist with the other one (instances being variable).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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thankyou

  1. An expression ofgratitude orpoliteness in response to something done or given.[from c. 1400]
    “Thank you!” said the girl after her mom gave her a gift.
    “Andthankyou for being so sweet,” replied her mom.
    • 1711, attributed toJohn Fletcher, “Bonduca, a Tragedy”, inThe Works of Mr.Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher, volume IV, London: Printed forJacob Tonson, at Shakespear's Head over-against Catherine-street in theStrand,→OCLC, act I, scene ii,page2194:
      Jun[ius][…] The General has new Wine, new come over. / He muſt have new Acquaintance for it too, / For I willnone, Ithank ye. /Pet[ilus]None, Ithank ye? / A short and touchy answer.None, Ithank ye: / Ye do not scorn it, do ye?
    • 1826 April 22,“G.”, “The Dukedom (from ‘The News of Literature and Fashion, Science and Art.’)”, inThe Spirit of the Times; or, Essence of the Periodicals; Concentrating Every Week, All that is Worthy (as Strictly Regarding the Time) of Being Preserved, from the Whole of Our Newspapers, Magazines, &c., volume I, number XXIX, London: Printed by Milne, Banfield, and Duckworth[...] for J. Scott,→OCLC,page436, column 1:
      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.
    • 1925 May 14,Virginia Woolf,Mrs. Dalloway, London:Leonard &Virginia Woolf at theHogarth Press,→OCLC:
      "But,thank you, Lucy, oh,thank you," said Mrs. Dalloway, andthank 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.
    • 1977 December 12,Benny Andersson,Björn Ulvaeus, “Thank You for the Music”, inABBA: The Album, performed byABBA:
      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 saythank you for the music / For giving it to me
    • 2002, Bill Boyd, “Striking a Deal”, inStepdaddy: A Creative Memoir, Macon, Ga.:Mercer University Press,→ISBN, page96:
      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.
    • 2007, Jerry Goodwin, “Thank You”, inThank You: One of Seventeen Rules …: Wonderful for Men and Women of All Ages,[Philadelphia, Pa.]:Xlibris,→ISBN, page19:
      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!
    • 2014 February, Colin McEvoy, Lynn Olanoff, chapter 13, inFatal Jealousy: The True Story of a Doomed Romance, a Singular Obsession, and a Quadruple Murder (St. Martin's True Crime Library), New York, N.Y.:St. Martin's Paperbacks,→ISBN, page136:
      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!!"
    • 2014,Roy Williams,Kingston 14, London, New York, N.Y.:Bloomsbury Methuen Drama,→ISBN, act II, page71:
      Adrian Shush. /CarlThank yu. /Adrian Fer what? /Carl Fer staying. /Adrian Man tell mi to. Nuh thank mi. But you must shush.
  3. (often withyes)Used as a polite affirmative to accept an offer.
    Near-synonym:please
    —May I help you? —Yes,thank you.
    —May I help you? —Thank you.
  4. A politedismissal; usually used inprofessional contexts.
    • 2015, Amy Andrews,Limbo, Sydney, N.S.W.: Escape Publishing,→ISBN:
      ‘No, come in,’ he said. ‘Martin, right? Have a seat.’[…] ‘Thank you, no, I won’t.’ He moved inside a little more.

Usage notes

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Can also be used in response to an offer not accepted, as if standing forno thank you. For example, someone offered a bowl full of strawberries after having already eaten a hearty meal might respond withI'm full,thank you.

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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Translations

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an expression of gratitude

Noun

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thankyou (pluralthank yous)

  1. Alternative spelling ofthank-you.

Further reading

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  • Jennifer Runner (2016 August 14) “‘Thank you’ in more than 465 languages”, inJennifer's Language Pages – Greetings in More Than 3000 Languages‎[1], archived fromthe original on21 October 2016.

Chinese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromEnglishthank you.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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thank you

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, sometimes humorous) tothank; to begrateful to
    thank you你[Cantonese]  ― feng1 kiu4 nei5[Jyutping]  ― thank you
    • 2000,War of the Genders, spoken by Lok (Dayo Wong):
      thank you you啦，一於噉話，thank you thank you[Cantonese,trad.]
      thank you you啦，一于噉话，thank you thank you[Cantonese,simp.]
      feng1 kiu4-1 ju1 laa1, jat1 jyu1 gam2 waa6, feng1 kiu4 feng1 kiu4[Jyutping]
      Thank you very much, that's how it'll be. Thanks, thanks.
    • 2017, “Earth vely danger [Earth is very dangerous]”‎[2]performed by Dickson,TVMost:
      I am vely vely vely vely vely velythank q you /Thank q you love my black skin shoes / I love your ball shoes too /[…] / I am rely rely rely rely rely relythank q you /Thank q you love my left door tooth / I love your wine 凹 too
      I am extremelygrateful to you /Thank you for loving my black leather shoes / I love your sneakers too / […] / I am reallygrateful to you /Thank you for loving my left incisor / I love your dimples too
    • 2021, “I'm fine, thx”,Serrini (lyrics)‎[3]performed bySerrini:
      I'm finethank橋 u
      I'm fine,thank you

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