thank you
Syllables: thank·you/ˈθæŋk ˌju//ˈfæŋk ˌju/
thank you interjection: an expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given. Also the alternative spelling of thank-you.
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Interjection
- An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given.
- “Thank you!” said the girl after her mom gave her a gift.
- “And thank you for being so sweet,” replied her mom.
- Synonyms:
- cheers, much appreciated, gracias, gramercy, much obliged, ta, thank you very much, thanks, thanks a bunch, thanks a lot
- Used as a polite affirmative to accept an offer.
- Near-synonym: please
- —May I help you? —Yes, thank you.
- Synonyms:
- please
- A polite dismissal; usually used in professional contexts.
- ‘No, come in,’ he said. ‘Martin, right? Have a seat.’ […] ‘Thank you, no, I won’t.’ He moved inside a little more.2015, Amy Andrews, Limbo, Sydney, N.S.W.: Escape Publishing, →ISBN
Also used as
thank you is also the alternative spelling of thank-you.
thank you meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
thank you in Hindi
- an expression of gratitude
- धन्यवाद dhanyavād, शुक्रिया śukriyā, थैंक्यू tha͠ikyū, थैंक्स tha͠iks
thank you in Tamil
- an expression of gratitude
- நன்றி naṉṟi
thank you in Marathi
- an expression of gratitude
- धन्यवाद dhanyavād
thank you in Urdu
- an expression of gratitude
- شُکْرِیَہ śukriya, جَزاک اَللٰہ jazāk allāh, دَھنْیَہ واد dhanya vād, جَزاک اَللٰہ خَیر jazāk allāh xair, نَوازِش navāziś, مِہْرْبانی mihrbānī
More languagesFewer languages
- thank you in Bengali
- ধন্যবাদ dhonnobad, শুকরিয়া śukriẏa, জাজাকাল্লাহু খাইরান jajakallahu khairan
- thank you in Telugu
- ధన్యవాదాలు dhanyavādālu
- thank you in Malayalam
- നന്ദി nandi
- thank you in Kannada
- ಧನ್ಯವಾದ dhanyavāda
- thank you in Punjabi
- ਸ਼ੁਕਰਿਆ śukriā, شُکریا šukriya
- thank you in Gujarati
- આભાર ābhār, ધન્યવાદ dhanyavād
- thank you in Odia
- ଧନ୍ୟବାଦ dhanyabāda
- thank you in Sanskrit
- धन्यवाद dhanyavāda, अनुगृहीतोऽस्मि anugṛhītoʼsmi, अनुगृहीतास्मि anugṛhītāsmi
- thank you in Sinhala
- ඉස්තුති istuti, ස්තුති stuti
- thank you in Assamese
- ধনাবাদ dhonabad
- thank you in Nepali
- धन्यवाद dhanyavād
- thank you in Pashto
- تشکر tašakór, مننه manana
- thank you in Tagalog
- salamat
- thank you in Arabic
- شُكْرًا šukran, تِسْلَم tislam, يِعْطيك العافية yiʕṭīk al-ʕāfya, شكرا šukran
- thank you in Malay
- terima kasih, kamsia, menjunjung kasih
- thank you in Indonesian
- terima kasih, makasih
- thank you in Persian
- مَمْنونَم mamnunam, مُتِشَکِرَم motešakeram, مِرْسی mersi, تَشَکُّر tašakkor
- thank you in Thai
- ขอบคุณ kɔ̀ɔp-kun
- thank you in Vietnamese
- cám ơn, cảm ơn
- thank you in Myanmar
- ကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ် kye:ju:tangpatai, ကျေးဇူးပဲ kye:ju:pai:
- Sindhi
- مَهِرْبانِي mahirbānī
- Dhivehi
- ޝުކުރިއްޔާ šukuriyyā
- Dzongkha
- བཀའ་དྲིན་ཆེ bka' drin che
Examples of thank you in a sentence
- —May I help you? —Thank you.
- "But, thank you, Lucy, oh, thank you," said Mrs.1925 May 14, Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway, London: Leonard & Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, →OCLC:
- Always say "thank you." When in doubt, say "thank you." Say "thank you" even if you think it is not necessary in the circumstances.2007, Jerry Goodwin, “Thank You”, in Thank You: One of Seventeen Rules …: Wonderful for Men and Women of All Ages, [Philadelphia, Pa.]...
Synonyms of thank you
- cheers
- much appreciated
- gracias
- much obliged
- ta
- thank you very much
- thanks
- thanks a bunch
- thanks a lot
- thanks a million
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- thanks very much
- ty
- you're welcome
- a typical reply
- beauty
- chur
- h/t
- hat tip
- many thanks
- shoutout
- merci
- mercy buckets
- mercy bucket
- sankyu
- spank you
- spank you very much
- shot
- shotties
- shucks
- tanks
- thank you so much
- thank you kindly
- thank'ee
- thankee
- thanks a heap
- thanks a ton
- thanks heaps
- thanksh
- todah rabah
- ta everso
Forms of thank you
| Interjection | |
|---|---|
| alternative form | thank u |
| alternative form | thank ya |
| alternative form | thank ye |
| alternative form | sank you |
| Noun | |
| plural | thank yous |
Origin of thank you
From Middle English thanke yow; as with thank God, praise be to God, and praise the Lord, it was originally a present subjunctive form but is usually not parsed that way in current usage. It has also sometimes been parsed as a prodrop form of (present indicative) I thank you, a mechanism that may plausibly coexist with the other one (instances being variable).
Words formed from thank you
Questions about thank you
- What does thank you mean?
- Thank you means an expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given.
- What is thank you in Hindi?
- Thank you in Hindi is धन्यवाद (dhanyavād), शुक्रिया (śukriyā), थैंक्यू (tha͠ikyū). See Thank you meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use thank you in a sentence?
- —May I help you? —Thank you.
- What part of speech is thank you?
- Thank you is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce thank you?
- Thank you is pronounced /ˈθæŋk ˌju/.
Words near thank you in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thank you (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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