gratitude

English

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Etymology

From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced native Old English þancung.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹætɪt(j)ud/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

gratitude (countable and uncountable, plural gratitudes)

1. The state of being grateful.

Synonyms

• appreciation
• thankfulness
• gratefulness

Antonyms

• ingratitude

Derived terms

• gratitudinal

Related terms

• grace
• grateful
• gratification
• gratify

Translations

state of being grateful

• Albanian: mirënjohje (sq) f
• Amharic: ምስጋና (məsgana)
• Arabic: شُكْر m (šukr), اِمْتِنَان m (imtinān), تَشَكُّر m (tašakkur)
• Armenian: երախտագիտություն (hy) (eraxtagitutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: minnətdarlıq, təşəkkür (az), minnət
• Belarusian: падзя́ка f (padzjáka), удзя́чнасць f (udzjáčnascʹ)
• Bengali: শোকর (bn) (śōkor)
• Bulgarian: благода́рност (bg) f (blagodárnost), призна́тельност f (priznátelʹnost)
• Burmese: ကျေးဇူး (my) (kye:ju:), ကတညုတ (my) (ka.ta.nyu.ta.)
• Catalan: gratitud (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 感恩 (zh) (gǎn'ēn), 謝意 / 谢意 (zh) (xièyì)

• Czech: vděčnost (cs) f, vděk (cs) m
• Danish: taknemmelighed (da) c
• Dutch: dankbaarheid (nl) f
• Esperanto: dankemo
• Estonian: tänulikkus
• Faroese: takksemi
• Finnish: kiitollisuus (fi)
• French: gratitude (fr) f
• Galician: gratitude (gl) f
• Georgian: მადლიერება (madliereba)
• German: Dankbarkeit (de) f
• Greek: ευγνωμοσύνη (el) f (evgnomosýni)

  Ancient: εὐχαριστία f (eukharistía)

• Hebrew: תּוֹדָה (he) f (todá), הוֹדָיָה f (hodayá)
• Hindi: आभार (hi) m (ābhār), कृतज्ञता (hi) f (kŕtajñatā)
• Hungarian: hála (hu)
• Icelandic: þakklæti (is) n
• Ido: gratitudo (io)
• Irish: buíochas m
• Italian: gratitudine (it) f, riconoscenza (it) f
• Japanese: 感謝 (ja) (かんしゃ, kansha)
• Jingpho: chyeju
• Kashubian: wdzãcznosc f
• Kazakh: алғыс (alğys), рақмет (raqmet), ризалық (rizalyq), ризашылық (rizaşylyq)
• Khmer: កតញ្ញុតា (km) (kaʼtaññutaa)
• Korean: 감사(感謝) (ko) (gamsa)
• Kyrgyz: алкыш (ky) (alkış), ыракмат (ky) (ırakmat)
• Latin: grātitūdō f
• Latvian: pateicība f
• Lithuanian: dėkingumas m
• Macedonian: благодарност f (blagodarnost)
• Malay: bersyukur, syukur (ms)
• Malayalam: കൃതജ്ഞത (ml) (kr̥tajñata), നന്ദി (ml) (nandi)
• Maori: ngākau reka
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: талархал (mn) (talarxal)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: takknemlighet (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: takksemd f, takknemlegheit f

• Occitan: gratitud (oc)
• Old English: þancung f
• Ottoman Turkish: شكر (şükr, şükür)
• Persian: تشکر (fa) (tašakor), امتنان (fa) (emtenân), شنوهر (šenuhr), سپاسگزاری (fa) (sepâsgozâri), قدردانی (fa) (qadrdâni)
• Polish: wdzięczność (pl)
• Portuguese: gratidão (pt) f
• Romanian: gratitudine (ro) f, recunoștință (ro) f
• Russian: благода́рность (ru) f (blagodárnostʹ), призна́тельность (ru) f (priznátelʹnostʹ)
• Scottish Gaelic: buidheachas m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: благодарност f, захвалност f

  Roman: blagodarnost (sh) f, zahvalnost (sh) f

• Shan: ၵျေးၸူး (shn) (kjée tsúu), ၵေးၸူး (shn) (kée tsúu)
• Slovak: vďačnosť f
• Slovene: hvaležnost f
• Somali: abal m
• Spanish: gratitud (es) f, conoscencia (es) f, agradecimiento (es) m
• Swahili: ushukuru
• Swedish: tacksamhet (sv) c
• Tajik: ташаккур (tg) (tašakkur), миннатдорӣ (minnatdori), сипосгузорӣ (siposguzori), имтинон (imtinon)
• Telugu: కృతజ్ఞత (te) (kr̥tajñata)
• Thai: กตเวทิตา (th), ความกตัญญู (th)
• Turkish: şükür (tr), şükran (tr), teşekkür (tr), minnet (tr)
• Turkmen: minnetdarlyk
• Ukrainian: вдя́чність (uk) f (vdjáčnistʹ)
• Urdu: شکر m (śukr), شکرانہ m (śukrāna), تشکر (taśakkur)
• Uyghur: مىننەتدارلىق (minnetdarliq)
• Uzbek: tashakkur (uz), minnatdorlik (uz), minnatdorchilik (uz)
• Vietnamese: lòng biết ơn (vi)
• Yakut: махтал (maqtal)
• Yiddish: דאַנקבאַרקייט f (dankbarkeyt)

Further reading

• “gratitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “gratitude”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “gratitude”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

From Late Latin gratitudō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.ti.tyd/

• Audio (Paris):

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• Homophone: gratitudes
• Hyphenation: gra‧ti‧tude

Noun

gratitude f (plural gratitudes)

1. gratitude

   Synonym: reconnaissance

   Antonym: ingratitude

Further reading

• “gratitude”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.