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Etymology From French gratitude Medieval Latin grātitūdō ( “ thankfulness ” ) , from Latin grātus ( “ thankful ” ) . Displaced native Old English þancung
Pronunciation
Noun gratitude (countable and uncountable plural gratitudes
The state of being grateful .
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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 G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC “gratitude ”, in The Century Dictionary The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC “gratitude ”, in OneLook Dictionary Search .
French
Etymology From Late Latin gratitudō
Pronunciation
Noun gratitude f plural gratitudes
gratitude
Synonym: reconnaissance Antonym: ingratitude
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