gratitude

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH-

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós

Proto-Italic *gʷrātos

Latin grātus

Proto-Indo-European *-tu-

Proto-Indo-European *-d-

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Italic *tūdō

Latin -tūdō

Medieval Latin gratitudōlbor.

French gratitudebor.

English gratitude

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)
  • (without the yod-coalescence) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tjuːd/, [ˈɡʷɹætʰɪtʰjʊu̯d]
  • (yod-coalescence) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.t͡ʃuːd/, [ˈɡɹʷætʰɪt͡ʃʊu̯d]
• (General American, yod-dropping) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/, [ˈɡɹʷætʰɪtʰʊu̯d], (t-flapping) [ˈɡɹʷæɾɪtʰʊu̯d]

  • • Audio (US):

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• (Scotland)
  • (without the yod-coalescence) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹa.tɪ.tjʉd/, [ˈɡɾatɪtjʉd]
  • (yod-coalescence) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɹa.tɪ.t͡ʃʉd/, [ˈɡɾatɪt͡ʃʉd]
• Rhymes: -ætɪtjuːd
• Hyphenation: grat‧i‧tude

Noun

gratitude (countable and uncountable, plural gratitudes)

1. The state of being grateful.

   Synonyms: appreciation, gratefulness, thankfulness

   Antonym: ingratitude

   She showed deep gratitude for the support she received.

   He bowed his head in gratitude to the donors.

   Words cannot express my gratitude for your kindness.

   She felt overwhelming gratitude towards her parents.

Derived terms

• gratitudinal
• overgratitude

Related terms

• grace
• grateful
• gratification
• gratify

Translations

state of being grateful

• Azerbaijani: minnətdarlıq, təşəkkür (az), minnət
• Albanian: mirënjohje (sq) f
• Amharic: ምስጋና (məsgana)
• Arabic: شُكْر m (šukr), اِمْتِنَان m (imtinān), تَشَكُّر m (tašakkur)
• Armenian: երախտագիտություն (hy) (eraxtagitutʻyun)
• 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 Greek: 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)
• Māori: 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
• 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

  Latin: 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)
• Tamil: நன்றி (ta) (naṉṟi)
• Telugu: కృతజ్ఞత (te) (kr̥tajñata)
• Thai: กตเวทิตา (th), ความกตัญญู (th)
• Turkish: şükür (tr), şükran (tr), teşekkür (tr), minnet (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: شكر (şükr, şükür)

• 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 on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “gratitude”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “gratitude”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “gratitude”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “gratitude”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

French

Etymology

From Medieval 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