thank you
/ˈfæŋk ˌju/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.47 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
intj
An expression of gratitude or politeness in response to something done or given.
intj
Used as a polite affirmative to accept an offer.
noun
Example Sentences
- "“Thank you!” said the girl after her mom gave her a gift."
- "“And thank you for being so sweet,” replied her mom."
- "Jun[ius] […] The General has new Wine, new come over. / He muſt have new Acquaintance for it too, / For I will none, I thank ye. / Pet[ilus] None, I thank ye? / A short and touchy answer. None, I thank ye: / Ye do not scorn it, do ye?"
- "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."
- ""But, thank you, Lucy, oh, thank you," said Mrs. Dalloway, and thank 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."
- "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 say thank you for the music / For giving it to me"
Etymology
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).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈfæŋk ˌju/