though
/ðoʊ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.50 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
adv
conj
verb
Misspelling of thought.
Example Sentences
- "I'm not paid to do all this paperwork for you. I will do it this once, though."
- "So they got married. That, though, was not the end of the story."
- "Whether modern, industrial man is less or more warlike than his hunter-gatherer ancestors is impossible to determine.[…]One thing that is true, though, is that murder rates have fallen over the centuries, as policing has spread and the routine carrying of weapons has diminished. Modern society may not have done anything about war. But peace is a lot more peaceful."
- ""Man, it's hot in here." — "Isn't it, though?""
- "Though it is risky, it is worth taking the chance."
- "Astute businessman though he was, my brother was capable of extreme recklessness."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *to-der. Proto-Indo-European *-weder. Proto-Germanic *þau Proto-Indo-European *-kʷeder. Proto-Germanic *-hw Proto-Germanic *þauh Proto-West Germanic *þauh Old English þēah ▲ Proto-Germanic *þauh Old Norse *þóhder. Middle English thogh English though From Middle English though, thogh, from Old Norse *þóh (later þó). Superseded (in most dialects) Middle English thegh, from Old English þēah (“though, although, even if, that, however, nevertheless, yet, still; whether”). Both the Old Norse and Old English are from Proto-Germanic *þauh (“though”), from Proto-Indo-European *to-, suffixed with Proto-Germanic *-hw < Proto-Indo-European *-kʷe (“and”). Akin to Scots tho (“though”), Saterland Frisian dach (“though”), West Frisian dôch, dochs (“though”), Dutch doch (“though”), German doch (“though”), Danish dog (“though, however”), Swedish dock (“however, still”), Icelandic þó (“though”). More at that.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *þóh, thegh, þēah, *þauh, *to-, *-hw
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ðoʊ/
- British English: /ðəʊ/