thank-you

[ thangk-yoo ]
/ ˈθæŋkˌyu /

adjective

expressing one's gratitude or thanks: a thank-you note.

noun

an expression of thanks, as by saying “thank you”: I never got so much as a thank-you for helping him.

Origin of thank-you

1785–95 for def 2; noun and adj. use of verb phrase thank you

Definition for thank you (2 of 2)

thank
[ thangk ]
/ θæŋk /

verb (used with object)

to express gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment to: She thanked them for their hospitality.

noun

Usually thanks. a grateful feeling or acknowledgment of a benefit, favor, or the like, expressed by words or otherwise: to return a borrowed book with thanks.

interjection

thanks, (used as an informal expression of gratitude, appreciation, or acknowledgment).

Origin of thank

before 900; (noun) Middle English: favorable thought, goodwill, gratitude, (in singular and plural) expression of thanks; Old English thanc (in singular) expression of thanks, orig., thought, thoughtfulness; (v.) Middle English thanken, Old English thancian (cognate with Dutch, German danken); akin to think1

OTHER WORDS FROM thank

thank·er, noun re·thank, verb (used with object) un·thanked, adjective un·thank·ing, adjective

British Dictionary definitions for thank you (1 of 2)

thank you

interjection, noun

a conventional expression of gratitude

British Dictionary definitions for thank you (2 of 2)

thank
/ (θæŋk) /

verb (tr)

to convey feelings of gratitude to
to hold responsible he has his creditors to thank for his bankruptcy
used in exclamations of relief thank goodness; thank God
I'll thank you to used ironically to intensify a command, request, etc I'll thank you to mind your own business

Word Origin for thank

Old English thancian; related to Old Frisian thankia, Old Norse thakka, Old Saxon, Old High German thancōn

Idioms and Phrases with thank you

thank