thankenとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Inherited from 古期英語 þancian, þoncian, from Proto-West Germanic *þankōn, from Proto-Germanic *þankōną; By surface analysis, thank +‎ -en (infinitive suffix).

発音

• IPA: /ˈθankən/
• IPA: /ˈθɔnkən/ (East Saxon, West Midland)
• IPA: /ˈðɔnkən/ (Southwest Midland), /ˈðɔnkiː/ (Kent, Southern)

動詞

thanken (third-person singular simple present thanketh, present participle thankende, thankynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle thanked)

1. (intransitive) To express gratitude; to give thanks [with to ‘someone/something’ or of or for ‘for something’]
2. (transitive or ditransitive) To thank; to express gratitude to. [with of or for or indirect object ‘for something’]
   • c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “Paſſ᷒ vııȷ᷒ de visione ⁊ prımus de Dowel”, in [Piers Plowman, A Treatise on Sin] (W, B-text), London, published c. 1400, →OCLC, folio 46, verso; republished as Thorlac Turville-Petre, Hoyt N. Duggan, editors, Cambridge, Trinity College, MS B.15.17 (The Piers Plowman Electronic Archive; 2), SEENET, 2014, →ISBN:

     ¶ I þonked þoȝt þo. þ he me þus tauȝte / Ac yet ſauoꝛeþ me noȝt þı seying. I coueıte to lerne / How dowel. dobet. and dobeſt. doon among þe peple

     Then I thanked Thought for all of what he told me, / [and said] "your comments didn't satisfy me; I want to learn / how Do-well, Do-better, and Do-best do among the people."

3. (transitive, uncommon) To celebrate or rejoice with.
4. (transitive, rare) To hold responsible; to attribute to.
5. (transitive, rare) To laud, commend, or praise.

Conjugation

派生した語

• English: thank
• Middle Scots: thank
  • Scots: thank
  • Shetland: tank

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