Thing
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English
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old English þing.
Pronunciation
- thĭng, /θɪŋ/, /TIN/
Noun
thing (plural: things; diminutives: thingy / thingie, thingo [Aus])
- that which is considered to exist as a separate entity or concept.
- Word that can be used to refer to any physical or psychical entity.
Synonyms
- stuff (uncountable equivalent)
Derived terms
- anything
- everything
- nothing
- something
- thingamajig
- thingo
- thingy
Translations
- Arabic: شّيء (ʃajʔ)
- Basque: gauza
- Dutch: ding n
- Old English: þing n
- Finnish: asia
- French: chose f, truc m, machin m (informal)
- Frisian: ding n
- German: Ding n, Sache f
- Guarani: mba'e
- Hindi: वस्तू, चीज़
- Indonesian: benda, barang, makhluk
- Interlingua: cosa
- Italian: cosa f
- Japanese: もの (mono)
- Latin: res
- Norwegian: ting, dings, greiem
- Persian: چيز (čiz)
- Polish: rzecz f
- Portuguese: coisa f
- Romanian: lucru n
- Spanish: cosa f
- Swedish: sak
- Tupinambá: mba'e
Pronunciation
Noun
Thing
- In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
la:thing