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English
rank|got|let|world|194|thing|set|told|both
Etymology
From ME., from OE. þing.
Pronunciation
enPR|thÄng, IPA|/θɪÅ�/, SAMPA|/TIN/
audio|en-us-thing.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|ɪ�
Noun
thing (plural: things; diminutives: thingy / thingie, thingo [Aus])
- That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
- A word, symbol, sign or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
- An individual object or distinct entity.
- law whatever can be owned.
- the latest fad or fashion.
- in plural clothes, possessions or equipment.
- A unit.
#: Get me a thing of apple juice at the store.
- In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
- (in certain fixed expressions) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- context|U.S. slang A penis.
Quotations
1611 � w:King James Version of the Bible|King James Version of the Bible, s:Bible (King James)/Luke|Luke 1:1
Synonyms
stuff (uncountable equivalent)
yoke (Ireland)
Translations
trans-top|a separate entity or concept
Albanian: t-|sq|send|m|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|ش�ء (šæy�) m
Basque: gauza
Bosnian: t-|bs|stvar|f
Breton: tra f
Catalan: cosa f
CJKV Characters: �, �
Chinese:
Croatian: t+|hr|stvar|f
Czech: t+|cs|v�c|f
Danish: t-|da|ting|c
Dutch: t+|nl|ding|n
Estonian: t-|et|asi, t-|et|ese
Finnish: t+|fi|asia
French: chose f, truc m, machin m italbrac|informal
Frisian: ding n
German: t+|de|Ding|n
Galician: cousa f
Greek: t+|el|��άγμα|n|trprágma|scGrek
Guarani: mba'e
Gujarati: વસ�ત� (vastu)
Hebrew: ��ר (davar) m
Hindi: वस�त� (vastū) m, ���़ (chīz) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|dolog
Icelandic: t+|is|hlutur|m
Ido: kozo
trans-mid
Indonesian: benda, barang, makhluk
Interlingua: cosa
Irish: t-|ga|rud|m|xsIrish, t-|ga|nÃ|m|xsIrish
Italian: t+|it|cosa|f
Japanese: � (��, koto)
Korean: 물건 (mulgeon)
Kurdish:
Latin: t+|la|res|f|alt=r�s
Latvian: t-|lv|lieta|f|xs=Latvian
trreq|Lithuanian
Marathi: वस�त� (vastu)
Norwegian: ting m, dings m, greie f a
trreq|Mongolian
Old English: t-|ang|þing|n|xs=Old English
Persian: FAchar|��ز (�iz)
Polish: t+|pl|rzecz|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|coisa|f
Romanian: t-|ro|lucru|n
Russian: ве�� (veš��) f
Sanskrit: वस�त� (vastu) m
Serbian:
Slovene: stvar f, re� f
Spanish: t+|es|cosa|f
Swahili: kitu, vitu pl (noun 7/8)
Swedish: t+|sv|sak|c, t+|sv|ting|n
Tupinambá: mba'e
trreq|Turkish
Urdu: URchar|�ست� (vastū) m, URchar|��ز (�īz) f
Welsh: t-|cy|peth|m|xs=Welsh
trans-bottom
trans-top|any physical or psychical entity
Albanian: t-|sq|send|xs=Albanian
Arabic: ARchar|ش�ء (šæy�) m
Basque: gauza
CJKV Characters: �, �
Chinese:
Danish: t-|da|ting|c
Dutch: t+|nl|ding|n
Estonian: t-|et|asi, t-|et|ese
Finnish: t+|fi|asia
French: chose f, truc m, machin m italbrac|informal
Frisian: ding n
German: t+|de|Ding|n
Galician: cousa f
Greek: t+|el|��άγμα|n|trprágma|scGrek, t+|el|�λά�μα|n|trplasma|scGrek, t+|el|��οκείμενο|n|tripokimeno|scGrek
Guarani: mba'e
Gujarati: વસ�ત� (vastu)
Hindi: वस�त� (vastū) m, ���़ (chīz) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|dolog
Ido: kozo
Indonesian: benda, barang, makhluk
Interlingua: cosa
Inuktitut: �
Irish: t-|ga|rud|m|xsIrish, t-|ga|nÃ|m|xsIrish
trans-mid
Italian: t+|it|cosa|f
Japanese: � (��, mono)
Korean: 물건 (mulgeon)
Latin: t+|la|res|f|alt=r�s
Latvian: t-|lv|lieta|xs=Latvian
Marathi: वस�त� (vastu)
Norwegian: t-|no|ting, t-|no|dings, t+|no|greie|m
Old English: t-|ang|þing|n|xs=Old English
Persian: FAchar|��ز (�iz)
Polish: t+|pl|rzecz|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|coisa|f
Romanian: t-|ro|lucru|n
Russian: ве�� (veš��) f
Sanskrit: वस�त� (vastu) m
Serbian:
Slovene: stvar f, re� f
Spanish: t+|es|cosa|f
Swahili: kitu, vitu pl (noun 7/8)
Swedish: t+|sv|sak|c, t+|sv|ting|n
Telugu: వస�త�వ� (vastuvu)
Tupinambá: mba'e
Urdu: URchar|�ست� (vastū) m, URchar|��ز (�īz) f
Welsh: t-|cy|peth|m|xs=Welsh
trans-bottom
trans-top|a legislative or judicial assembly
German: t-|de|Thing|n
trans-mid
Swedish: t+|sv|ting|n
trans-bottom
Derived terms
top2
anything
everything
here's the thing
nothing
something
mid2
the thing is
thingamajig
thingness
thingo
thingy
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