Meanings
plural gratitudes
- countableuncountableThe state of being grateful.
He bowed his head in gratitude to the donors.
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She showed deep gratitude for the support she received.
Our deep gratitude is due to all those who have helped over the last few months.
Words cannot express my gratitude for your kindness.
She felt overwhelming gratitude towards her parents.
Synonyms: appreciation, gratefulness, thankfulness · Antonyms: ingratitude
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷerH-
- Proto-Indo-European*gʷr̥Htós
- Proto-Italic*gʷrātos
- Latingrātus
- Medieval Latingratitudō
- Frenchgratitude
- Englishgratitude
From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced Old English þancung.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek εὐχαριστία
- εὐχαριστία (eukharistía)state of being grateful
Arabic شُكْر, اِمْتِنَان
- شُكْر (šukr)state of being grateful
- اِمْتِنَان (imtinān)state of being grateful
- تَشَكُّر (tašakkur)state of being grateful
Bengali শোকর
- শোকর (śōkor)state of being grateful
Bulgarian благода́рност, призна́тельност
- благода́рност (blagodárnost)state of being grateful
- призна́тельност (priznátelʹnost)state of being grateful
Catalan gratitud
- gratitudstate of being grateful
Chinese Mandarin 感恩, 謝意 /谢意
- 感恩 (gǎn'ēn)state of being grateful
- 謝意 /谢意 (xièyì)state of being grateful
Czech vděčnost, vděk
- vděčnoststate of being grateful
- vděkstate of being grateful
Danish taknemmelighed
- taknemmelighedstate of being grateful
Dutch dankbaarheid
- dankbaarheidstate of being grateful
Esperanto dankemo
- dankemostate of being grateful
Estonian tänulikkus
- tänulikkusstate of being grateful
Finnish kiitollisuus
- kiitollisuusstate of being grateful
French gratitude
- gratitudestate of being grateful
German Dankbarkeit
- Dankbarkeitstate of being grateful
Greek ευγνωμοσύνη
- ευγνωμοσύνη (evgnomosýni)state of being grateful
Hebrew תּוֹדָה, הוֹדָיָה
- תּוֹדָה (todá)state of being grateful
- הוֹדָיָה (hodayá)state of being grateful
Hindi आभार, कृतज्ञता
- आभार (ābhār)state of being grateful
- कृतज्ञता (kŕtajñatā)state of being grateful
Hungarian hála
- hálastate of being grateful
Icelandic þakklæti
- þakklætistate of being grateful
Irish buíochas
- buíochasstate of being grateful
Italian gratitudine, riconoscenza
- gratitudinestate of being grateful
- riconoscenzastate of being grateful
Japanese 感謝
- 感謝 (kansha)state of being grateful
Korean 감사
- 감사 (gamsa)state of being grateful
Latin grātitūdō
- grātitūdōstate of being grateful
Latvian pateicība
- pateicībastate of being grateful
Lithuanian dėkingumas
- dėkingumasstate of being grateful
Malay bersyukur, syukur
- bersyukurstate of being grateful
- syukurstate of being grateful
Māori ngākau reka
- ngākau rekastate of being grateful
Norwegian Bokmål takknemlighet
- takknemlighetstate of being grateful
Persian تشکر, امتنان
- تشکر (tašakor)state of being grateful
- امتنان (emtenân)state of being grateful
- شنوهر (šenuhr)state of being grateful
- سپاسگزاری (sepâsgozâri)state of being grateful
- قدردانی (qadrdâni)state of being grateful
Polish wdzięczność
- wdzięcznośćstate of being grateful
Portuguese gratidão
- gratidãostate of being grateful
Romanian gratitudine, recunoștință
- gratitudinestate of being grateful
- recunoștințăstate of being grateful
Russian благода́рность, призна́тельность
- благода́рность (blagodárnostʹ)state of being grateful
- призна́тельность (priznátelʹnostʹ)state of being grateful
Scottish Gaelic buidheachas
- buidheachasstate of being grateful
Slovak vďačnosť
- vďačnosťstate of being grateful
Spanish gratitud, conoscencia
- gratitudstate of being grateful
- conoscenciastate of being grateful
- agradecimientostate of being grateful
Swahili ushukuru
- ushukurustate of being grateful
Swedish tacksamhet
- tacksamhetstate of being grateful
Tamil நன்றி
- நன்றி (naṉṟi)state of being grateful
Thai กตเวทิตา, ความกตัญญู
- กตเวทิตาstate of being grateful
- ความกตัญญูstate of being grateful
Turkish şükür, şükran
- şükürstate of being grateful
- şükranstate of being grateful
- teşekkürstate of being grateful
- minnetstate of being grateful
Ukrainian вдя́чність
- вдя́чність (vdjáčnistʹ)state of being grateful
Urdu شکر, شکرانہ
- شکر (śukr)state of being grateful
- شکرانہ (śukrāna)state of being grateful
- تشکر (taśakkur)state of being grateful
Vietnamese lòng biết ơn
- lòng biết ơnstate of being grateful
Yiddish דאַנקבאַרקייט
- דאַנקבאַרקייט (dankbarkeyt)state of being grateful
Rhymes & wordplay
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gratitude. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gratitude
“gratitude.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gratitude. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gratitude,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gratitude.
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