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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Quotations 1.3.2 Synonyms 1.3.3 Translations 1.3.4 Derived terms

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
got	let	world	#194: thing	set	told	both

[ Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English þing.

[ Pronunciation

• enPR: thĭng, IPA: /θɪŋ/, SAMPA: /TIN/
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• Rhymes: -ɪŋ

[ Noun

thing (plural: things; diminutives: thingy / thingie, thingo [Aus])

1. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity, object, quality or concept.
2. A word, symbol, sign or other referent that can be used to refer to any entity.
3. An individual object or distinct entity.
4. (law) whatever can be owned.
5. the latest fad or fashion.
6. (in plural) clothes, possessions or equipment.
7. A unit.

   Get me a thing of apple juice at the store.

8. In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
9. (in certain fixed expressions) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
10. (U.S. slang) A penis.

[ Quotations

• 1611 — King James Version of the Bible, Luke 1:1

  Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us...

[ Synonyms

• stuff (uncountable equivalent)
• item
• yoke (Ireland)

[ Translations

a separate entity or concept

Afrikaans: please add this translation if you can Albanian: send sq(sq) m. Arabic: شيء (šæy’) m. Armenian: please add this translation if you can Basque: gauza Belarusian: please add this translation if you can Bosnian: stvar bs(bs) f. Breton: tra f. Bulgarian: нещо (nešto) n., предмет (predmet) m., вещ (vešt) f. CJKV Characters: 物, 事 Catalan: cosa f. Chinese: Cantonese: 東西 (dung1 sai1), 物 (mat6), 事物 (si6 mat6) Mandarin: 東西 (dōngxī), 物 (wù), 事物 (shìwù) Croatian: stvar hr(hr) f. Czech: věc cs(cs) f. Danish: ting da(da) c. Dutch: ding nl(nl) n. Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: asi et(et), ese et(et) Finnish: asia fi(fi) French: chose f., truc m., machin m. (informal) Galician: cousa f. Georgian: ნივთი (nivt‘i), საგანი (sagani) German: Ding de(de) n. Greek: πράγμα el(el) (prágma) n. Guarani: mba'e Gujarati: વસ્તુ (vastu) Hawaiian: mea Hebrew: דבר (davar) m. Hindi: वस्तू (vastū) m., चीज़ (chīz) f. Hungarian: dolog hu(hu) Icelandic: hlutur is(is) m. Ido: kozo Indonesian: benda, barang, makhluk Interlingua: cosa Irish: rud ga(ga) m., ní ga(ga) m.

Italian: cosa it(it) f. Japanese: 事 (こと, koto) Korean: 물건 (mulgeon) Kurdish: Sorani: شت ku(ku) (shit) Latin: rēs la(la) f. Latvian: lieta lv(lv) f. Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Marathi: वस्तु (vastu) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Nepali: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: ting no(no) m., dings no(no) m., greie no(no) f. Old English: þing ang(ang) n. Persian: چیز (čiz) Polish: rzecz pl(pl) f. Portuguese: coisa pt(pt) f. Punjabi: please add this translation if you can Romanian: lucru ro(ro) n. Russian: вещь (vešč’) f. Sanskrit: वस्तु (vastu) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: ствар f. Roman: stvar f. Slovene: stvar sl(sl) f., reč sl(sl) f. Spanish: cosa es(es) f. Swahili: kitu, vitu pl (noun 7/8) Swedish: sak sv(sv) c., ting sv(sv) n. Tamil: please add this translation if you can Thai: สิ่งของ (sìng kŏng), สิ่ง (sìng) Tupinambá: mba'e Turkish: şey tr(tr) Urdu: وستو (vastū) m., چیز (ćīz) f. Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: peth cy(cy) m. West Frisian: ding n. Yiddish: זאַך (zakh) f., חפֿץ (kheyfets) m.

any physical or psychical entity

Albanian: send sq(sq) Arabic: شيء (šæy’) m. Basque: gauza CJKV Characters: 物, 事 Chinese: Cantonese: 東西 (dung1 sai1), 物 (mat6), 事物 (si6 mat6) Mandarin: 東西 (dōngxī), 物 (wù), 事物 (shìwù) Danish: ting da(da) c. Dutch: ding nl(nl) n. Estonian: asi et(et), ese et(et) Finnish: asia fi(fi) French: chose f., truc m., machin m. (informal) Galician: cousa f. German: Ding de(de) n. Greek: πράγμα el(el) (prágma) n., πλάσμα el(el) (plasma) n., υποκείμενο el(el) (ipokimeno) n. Guarani: mba'e Gujarati: વસ્તુ (vastu) Hindi: वस्तू (vastū) m., चीज़ (chīz) f. Hungarian: dolog hu(hu) Ido: kozo Indonesian: benda, barang, makhluk Interlingua: cosa Inuktitut: ᐱ Irish: rud ga(ga) m., ní ga(ga) m. Italian: cosa it(it) f.

Japanese: 物 (もの, mono) Korean: 물건 (mulgeon) Latin: rēs la(la) f. Latvian: lieta lv(lv) Marathi: वस्तु (vastu) Norwegian: ting no(no), dings no(no), greie no(no) m. Old English: þing ang(ang) n. Persian: چیز (čiz) Polish: rzecz pl(pl) f. Portuguese: coisa pt(pt) f. Romanian: lucru ro(ro) n. Russian: вещь (vešč’) f. Sanskrit: वस्तु (vastu) m. Serbian: Cyrillic: ствар f. Roman: stvar f. Slovene: stvar sl(sl) f., reč sl(sl) f. Spanish: cosa es(es) f. Swahili: kitu, vitu pl (noun 7/8) Swedish: sak sv(sv) c., ting sv(sv) n. Telugu: వస్తువు (vastuvu) Tupinambá: mba'e Urdu: وستو (vastū) m., چیز (ćīz) f. Welsh: peth cy(cy) m. West Frisian: ding n.

a legislative or judicial assembly

German: Thing de(de) n.

Swedish: ting sv(sv) n.

[ Derived terms

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