thing

English

Haec dictio adhuc stipula est. Amplificando eam adiuvabis Victionarium meliorari.

Pronunciation

• /θɪŋ/ (Americane)

Other forms

• fing /f-/ (informalis)
• t'ing /t-/ (informalis)

Etymology

= Middle English  þing 

= Old English  þing  “res, causa”

= Protogermanice *þingam “causa, coëtus”

← radix Protindeuropaea *tenk- “tendere”

Noun

thing (pl. things)

1. res (-ei, fem.) ||

Associated terms

Synonyma

• stuff

Derived terms

• something, anything, nothing
• thingamajig, thingamabob (thingumbob, thingumabob), thingummy

Deminutiva

• thingy, thingie
• thingo (Australianum)