gratitude

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gratitude

/ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tjuːd/ UK
/ˈɡɹa.tɪ.tʃʉwd/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ US
[ˈɡɹʷæɾɪtʰud] US
/-tə-/ US
/ˈɡɹæ.tɪ.tud/ Canada
/-tjud/ Canada
[ˈɡɹʷæɾɪtʰud] Canada
[-tʰjud] Canada
/-tə-/ Canada
/ˈɡɹæ.tə.tʃʉːd/ Australia
/ˈɡɹɛ.tə.tʃʉːd/ New Zealand
/ˈɡɾa.tɪ.tɪʊd/ Wales
/ˈɡɾa.tɪ.tjʉd/ Scotland
/ˈɡɾa.tɪ.t͡ʃʉd/ Scotland
/ˈɡɻa.tɪ.tjʉd/ Northern Ireland
/ˈɡɻa.tɪ.t͡ʃʉd/ Northern Ireland

Rhymes with -ætɪtjuːd

Where it comes from

From French gratitude, from Medieval Latin grātitūdō (“thankfulness”), from Latin grātus (“thankful”). Displaced Old English þancung.

noun gratitudes

countable, uncountable The state of being grateful. She showed deep gratitude for the support she received.
Similar: appreciation, gratefulness, thankfulness · Opposite: ingratitude

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: thanking, gratefulness, thank-you, thanksgiving, thank, appreciative, praise, appreciation, satisfaction, tribute, recognized, acknowledgment, acknowledging, acceptance, acknowledge, sympathy

Translations

Every language

noun state of being grateful

Español	gratitud, conoscencia, agradecimiento
한국어	감사 gamsa
日本語	感謝 kansha
中文	感恩 gǎn'ēn, 謝意 /谢意 xièyì
हिन्दी	आभार ābhār, कृतज्ञता kŕtajñatā
Kiswahili	ushukuru
Português	gratidão
Français	gratitude
Deutsch	Dankbarkeit
Italiano	gratitudine, riconoscenza
Ελληνικά	ευγνωμοσύνη evgnomosýni
Română	gratitudine, recunoștință
Русский	благода́рность blagodárnostʹ, призна́тельность priznátelʹnostʹ
Tiếng Việt	lòng biết ơn
العربية	شُكْر šukr, اِمْتِنَان imtinān, تَشَكُّر tašakkur
עברית	תּוֹדָה todá, הוֹדָיָה hodayá

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@misc{gratitude_2026,
  title = {gratitude},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gratitude},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}