thing
English
/θɪŋ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
- (informal) A genuine concept, entity or phenomenon; something that actually exists (often contrary to expectation or belief).
- (legal)
- (somewhat) The latest fad or fashion.
- (in the plural) Clothes, possessions or equipment.
- (informal) A unit or container, usually containing edible goods.
- (informal) A problem, dilemma, or complicating factor.
- (slang) A penis.
- A living being or creature.
- That which matters; the crux.
- (informal) That which is favoured; personal preference. ()
- (chiefly) A public assembly or judicial council in a Germanic country.
- (informal) A romantic relationship.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English thing inherited from Old English þing (thing) inherited from Proto-Germanic *þingą (meeting, matter, appointment).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*þingą
Gloss
meeting, matter, appointment
Concept
Semantic Field
Possession
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Somethingism English
- antieverything English
- any English
- anything English
- anythingarian English
- anythingism English
- benothing English
- every English
- everything English
- everythingness English
- get-nothing English
- house English
- husting English
- hustings English
- man English
- manthing English
- no English
- nonthing English
- nothing English
- nothingarian English
- nothingism English
- nothingly English
- nothingness English
- nothingth English
- nothingy English
- play English
- plaything English
- posteverything English
- some English
- something English
- somethingness English
- somethingth English
- thingal English
- thinger English
- thinghood English
- thingie English
- thingification English
- thingify English
- thinginess English
- thingish English
- thinglet English
- thinglike English
- thingliness English
- thingly English
- thingness English
- thingo English
- thingy English
- twentysomething English
- underthing English
- werething English
- tinka Finnish
- Ding German
- Unding German
- dingfest German
- dinglich German
- ding Dutch, Flemish
- dingdag Dutch, Flemish
- dingwaarder Dutch, Flemish
- geding Dutch, Flemish
- hebbeding Dutch, Flemish
- onding Dutch, Flemish
- тинг Russian
- ting Norwegian Bokmål
- *þingą Proto-Germanic
- Stortinget Norwegian Nynorsk
- ingenting Norwegian Nynorsk
- småting Norwegian Nynorsk
- ting Norwegian Nynorsk
- ciricþing Old English
- þing Old English
- þyncþ Old English
- anything Middle English
- husting Middle English
- noon thing Middle English
- somthing Middle English
- thing Middle English
- thingli Middle English
- thyng Middle English
- atfararþing Old Norse
- þing Old Norse
- Folketinget Danish
- biting Danish
- mellemting Danish
- ting Danish
- tingslig Danish
- löggjafarþing Icelandic
- þing Icelandic
- þingforseti Icelandic
- þingkona Icelandic
- þingmaður Icelandic
- dinc Middle Dutch
- ding Old High German
- thing Old High German
- ding Afrikaans
- ting Faroese
- ding Middle High German
- Déngen Luxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- thing Old Dutch
- ding Cimbrian
- dingale Cimbrian
- thing Old Saxon
- diggi Northern Sami
- þing Old Swedish
- ting Westrobothnian
- din Volapük
- nating Tok Pisin
- samting Tok Pisin
- Ding Pennsylvania German
- þing Old Danish
- dhing Yola
- ting Nigerian Pidgin
- no
- any
- man
- some
- play
- every
- house
- thingy
- thingo
- thingal
- nothing
- husting
- thingly
- thingie
- thinger
- anything
- hustings
- thingish
- nothingy
- thingify
- manthing
- thinglet
- nonthing
- werething
- thinghood
- something
- thinglike
- benothing
- plaything
- nothingly
- thingness
- nothingth
- underthing
- thinginess
- everything
- nothingism
- somethingth
- anythingism
- get-nothing
- nothingness
- thingliness
- Somethingism
- nothingarian
- somethingness
- anythingarian
- antieverything
- everythingness
- thingification
- posteverything
- twentysomething