Standard Lemma guide

Thanksgiving

name · noun · 8 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /θæŋksˈɡɪvɪŋ/
  • /ˈθæŋksˌɡɪvɪŋ/
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  • /ˌθæŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/ without æ-raising
  • /ˈθæŋksˌɡɪv.ɪŋ/ without æ-raising
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  • Canada, US: /ˌθeɪ̯ŋksˈɡɪv.ɪŋ/
  • Canada, US: /ˈθɛ̃ŋksˌɡɪv.ɪŋ/
  • CMU ARPABET: TH AE2 NG K S G IH1 V IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

Thanksgiving Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada, and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

The long weekend which includes Thanksgiving Day; Thanksgiving weekend.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

An analogous celebration in other cultures, especially a harvest festival.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The expression of gratitude.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A short prayer said at meals; grace, a benediction.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A public celebration in acknowledgement of divine favour.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a short prayer of thanks before a meal

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • their youngest son said grace

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: grace, blessing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: prayer, petition, orison

8

noun

Meaning 8

fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: Thanksgiving Day

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: feast day, fete day, legal holiday, national holiday, public holiday

History

Etymology

A proprialization from the common noun thanksgiving; by surface analysis, thanks + giving.

From thanks + giving.

Across languages

Translations

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عِيد اَلشُّكْر (ʕīd aš-šukr) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Armenian: Գոհաբանության օր (Gohabanutʻyan ōr) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Catalan: Acció de Gràcies — Thanksgiving Day
  • Chickasaw: Chaloklowa' I̠nittak — Thanksgiving Day
  • Chinese Cantonese: 感恩節 /感恩节 (gam2 jan1 zit3) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Chinese Mandarin: 感恩節 /感恩节 (Gǎn'ēnjié) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Esperanto: Dankotago — Thanksgiving Day
  • Estonian: tänupühad — Thanksgiving Day
  • Faroese: takkargerð — Thanksgiving Day
  • Finnish: kiitospäivä — Thanksgiving Day
  • French: Action de grâce — Thanksgiving Day
  • French: Action de grâces — Thanksgiving Day
  • French: Thanksgiving — Thanksgiving Day
  • Galician: Día de Acción de Grazas — Thanksgiving Day
  • Georgian: მადლიერების დღე (madlierebis dɣe) — Thanksgiving Day
  • German: Thanksgiving — Thanksgiving Day
  • German: Erntedankfest — Thanksgiving Day
  • German: Erntedank — Thanksgiving Day
  • Hebrew: חַג הַהוֹדָיָה (ḥag hahodayá) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Hindi: धन्यवाद (dhanyavād) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Hindi: धन्यवाद दिन (dhanyavād din) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Hungarian: hálaadás — Thanksgiving Day
  • Icelandic: Þakkargjörðardagur — Thanksgiving Day
  • Irish: Lá an Altaithe — Thanksgiving Day
  • Italian: giorno del ringraziamento — Thanksgiving Day
  • Italian: Ringraziamento — Thanksgiving Day
  • Japanese: 感謝祭 (kanshasai) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Korean: 추수 감사절 (chusu gamsajeol) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Central Kurdish: شوکرانە (şukrane) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Navajo: Késhmish Yázhí — Thanksgiving Day
  • Navajo: Tązhii Daʼaghał — Thanksgiving Day
  • Norman: Actions dé Grâces — Thanksgiving Day
  • Norwegian: thanksgiving — Thanksgiving Day
  • Pennsylvania German: Betdaag — Thanksgiving Day
  • Persian: روز شکرگزاری (ruz-e šokrgozâri) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Plautdietsch: Dankfast — Thanksgiving Day
  • Polish: Święto Dziękczynienia — Thanksgiving Day
  • Polish: Dzień Dziękczynienia — Thanksgiving Day
  • Portuguese: Dia de Ação de Graças — Thanksgiving Day
  • Russian: День благодаре́ния (Denʹ blagodarénija) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Scottish Gaelic: Là-Bhuidheachais — Thanksgiving Day
  • Lower Sorbian: žnjowny swěźeń — Thanksgiving Day
  • Spanish: Día de Acción de Gracias — Thanksgiving Day
  • Swedish: Thanksgiving — Thanksgiving Day
  • Tagalog: Araw ng Pasasalamat — Thanksgiving Day
  • Tamil: நன்றி தெரிவிக்கும் நாள் (naṉṟi terivikkum nāḷ) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Thai: วันขอบคุณพระเจ้า (wan kòp kun prá jâo) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Turkish: Şükran Günü — Thanksgiving Day
  • Vietnamese: lễ Tạ Ơn — Thanksgiving Day
  • Welsh: Diwrnod Diolchgarwch — Thanksgiving Day
  • Yiddish: דאַנקטאָג (danktog) — Thanksgiving Day
  • Yup'ik: Quyayaraq — Thanksgiving Day
  • Bulgarian: благодарение (blagodarenie) — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Bulgarian: благодарност (blagodarnost) — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Chinese Mandarin: 感恩 (gǎn'ēn) — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Dutch: dankzegging — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • French: remerciement — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Galician: acción de grazas — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • German: Danksagung — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (awiliuþ) — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Ancient Greek: εὐχαριστία (eukharistía) — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Hebrew: הֹודָיָה (hodayá) — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Hebrew: תֹּודָה (todá) — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Hungarian: hálaadás — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Khiamniungan Naga: thēumêi kìuh — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Polish: dziękczynienie — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Polish: podziękowanie — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Russian: благодаре́ние (blagodarénije) — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Spanish: acción de gracias — expression of gratitude — see also gratitude
  • Bulgarian: благодарствена молитва (blagodarstvena molitva) — short prayer said at meals
  • French: grâces — short prayer said at meals
  • French: bénédicité — short prayer said at meals
  • Gothic: 𐌰𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌹𐌿𐌸 (awiliuþ) — short prayer said at meals
  • Hungarian: asztali ima/áldás — short prayer said at meals
  • Russian: благода́рственный моле́бен (blagodárstvennyj molében) — short prayer said at meals
  • Russian: моле́бен (molében) — short prayer said at meals
  • Russian: благода́рственная моли́тва (blagodárstvennaja molítva) — short prayer said at meals
  • Spanish: acción de gracias — short prayer said at meals
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