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• Inland-Northern-American: [θɒ(ː)t]
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• Received-Pronunciation: /θɔːt/
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• Canada: [θɒ(ː)t]
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• Scotland: /θɔt/
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• Northumbria: /θaʊt/
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• rhymes with -ɔːt
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• homophone: thot (cot–caught merger)
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• homophone: fought (th-fronting)
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• homophone: fort (non-rhotic, th-fronting)
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought From Middle English thought, ithoȝt, from Old English þōht, ġeþōht, from Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht, from Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz, *gaþanhtą (“thought”), from Proto-Indo-European *teng- (“to think”). Cognate with Scots thocht (“thought”), Saterland Frisian Toacht (“thought”), West Frisian dacht (“attention, regard, thought”), Dutch gedachte (“thought”), German Andacht (“reverence, devotion, prayer”), Icelandic þóttur (“thought”). Related to thank, think.

312 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gedink — representation created in the mind
• Albanian: mendim — representation created in the mind
• Southern Altai: сагыш (sagïš) — representation created in the mind
• Arabic: فِكْر (fikr) — representation created in the mind
• Arabic: فِكْرَة (fikra) — representation created in the mind
• Arabic: تَفَكُّر (tafakkur) — representation created in the mind
• Armenian: միտք (mitkʻ) — representation created in the mind
• Armenian: գաղափար (gaġapʻar) — representation created in the mind
• Asturian: pensamientu — representation created in the mind
• Avar: пикру (pikru) — representation created in the mind
• Aymara: amuyu — representation created in the mind
• Azerbaijani: düşüncə — representation created in the mind
• Azerbaijani: fikir — representation created in the mind
• Basque: pentsamendu — representation created in the mind
• Basque: gogo — representation created in the mind
• Belarusian: ду́мка (dúmka) — representation created in the mind
• Belarusian: мысль (myslʹ) — representation created in the mind
• Bengali: চিন্তা (cinta) — representation created in the mind
• Breton: soňj — representation created in the mind
• Breton: menoz — representation created in the mind
• Bulgarian: ми́съл (mísǎl) — representation created in the mind
• Bulgarian: иде́я (idéja) — representation created in the mind
• Burmese: စိတ် (cit) — representation created in the mind
• Burmese: အကြံ (a.kram) — representation created in the mind
• Catalan: pensament — representation created in the mind
• Chechen: ойла (ojla) — representation created in the mind
• Cherokee: ᏁᎵᏍᎥ (nelis'v) — representation created in the mind
• Chichewa: ganizo — representation created in the mind
• Chinese Mandarin: 思想 (sīxiǎng) — representation created in the mind
• Chinese Mandarin: 思維 /思维 (sīwéi) — representation created in the mind
• Chinese Mandarin: 想法 (xiǎngfǎ) — representation created in the mind
• Chukchi: чимгъун (čimgʺun) — representation created in the mind
• Corsican: pensere — representation created in the mind
• Czech: myšlenka — representation created in the mind
• Dalmatian: pinsamiant — representation created in the mind
• Danish: tanke — representation created in the mind
• Dutch: gedachte — representation created in the mind
• Dutch: idee — representation created in the mind
• Esperanto: penso — representation created in the mind
• Estonian: mõte — representation created in the mind
• Ewe: susu — representation created in the mind
• Finnish: ajatus — representation created in the mind
• Finnish: idea — representation created in the mind
• French: idée — representation created in the mind
• French: pensée — representation created in the mind
• Friulian: pinsîr — representation created in the mind
• Galician: pensamento — representation created in the mind
• Georgian: აზრი (azri) — representation created in the mind
• German: Gedanke — representation created in the mind
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌹𐍄𐍉𐌽𐍃 (mitōns) — representation created in the mind
• Greek: σκέψη (sképsi) — representation created in the mind
• Ancient Greek: νόημα (nóēma) — representation created in the mind
• Ancient Greek: φροντίς (phrontís) — representation created in the mind
• Gujarati: વિચાર (vicār) — representation created in the mind
• Hanunoo: alaala — representation created in the mind
• Hausa: tunani — representation created in the mind
• Hawaiian: manaʻo — representation created in the mind
• Hebrew: מַחְשָׁבָה (makhshavá) — representation created in the mind
• Hebrew: הָגִיג (hagíg) — representation created in the mind
• Higaonon: hunahuna — representation created in the mind
• Hindi: विचार (vicār) — representation created in the mind
• Hindi: चिंतन (cintan) — representation created in the mind
• Hindi: मनन (manan) — representation created in the mind
• Hungarian: gondolat — representation created in the mind
• Icelandic: hugmynd — representation created in the mind
• Icelandic: hugsun — representation created in the mind
• Ido: penso — representation created in the mind
• Igbo: echiche — representation created in the mind
• Indonesian: pikir — representation created in the mind
• Indonesian: fikir — representation created in the mind
• Indonesian: pikiran — representation created in the mind
• Ingrian: meeli — representation created in the mind
• Ingush: ийла (iı̇la) — representation created in the mind
• Interlingua: pensata — representation created in the mind
• Irish: smaoineamh — representation created in the mind
• Italian: idea — representation created in the mind
• Italian: pensata — representation created in the mind
• Italian: pensiero — representation created in the mind
• Japanese: 考え (kangae) — representation created in the mind
• Japanese: 意見 (iken) — representation created in the mind
• Japanese: 考慮 (kōryo) — representation created in the mind
• Japanese: 思考 (shikō) — representation created in the mind
• Japanese: 思索 (shisaku) — representation created in the mind
• Japanese: 意図 (ito) — representation created in the mind
• Javanese: panginten — representation created in the mind
• Kannada: ವಿಚಾರ (vicāra) — representation created in the mind
• Karaim: сагъыш — representation created in the mind
• Karao: nemnem — representation created in the mind
• Kazakh: ой (oi) — representation created in the mind
• Kazakh: пікір (pıkır) — representation created in the mind
• Khmer: គំនិត (kumnɨt) — representation created in the mind
• Korean: 생각 (saenggak) — representation created in the mind
• Korean: 사고 (sago) — representation created in the mind
• Korean: 고려 (goryeo) — representation created in the mind
• Korean: 사색 (sasaek) — representation created in the mind
• Northern Kurdish: hizir — representation created in the mind
• Northern Kurdish: fikir — representation created in the mind
• Kyrgyz: ой (oy) — representation created in the mind
• Kyrgyz: пикир (pikir) — representation created in the mind
• Lao: ຄວາມຄຶດ (khuām khưt) — representation created in the mind
• Latgalian: guods — representation created in the mind
• Latgalian: dūms — representation created in the mind
• Latgalian: īguoda — representation created in the mind
• Latin: idea — representation created in the mind
• Latin: cōgitātiō — representation created in the mind
• Latvian: doma — representation created in the mind
• Lezgi: фикир (fikir) — representation created in the mind
• Lithuanian: mintis — representation created in the mind
• Luxembourgish: Gedanken — representation created in the mind
• Luxembourgish: Iddi — representation created in the mind
• Luxembourgish: Virstellung — representation created in the mind
• Macedonian: мисла (misla) — representation created in the mind
• Malay: fikiran — representation created in the mind
• Malayalam: ചിന്ത (cinta) — representation created in the mind
• Maltese: ħsieb — representation created in the mind
• Western Bukidnon Manobo: hena'hena' — representation created in the mind
• Manx: smooinaght — representation created in the mind
• Māori: huatau — representation created in the mind
• Marathi: विचार (vicār) — representation created in the mind
• Mirandese: pensamiento — representation created in the mind
• Mongolian: бодол (bodol) — representation created in the mind
• Mongolian: санаа (sanaa) — representation created in the mind
• Muna: fekiri — representation created in the mind
• Nepali: सोचविचार (socavicār) — representation created in the mind
• Norwegian Bokmål: tanke — representation created in the mind
• Norwegian Bokmål: tenkning — representation created in the mind
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tanke — representation created in the mind
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tenking — representation created in the mind
• Occitan: pensament — representation created in the mind
• Odia: ବିଚାର (bicāra) — representation created in the mind
• Odia: ଚିନ୍ତା (cintā) — representation created in the mind
• Church Slavic: мꙑсль (myslĭ) — representation created in the mind
• Church Slavic: дума (duma) — representation created in the mind
• Old East Slavic: мꙑсль (myslĭ) — representation created in the mind
• Old East Slavic: дума (duma) — representation created in the mind
• Old English: ġeþōht — representation created in the mind
• Old Saxon: githaht — representation created in the mind
• Pannonian Rusyn: думка (dumka) — representation created in the mind
• Pashto: فکر (fékər) — representation created in the mind
• Iranian Persian: فِکْر (fekr) — representation created in the mind
• Iranian Persian: ایدِه (ide) — representation created in the mind
• Polabian: kľaud — representation created in the mind
• Polish: myśl — representation created in the mind
• Portuguese: pensamento — representation created in the mind
• Portuguese: ideia — representation created in the mind
• Punjabi: ਸੋਚਿਆ (sociā) — representation created in the mind
• Romanian: gând — representation created in the mind
• Romanian: cuget — representation created in the mind
• Russian: мысль (myslʹ) — representation created in the mind
• Russian: ду́ма (dúma) — representation created in the mind
• Russian: иде́я (idéja) — representation created in the mind
• Northern Sami: jurdda — representation created in the mind
• Scots: thocht — representation created in the mind
• Scots: idea — representation created in the mind
• Scottish Gaelic: beachd — representation created in the mind
• Scottish Gaelic: dùil — representation created in the mind
• Scottish Gaelic: smaoin — representation created in the mind
• Serbo-Croatian: ми̑сао — representation created in the mind
• Serbo-Croatian: mȋsao — representation created in the mind
• Sicilian: idea — representation created in the mind
• Sicilian: pinzata — representation created in the mind
• Sicilian: raggiunamentu — representation created in the mind
• Sinhalese: කල්පනා (kalpanā) — representation created in the mind
• Slovak: myšlienka — representation created in the mind
• Slovene: mȋsəł — representation created in the mind
• Somali: fikrad — representation created in the mind
• Lower Sorbian: mysl — representation created in the mind
• Spanish: pensamiento — representation created in the mind
• Spanish: pienso — representation created in the mind
• Swahili: dhana — representation created in the mind
• Swahili: wazo — representation created in the mind
• Swahili: gezo — representation created in the mind
• Swedish: tanke — representation created in the mind
• Tabasaran: фикир (fikir) — representation created in the mind
• Tagalog: pag-iisip — representation created in the mind
• Tajik: фикр (fikr) — representation created in the mind
• Talysh: fik — representation created in the mind
• Tamil: எண்ணம் (eṇṇam) — representation created in the mind
• Tamil: நினைப்பு (niṉaippu) — representation created in the mind
• Tat: fikir — representation created in the mind
• Telugu: ఆలోచన (ālōcana) — representation created in the mind
• Telugu: తలపు (talapu) — representation created in the mind
• Tetum: hanoin — representation created in the mind
• Tewa: ánshaa — representation created in the mind
• Thai: ความคิด (kwaam-kít) — representation created in the mind
• Tibetan: བསམས (bsams) — representation created in the mind
• Tocharian A: mem — representation created in the mind
• Tocharian B: maim — representation created in the mind
• Tocharian B: palskalñe — representation created in the mind
• Tok Pisin: tingting — representation created in the mind
• Turkish: düşünce — representation created in the mind
• Turkish: fikir — representation created in the mind
• Turkmen: pikir — representation created in the mind
• Turkmen: oý — representation created in the mind
• Ukrainian: ду́мка (dúmka) — representation created in the mind
• Ukrainian: мисль (myslʹ) — representation created in the mind
• Ukrainian: ми́сля (mýslja) — representation created in the mind
• Urdu: وِچار (vicār) — representation created in the mind
• Urdu: فِکْر (fikr) — representation created in the mind
• Uyghur: پىكىر (pikir) — representation created in the mind
• Uyghur: ئوي (oy) — representation created in the mind
• Uzbek: fikr — representation created in the mind
• Uzbek: oʻy — representation created in the mind
• Uzbek: xayol — representation created in the mind
• Vietnamese: tư duy — representation created in the mind
• Volapük: tikod — representation created in the mind
• Volapük: tikodem — representation created in the mind
• Welsh: meddwl — representation created in the mind
• Yaghnobi: фикр (fikr) — representation created in the mind
• Yiddish: געדאַנק (gedank) — representation created in the mind
• Yoruba: ero — representation created in the mind
• Zazaki: fikr (diq) — representation created in the mind
• Zulu: umcabango — representation created in the mind
• Arabic: فِكْر (fikr) — process
• Arabic: تَفْكِير (tafkīr) — process
• Arabic: تَفَكُّر (tafakkur) — process
• Armenian: մտորում (mtorum) — process
• Armenian: մտածմունք (mtacmunkʻ) — process
• Asturian: pensamientu — process
• Azerbaijani: təfəkkür — process
• Azerbaijani: düşünüş — process
• Azerbaijani: fikir — process
• Bulgarian: ра́змисъл (rázmisǎl) — process
• Bulgarian: ми́слене (míslene) — process
• Catalan: pensament — process
• Chinese Mandarin: 思考 (sīkǎo) — process
• Chinese Mandarin: 考慮 /考虑 (kǎolǜ) — process
• Czech: myšlení — process
• Danish: tankevirksomhed — process
• Esperanto: penseco — process
• Esperanto: pensado — process
• Ewe: susu — process
• Ewe: tamebubu — process
• Finnish: ajattelu — process
• French: pensée — process
• Galician: pensamento — process
• Georgian: ფიქრი (pikri) — process
• Georgian: აზროვნება (azrovneba) — process
• German: Nachdenken — process
• Greek: σκέψη (sképsi) — process
• Hebrew: מחשבות (makhshavót) — process
• Hindi: विचार (vicār) — process
• Hungarian: gondolkodás — process
• Icelandic: hugsun — process
• Italian: pensiero — process
• Japanese: 考慮 (kōryo) — process
• Japanese: 思考 (shikō) — process
• Japanese: 思考力 (shikōryoku) — process
• Japanese: 思索 (shisaku) — process
• Japanese: 考え (kangae) — process
• Korean: 고려 (goryeo) — process
• Korean: 사고 (sago) — process
• Korean: 생각 (saenggak) — process
• Latin: cogitatio — process
• Latin: putatio — process
• Latvian: domāšana — process
• Lithuanian: mąstymas — process
• Macedonian: мисла (misla) — process
• Macedonian: мислење (mislenje) — process
• Malay: pemikiran — process
• Malayalam: ചിന്ത (cinta) — process
• Malayalam: ആലോചന (ālōcana) — process
• Marathi: विचार (vicār) — process
• Meru: mathuganio — process
• Mirandese: pensamiento — process
• Norwegian Bokmål: tanke — process
• Norwegian Bokmål: tenkning — process
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tanke — process
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tenking — process
• Old English: ġeþōht — process
• Iranian Persian: اَنْدیشِه (andiše) — process
• Iranian Persian: فِکْر (fekr) — process
• Iranian Persian: تَفَکُّر (tafakkor) — process
• Plautdietsch: Bedenkjen (nds) — process
• Polish: myśl — process
• Polish: pomysł — process
• Portuguese: pensamento — process
• Romanian: gândire — process
• Romanian: cugetare — process
• Russian: мысль (myslʹ) — process
• Russian: мышле́ние (myšlénije) — process
• Russian: рассужде́ние (rassuždénije) — process
• Russian: размышле́ние (razmyšlénije) — process
• Sicilian: pinzeri — process
• Spanish: pensamiento — process
• Swahili: dhana — process
• Swahili: fikira — process
• Swedish: tanke — process
• Swedish: fundering — process
• Tajik: фикр (fikr) — process
• Tajik: тафаккур (tafakkur) — process
• Tamil: எண்ணம் (eṇṇam) — process
• Tocharian A: mem — process
• Tocharian B: maim — process
• Turkish: düşünüş — process
• Turkish: düşünme — process
• Urdu: اَنْدیشَہ (andeśa) — process
• ǃXóõ: ǂʻán — process
• Basque: pentsaera — way of thinking
• Catalan: mentalitat — way of thinking
• Chinese Mandarin: 思想 (sīxiǎng) — way of thinking
• Chinese Mandarin: 思想體系 /思想体系 (sīxiǎng tǐxì) — way of thinking
• Chinese Mandarin: 意識形態 /意识形态 (yìshí xíngtài) — way of thinking
• Chinese Mandarin: 思維模式 /思维模式 (sīwéi móshì) — way of thinking
• Finnish: ajattelu — way of thinking
• Finnish: ajatustapa — way of thinking
• Georgian: აზროვნება (azrovneba) — way of thinking
• Hungarian: gondolatmenet — way of thinking
• Hungarian: gondolkodásmód — way of thinking
• Norwegian Bokmål: tankegang — way of thinking
• Norwegian Bokmål: tenkning — way of thinking
• Tamil: எண்ணம் (eṇṇam) — way of thinking