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- [th ou]
- /ðaʊ/
- /ðaʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [th ou]
- /ðaʊ/
Definitions of thou word
- verb with object thou to address as “thou.”. 1
- verb without object thou to use “thou” in discourse. 1
- noun plural thou one thousand dollars, pounds, etc. 1
- pronoun thou you: singular, subject 1
- pronoun thou Thou is an old-fashioned, poetic, or religious word for 'you' when you are talking to only one person. It is used as the subject of a verb. 0
- pronoun thou refers to the person addressed: used mainly in familiar address or to a younger person or inferior 0
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Origin of thou
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English; Old English thū; cognate with German, Middle Dutch du, Old Norse thū, Gothic thu, Old Irish tú, Welsh, Cornish ti, Latin tū, Doric Greek tý, Lithuanian tù, OCS ty; akin to Sanskrit tvam; (v.) late Middle English thowen, derivative of the pronoun
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Thou
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
thou popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
thou usage trend in Literature
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