thoued

thou

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [th ou]
- /ðaʊ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [th ou]
- /ðaʊ/

Definitions of thoued word

verb with object thoued to address as “thou.”. 1
verb without object thoued to use “thou” in discourse. 1

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Origin of thoued

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

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Parts of speech for Thoued

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Thoued

thoued 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".

thoued usage trend in Literature

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