thing

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Anglice

Haec dictio adhuc stipula est. Amplificando eam adiuvabis Victionarium meliorari.

Appellatio

Formae aliae

  • fing /f-/ (informalis)
  • t'ing /t-/ (informalis)

Notatio

= Anglica Media  þing 
= Anglica Antiqua  þing  “res, causa”
= Protogermanice *þingam “causa, coëtus”
← radix Protindeuropaea *tenk- “tendere”

Nomen substantivum

thing (plur. things)

  1. res (-ei, fem.) ||

Dictiones collatae

Synonyma

  • stuff

Dictiones derivatae

  • something, anything, nothing
  • thingamajig, thingamabob (thingumbob, thingumabob), thingummy

Deminutiva

  • thingy, thingie
  • thingo (Australianum)
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