English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old English þing .

Pronunciation

• thĭng, /θɪŋ/, /TIN/

Noun

thing (plural: things; diminutives: thingy / thingie , thingo [Aus])

1. In Scandinavian countries, a legislative or judicial assembly.
2. That which is considered to exist as a separate entity or concept.
3. Word that can be used to refer to any physical or psychical entity.

Synonyms

• stuff (uncountable equivalent)

Derived terms

• anything
• everything
• nothing
• something
• thingamajig
• thingo
• thingy

Translations

• Albanian: send
• Arabic: شّيء (ʃajʔ)
• Basque: gauza
• Cantonese: 東西 (dung1 sai1), 物 (mat6), 事物 (si6 mat6)

• Chinese: 東西 (dōngxī), 物 (wù), 事物 (shìwù)
• Dutch: ding n
• Old English: þing n
• Estonian: asi, ese
• Finnish: asia
• French: chose f, truc m, machin m (informal)
• Frisian: ding n
• German: Thing m,f,n?? (1), Ding n (2,3)
• Galician: cousa
• Greek: πράγμα (prágma)
• Guarani: mba'e
• Gujarati: વસ્તુ
• Hindi: वस्तू , चीज़
• Hungarian: dolog
• Ido: kozo
• Indonesian: benda , barang , makhluk
• Interlingua: cosa
• Irish: rud, ní
• Italian: cosa f
• Japanese: 物 (もの, mono), 事 (こと , koto)
• Latin: rēs
• Latvian: lieta
• Marathi: वस्तु (vastu)
• Norwegian: ting , dings , greie m
• Persian: چيز (čiz)
• Polish: rzecz f
• Portuguese: coisa f
• Romanian: lucru n
• Russian: вещь (vesch')
• Sanskrit: वस्तु (vastu)
• Sasxsek: kos
• Serbian: ствар (stvar)
• Spanish: cosa f
• Swedish: sak
• Tupinambá: mba'e
• Welsh: peth