"thankfulness" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: thankfulnesses [plural]
Etymology: From thankful + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|thankful|ness}} thankful + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} thankfulness (usually uncountable, plural thankfulnesses)
  1. The state of being thankful. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: thankefulnesse [obsolete] Synonyms (state of being thankful): appreciation, gratefulness, gratitude Translations (state of showing thanks): taknemmelighed [common-gender] (Danish), taknemlighed (Danish), dankbaarheid [feminine] (Dutch), dankemeco (Esperanto), kiitollisuus (Finnish), gratitude [feminine] (French), reconnaissance [feminine] (French), მადლიერება (madliereba) (Georgian), Dankbarkeit [feminine] (German), ευγνωμοσύνη (evgnomosýni) [feminine] (Greek), कृतज्ञता (kŕtajñatā) (Hindi), gratia [feminine] (Latin), pateicība [feminine] (Latvian), takknemlighet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), شكر (şükr, şükür) (Ottoman Turkish), gratidão [feminine] (Portuguese), recunoștință [feminine] (Romanian), gratitud [feminine] (Spanish), agradecimiento [masculine] (Spanish), conoscencia [feminine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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