gift
English
/ɡɪft/
noun
Definitions
- Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
- A talent or natural ability.
- Something gained incidentally, without effort.
- The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English gift inherited from Old English ġyft derived from Old Norse gipt (gift, wedding, present) inherited from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (gift) affix from English give.
Origin
English
give
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bag English
- begift English
- begifting English
- begive English
- box English
- bride English
- bridegift English
- countergift English
- engift English
- fic English
- fore-give English
- foregift English
- foregive English
- forgive English
- forthgive English
- gavel English
- gift-giving English
- giftability English
- giftable English
- giftbag English
- giftbox English
- giftee English
- gifter English
- giftfic English
- giftful English
- giftfulness English
- giftless English
- giftlessness English
- giftlet English
- giftling English
- giftpack English
- giftset English
- giftware English
- gifty English
- givable English
- give English
- give the lie English
- giveaway English
- givee English
- giveness English
- giver English
- givest English
- giving English
- hand English
- handgift English
- megagift English
- misgive English
- misgiving English
- outgive English
- overgive English
- pack English
- regift English
- regifter English
- regive English
- set English
- thanksgive English
- ungive English
- upgive English
- yift English
- Gegengift German
- Gift German
- Giftgas German
- Giftmörder German
- Giftpflanze German
- Giftschlange German
- Giftschrank German
- Giftspritze German
- Giftstachel German
- Giftwirkung German
- Giftzahn German
- Givebox German
- Mitgift German
- Mordgift German
- Rattengift German
- Rauschgift German
- Suchtgift German
- Zellgift German
- giftfrei German
- giftgrün German
- gifthaltig German
- giftig German
- vergiften German
- gift Dutch, Flemish
- giftig Dutch, Flemish
- giftslang Dutch, Flemish
- grafgift Dutch, Flemish
- slangengift Dutch, Flemish
- tegengift Dutch, Flemish
- toegift Dutch, Flemish
- *giftiz Proto-Germanic
- avgift Swedish
- förgifta Swedish
- gift Swedish
- motgift Swedish
- ogift Swedish
- utgift Swedish
- ギフト Japanese
- gift Norwegian Nynorsk
- gift Old English
- ġyft Old English
- *handgift Middle English
- bigiften Middle English
- gift Middle English
- gifteles Middle English
- given Middle English
- gipt Old Norse
- gift Danish
- gifte Middle Dutch
- gift Old High German
- ģifts Latvian
- gift Middle High German
- גיפֿט Yiddish
- גיפֿטיק Yiddish
- *gift Old Dutch
- gipt Old Swedish
- gip Tok Pisin
- givim Tok Pisin
- Gift Saterland Frisian
- giftich Saterland Frisian
- gi Sranan Tongo
- set
- bag
- fic
- box
- pack
- yift
- hand
- give
- gifty
- givee
- giver
- gavel
- bride
- giving
- begive
- givest
- regive
- giftee
- begift
- upgive
- gifter
- engift
- ungive
- regift
- giftbox
- forgive
- giftfic
- giftful
- giftset
- giftbag
- givable
- misgive
- giftlet
- outgive
- overgive
- giftable
- megagift
- giftware
- giveaway
- foregive
- handgift
- giftless
- giveness
- regifter
- giftling
- giftpack
- foregift
- misgiving
- fore-give
- bridegift
- forthgive
- begifting
- thanksgive
- giftability
- giftfulness
- countergift
- gift-giving
- give the lie
- giftlessness