gift

Meaning

Noun

1. Something given to another voluntarily, without charge.
2. A talent or natural ability.
3. Something gained incidentally, without effort.
4. The act, right, or power of giving or bestowing.

Verb

1. (transitive) To give as a gift or donation.
2. (transitive) To give away, to concede easily.

Synonyms

present

donation

offering

talent

contribution

endowment

give

reward

grant

boon

giving

favor

presentation

prize

ability

bounty

souvenir

genius

tribute

favour

aptitude

bestowal

alms

endow

tip

sacrifice

indue

grace

premium

flair

endue

empower

donate

token

bonus

share

skill

dedication

bestowment

creation

invest

portion

bestow

charity

charisma

largess

forte

capacity

free

🆓

natural endowment

Translations

cadeau

🎁

Geschenk

🎁

don

🎁

regalo

🎁

regalo

🎁

Gabe

🎁

dono

🎁

geschenk

🎁

cadeau

presente

δώρο

Spende

gift

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡɪft/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: gift

Inherited from Old English: ġift

Cognate with Western Frisian: jefte

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Gift

Cognate with Dutch: gift

Cognate with German: Gift

Cognate with Danish: gift

Cognate with Swedish: gift

Cognate with Icelandic: gift

In summary

From Middle English gift (also yift, yifte, ȝift, ȝeft), partly from Old English ġift (“giving, consideration, dowry, wedding”) and Old Norse gipt (“gift, present, wedding”); both from Proto-Germanic *giftiz (“gift”). Equivalent to give + -t (etymologically yive + -t).
Cognate with West Frisian jefte (“gift”), Saterland Frisian Gift (“gift”), German Low German Gift (“poison”), Dutch gift (“gift”) and its doublet gif (“poison”), German Gift (“poison”), Danish gift (“gift (obsolete); poison, venom”), Swedish gift (“gift, poison, venom”), Icelandic gift (“gift”). Doublet of yift. Distantly related to English habit, from Latin habitus.

Sentences

Crampton donated a clock as a personal gift to the church .