thence

English

Etymology

From a Proto-Germanic root *þan- + adverbial genitive ending -s). Cognate with Westphalian Low German diëne.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ðɛns/
Audio (US) (file)

Rhymes: -ɛns

Adverb

thence (not comparable)

From there, from that place or from that time.
I came thence.

Cross fix at 6000 feet, thence descend to 3000 feet and fly direct to MAP (missed approach point).
(literary) Deriving from this or as a result of this.

Antonyms

thither

Derived terms

Terms derived from thence

thenceforth

thenceforward

Related terms

hence
whence

Translations

from there

Czech: odtud (cs)
Danish: deraf følger, deden, derfra
Dutch: daarvandaan (nl), vandaar (nl)
French: dès lors (fr) (from that time on), de là (fr) (from that place)
German: daher (de)
Greek: εκείθεν (el) (ekeíthen)
Icelandic: þaðan (is)
Ido: depose (io)
Latin: illinc
Navajo: kodóó

Norwegian:
Bokmål: derfra, derifra

Nynorsk: derifrå, derfrå
Polish: stamtąd (pl)
Portuguese: desde aí, daí (pt)
Romanian: de acolo
Russian: отту́да (ru) (ottúda)
Spanish: desde ahí
Swedish: därifrån (sv), obsolete: dädan (sv) - dialectally shortened to dän (sv) (from that place); sedan (sv) (from that time on)

Anagrams

techne

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