thief

English

Etymology

From Old English þēof, from Proto-Germanic *þeubaz. Spelling from Northern England, where /eːo/ became [iə] rather than [eː]. (Compare p.e. the spelling of deep from Old English deop.)

Pronunciation

(UK, US) enPR: thēf, IPA^(key): /θiːf/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːf

Noun

thief (plural thieves)

One who carries out a theft.
One who steals another person's property, especially by stealth and without using force or violence.
(obsolete) A waster in the snuff of a candle.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Hall to this entry?)

Synonyms

(one who carries out a theft): For semantic relationships of this sense, see thief in the Thesaurus.

Hypernyms

(one who carries out a theft): For semantic relationships of this sense, see criminal in the Thesaurus.

Hyponyms

robber

Derived terms

Related terms

thieve

Translations

one who carries out theft

Abkhaz: аӷьычҩы (āγ̍əč̍ʿ°ə)
Afrikaans: dief (af)
Albanian: vjedhës (sq) m
Amharic: ሌባ (am) (leba)
Arabic: لِصّ‎‎ m (liṣṣ), سَارِق‎‎ (ar) m (sāriq)
Egyptian Arabic: حرامي‎‎ m (ḥaraami)

Hijazi Arabic: حرامي‎‎ m (ḥarāmi)

Moroccan Arabic: سراق‎‎ m (serraq), سراقة‎‎ f (serraqa)
Aragonese: furtaire m
Armenian: գող (hy) (goł)
Aromanian: fur m, furcudar, haramiu, chisãgi, caceac
Assamese: চোৰ (sür)
Asturian: lladrón m
Avar: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: oğru (az)
Baluchi: دز‎‎
Bashkir: бур (bur), уғры (uğrï), ҡараҡ (qaraq)
Basque: lapur, ebasle
Belarusian: зло́дзей m (zlódzjej), зладзе́йка f (zladzjéjka)
Bengali: চোর (cor)
Breton: laer (br) m
Bulgarian: кра́дец (bg) m (krádec)
Burmese: သူခိုး (my) (suhkui:)
Catalan: lladre (ca) m
Chamicuro: ma'koleti
Cherokee: ᎦᏃᏍᎩᏍᎩ (ganosgisgi)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 賊, 贼 (caak⁶^-²)

Hakka: 賊仔 (chhe̍t-é)

Mandarin: 賊 (zh), 贼 (zh) (zéi), 盜賊 (zh), 盗贼 (zh) (dàozéi), 小偷 (zh) (xiǎotōu), 宵小 (zh) (xiāoxiǎo), 竊賊 (zh), 窃贼 (zh) (qièzéi)

Min Nan: 賊仔 (zh-min-nan), 贼仔 (chha̍t-á), 勍仔 (zh-min-nan) (khiang-á)
Chuvash: вăрă (vără)
Corsican: latru (co) m
Czech: zloděj (cs) m, zlodějka (cs) f
Danish: tyv (da) c, (male) tyveknægt
Dutch: dief (nl) m, dievegge (nl) f
Egyptian:

(ꜥwꜣy)
Esperanto: ŝtelisto
Estonian: varas (et)
Ewe: fiafi n, fiafitɔ n
Faroese: tjóvur m
Finnish: varas (fi), voro (fi), rosvoja pl
Franco-Provençal: lârro m
French: voleur (fr) m, voleuse (fr) f
Friulian: lari m
Galician: ladrón m
Georgian: ქურდი (kurdi)
German: Dieb (de) m
Gothic: 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐍄𐌿𐍃 m (hliftus), 𐌸𐌹𐌿𐍆𐍃 m (þiufs)
Greek: κλέφτης (el) m (kléftis)
Ancient Greek: κλέπτης m (kléptēs)
Gujarati: દસ્યુ m (dasyu)
Hebrew: גַּנָּב‎‎ (he) m (ganáv)
Hindi: चोर (hi) m (cor)
Hungarian: tolvaj (hu)
Icelandic: þjófur (is)
Ido: furtanto
Indonesian: pencuri (id)
Irish: gadaí m
Istriot: laro m
Italian: ladro (it) m, ladra (it) f
Japanese: 泥棒 (ja) (どろぼう, dorobō), 盗賊 (とうぞく, tōzoku), 窃盗 (ja) (せっとう, settō)
Javanese: maling (jv), bajingan (jv) (pejorative)
Kalmyk: хулхач (xulxaç)
Kannada: ಕಳ್ಳ (kn) (kaḷḷa)
Kazakh: ұры (kk) (urı)
Khmer: ចោរ (km) (cao)
Komi-Permyak: вöр (vör), гусь (gusʹ)
Korean: 도둑 (ko) (doduk)
Kurdish: diz (ku), دز‎‎ (ku)
Kyrgyz: ууру (ky) (uuru)
Ladin: lère m
Lao: ກະໂມຽ (ka mōi), ຂະໂມຍ (lo) (kha mōi), ໂຈນ (chōn)
Latin: fur (la) m, f, latro (la) m
Latvian: zaglis m, zagle f
Laz: please add this translation if you can

Lithuanian: vagis m
Low German: Deef m
Luxembourgish: Déif m
Macedonian: крадец m (kradec), (poetic) арамија m (aramija)
Malay: pencuri
Malayalam: കള്ളൻ (ml) (kaḷḷan), മോഷ്ടാവ് (ml) (mōṣṭāvŭ)
Maltese: ħalliel m
Maori: kaiā, tāhae, whānako
Marathi: चोर m, f (cor)
Mirandese: lhadron m
Mongolian: хулгайч (mn) (hulgajč), хулгай (mn) (hulgaj)
Mwani: mwivi
Navajo: aniʼįįhii
Nepali: चोर (ne) (cora)
Ngazidja Comorian: mwidzi class 1/2
Norman: voleux m
North Frisian: tiif m (Föhr-Amrum)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tyv (no) m, tjuv (no) m

Nynorsk: tjuv m
Novial: please add this translation if you can
Occitan: raubaire (oc) m, raubaira f
Old Church Slavonic: татъ m (tatŭ)
Old Norse: þjófr m
Oriya: ଚୋର (or) (cōra)
Pashto: غل‎‎ (ps) m (ǧal)
Persian: دزد‎‎ (fa) (dozd)
Phoenician: 𐤀𐤂𐤓𐤃‎‎ pl (agrd)
Polish: złodziej (pl) m, złodziejka (pl) f
Portuguese: ladrão (pt) m, ladra (pt) f
Punjabi: ਚੋਰ m (cōra)
Quechua: suwa
Rohingya: sur
Romanian: hoț (ro) m, hoață (ro) f
Romansch: lader m, leder m
Russian: вор (ru) m (vor), воро́вка (ru) f (voróvka), ворю́га (ru) m, f (vorjúga) (disparaging), вори́шка (ru) m, f (voríška) (petty thief, colloquial)
Sanskrit: चोर (sa) m (cora)
Scottish Gaelic: mèirleach m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: лопов m, тат m, крадљивац m

Roman: lopov (sh) m, tat (sh) m, kradljivac (sh) m
Sicilian: latru (scn) m, latruni (scn) m, larruni (scn) m
Sinhalese: හොරා (horā)
Slovak: zlodej m, zlodejka f
Slovene: tat (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: złoźej m

Upper Sorbian: paduch m
Spanish: ladrón (es) m
Svan: please add this translation if you can
Swahili: mwizi (sw), mnyang'anyi (sw) class 1/2
Swedish: tjuv (sv) c
Tagalog: magnanakaw
Tajik: дузд (tg) (duzd)
Talysh: دزد‎‎ (dəzd)
Tamil: திருடன் (ta) (tiruṭaṉ)
Taos: tràmpi’ína
Tatar: карак (tt) (qaraq)
Telugu: దొంగ (te) (doṅga)
Thai: ขโมย (th) (kà-mooi), โจร (th) (joon)
Tibetan: རྐུ་མ (rku ma)
Turkish: hırsız (tr), uğru (tr), kuldur (tr) (regional), karak (tr) (regional)
Turkmen: ogry
Tuvan: оор (oor)
Ukrainian: зло́дій m (zlódij), зло́дійка f (zlódijka)
Urdu: چور‎‎ m (cor)
Uyghur: ئوغرى‎‎ (oghri)
Uzbek: oʻgʻri (uz)
Venetian: laro m, ladro m, ladron m
Vietnamese: kẻ trộm (vi), kẻ cắp (vi)
Vilamovian: dīb
Volapük: (♂♀) tifan (vo), (♂) hitifan, (♀) jitifan (vo)
Walloon: voleu (wa) m, voleuse (wa) f, volresse (wa) f
Welsh: lleidr (cy) m
Yiddish: גנבֿ‎‎ m (ganef)
Yucatec Maya: ookol

Anagrams

feith, theif

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