thoroughness

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English thorough

Proto-Germanic *-in-

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-inōną

Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-

Proto-Germanic *-atjaną

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Germanic *-þuz

Proto-Germanic *-assuz

Proto-Germanic *-inassuz

Proto-West Germanic *-nassī

Old English -nes

Middle English -nesse

English -ness

English thoroughness

From thorough + -ness.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈθʌɹənəs/, /ˈθʌɹəʊnəs/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈθʌɹoʊnəs/, /ˈθɜɹoʊnəs/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

thoroughness (usually uncountable, plural thoroughnesses)

1. The state of being thorough.
2. Attention to detail.
   • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:

     Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.

Translations

state of being thorough

• Bulgarian: цялост (bg) f (cjalost), съвършенство (bg) n (sǎvǎršenstvo)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 徹底 / 彻底 (zh) (chèdǐ)

• Czech: důkladnost f
• Finnish: perinpohjaisuus (fi), perusteellisuus (fi)
• French: rigueur (fr)
• German: Gründlichkeit (de) f
• Irish: cruinneas m
• Portuguese: rigor (pt)
• Romanian: meticulozitate (ro)
• Spanish: meticulosidad (es) f, cabalidad f

attention to detail

• Bulgarian: щателност f (štatelnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 對細節的關注 / 对细节的关注 (duì xìjié de guānzhù)

• Finnish: perusteellisuus (fi)
• German: Genauigkeit (de) f
• Portuguese: detalhismo m, minuciosidade (pt) f
• Spanish: detallismo m, minuciosidad (es) f, detenimiento (es) m