Thank you in Cornish
Meur ras
In Cornish, the phrase to know first is "Meur ras!" (Thank you!). The others are below, each with a note on when to use it.
Thank you in Cornish is Meur ras, literally "great thanks". Below are the everyday thanks, a fuller form, and gromerci, "thank you very much".
Greetings
Meur ras!
Thank you!
The everyday thanks.
Meur ras dhis
Thank you (to one person)
Dhis is "to you", singular.
Gromerci!
Thank you very much!
A stronger thanks.
About the words
Wiktionary explains meur ras as a shortened form of meur ras dhe jy, "many thanks to you". Gras means grace or thanks. The Akademi Kernewek dictionary gives "thank you very much" as gromerci, which Wiktionary traces to French un grand merci.
Common questions
How do you say thank you in Cornish?
Meur ras! For thank you very much, Gromerci!
Thank you in the other Celtic languages
Further reading
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Sources
Every phrase and fact on this page was checked against the sources below. Last checked 2026-10-20.
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- Akademi Kernewek, Gerlyver Kernewek (Standard Written Form): thank you very much gromerci int
- Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org
- Tatoeba: Tatoeba #2997943 by pne, CC BY 2.0 FR
- Tatoeba: Tatoeba #5976745 by Kevre, CC BY 2.0 FR
Credit: Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.