verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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/kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/
/-t͡ʃ.ə-/
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US, sometimes:/kənˈɡɹæd͡ʒ.ʊˌleɪt/
US, sometimes:/-d͡ʒ.ə-/
CMU ARPABET:K AH0 N G R AE1 CH AH0 L EY2 T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Remind me to congratulate Dave and Lisa on their wedding.
We must congratulate Dave and Lisa on getting married.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: felicitate, compliment
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: reflexive
Examples
I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
say something to someone that expresses praise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He complimented her on her last physics paper
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: compliment
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: praise
4
verb
Meaning 4
express congratulations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: felicitate
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wish, bid
5
verb
Meaning 5
pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: preen
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gloat, triumph, crow
6
verb
Meaning 6
be proud of
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
He prides himself on making it into law school
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pride, plume
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: feel, experience
History
Etymology
First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin congrātulor (“to wish joy, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.
Across languages
Translations
91 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic:
هَنَّأَ
(hannaʔa)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Arabic:
يُهَنِّئُ
(yuhanniʔu)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Armenian:
շնորհավորել
(šnorhavorel)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Azerbaijani:
təbrik etmək
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Belarusian:
віншава́ць
(vinšavácʹ)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Belarusian:
павіншава́ць
(pavinšavácʹ)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Bulgarian:
поздравя́вам
(pozdravjávam)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Bulgarian:
честитя́
(čestitjá)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Catalan:
felicitar
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Catalan:
congratular
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Chinese Mandarin:
祝賀 /祝贺
(zhùhè)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Chinese Mandarin:
道喜
(dàoxǐ)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Chukchi:
анъякаԓек
(anʺjakaḷek)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Cornish:
keslowenhe
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Czech:
blahopřát
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Czech:
gratulovat
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Danish:
gratulere
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Dutch:
feliciteren
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Dutch:
gelukwensen
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Esperanto:
gratuli
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Estonian:
õnnitlema
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Finnish:
onnitella
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Finnish:
toivottaa onnea
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
French:
féliciter
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Galician:
folgarse
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Galician:
congratular
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Georgian:
მილოცვა
(milocva)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Georgian:
ულოცავს
(ulocavs)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
German:
gratulieren
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
German:
beglückwünschen
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Greek:
συγχαίρω
(synchaíro)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Hebrew:
ברך
(berákh)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Hebrew:
פִרְגֵּן
(firgén)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Hindi:
बधाई देना
(badhāī denā)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Hungarian:
gratulál
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Ido:
gratular
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Japanese:
祝う
(iwau)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Kazakh:
құттықтау
(qūttyqtau)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Khmer:
សរសើរ
(sɑɑ saə)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Khmer:
សូមជូនពរ
(soom cuun pɔɔ)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Korean:
축하하다
(chukhahada)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Kyrgyz:
куттуктоо
(kuttuktoo)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Latin:
grātulor
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Latin:
congrātulor
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Latvian:
apsveikt
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Lithuanian:
sveikinti
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Lithuanian:
pasveikinti
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Macedonian:
че́сти
(čésti)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Malay:
tahniah
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Manx:
cogherjaghey
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Norwegian Bokmål:
gratulere
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Persian:
تبریک گفتن
(tabrik goftan)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Polish:
gratulować
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Polish:
pogratulować
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Polish:
winszować
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Polish:
powinszować
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Portuguese:
parabenizar
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Portuguese:
congratular
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Romanian:
ferici
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Romanian:
ura
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Romanian:
felicita
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Russian:
поздравля́ть
(pozdravljátʹ)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Russian:
поздра́вить
(pozdrávitʹ)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Serbo-Croatian:
честитати
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Serbo-Croatian:
čestitati
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Slovak:
blahoželať
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Slovak:
gratulovať
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Slovene:
čestitati
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Slovene:
voščiti
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Spanish:
felicitar
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Spanish:
congratular
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Swedish:
gratulera
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Swedish:
lyckönska
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Swedish:
gratta
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Tagalog:
balangawan
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Tagalog:
magbalangaw
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Tajik:
табрик кардан
(tabrik kardan)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Tajik:
муборакбод гуфтан
(muborakbod guftan)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Tajik:
табрик гуфтан
(tabrik guftan)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Telugu:
అబినందించు
(abinandiñcu)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Thai:
ฉลอง
(chà-lŏng)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Turkish:
tebrik etmek
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Turkish:
kutlamak
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Ottoman Turkish:
تبریك ایتمك
(tebrik etmek)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Turkmen:
gutlamak
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Ukrainian:
поздоровля́ти
(pozdorovljáty)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Ukrainian:
поздоро́вити
(pozdoróvyty)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Ukrainian:
віншува́ти
(vinšuváty)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Ukrainian:
повіншува́ти
(povinšuváty)
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Uzbek:
tabriklamoq
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
Vietnamese:
chúc mừng
— to express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
