noun
Meaning 1
The act of congratulating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- May I present my warmest congratulations?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
congratulation
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /kənˌɡɹæd͡ʒʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N G R AE2 CH AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: felicitation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: speech act
noun
Meaning 3
(usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: felicitation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: expression, verbal expression, verbalism
History
Etymology
From Middle English congratulacion, from Middle French congratulation or its etymon Latin congrātulātiō, from congrātulor (“to congratulate”). By surface analysis, congratulate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
78 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: تَهْنِئَة (tahniʔa) — act of congratulating
- Armenian: շնորհավորում (šnorhavorum) — act of congratulating
- Armenian: շնորհավորանք (šnorhavorankʻ) — act of congratulating
- Azerbaijani: təbrik — act of congratulating
- Azerbaijani: gözaydınlığı — act of congratulating
- Belarusian: павіншава́нне (pavinšavánnje) — act of congratulating
- Belarusian: віншава́нне (vinšavánnje) — act of congratulating
- Belarusian: прывiта́нне (pryvitánnje) — act of congratulating
- Bulgarian: поздравле́ние (pozdravlénie) — act of congratulating
- Bulgarian: чести́тка (čestítka) — act of congratulating
- Catalan: felicitació — act of congratulating
- Catalan: congratulació — act of congratulating
- Chinese Mandarin: 祝賀 /祝贺 (zhùhè) — act of congratulating
- Czech: gratulace — act of congratulating
- Czech: blahopřání — act of congratulating
- Danish: gratulation — act of congratulating
- Dutch: gelukwens — act of congratulating
- Dutch: felicitatie — act of congratulating
- Esperanto: gratulo — act of congratulating
- Finnish: onnittelu — act of congratulating
- Finnish: onnitteleminen — act of congratulating
- French: félicitation — act of congratulating
- Galician: felicitación — act of congratulating
- German: Glückwunsch — act of congratulating
- German: Beglückwünschung — act of congratulating
- German: Gratulation — act of congratulating
- Gujarati: મુબારકબાદી (mubārakbādī) — act of congratulating
- Gujarati: અભિનંદન (abhinandan) — act of congratulating
- Hebrew: ברכה — act of congratulating
- Hindi: शुभकामना (śubhkāmnā) — act of congratulating
- Hindi: शुभेच्छा (śubhecchā) — act of congratulating
- Hindi: अभिनंदन (abhinandan) — act of congratulating
- Hungarian: gratuláció — act of congratulating
- Hungarian: jókívánság — act of congratulating
- Hungarian: szerencsekívánat — act of congratulating
- Italian: congratulazione — act of congratulating
- Italian: complimento — act of congratulating
- Italian: felicitazione — act of congratulating
- Japanese: お祝い (oiwai) — act of congratulating
- Japanese: 祝賀 (shukuga) — act of congratulating
- Korean: 축하 (chukha) — act of congratulating
- Central Kurdish: پیرۆزبایی کردن (pîrozbayî kirdin) — act of congratulating
- Latin: grātulātiō — act of congratulating
- Macedonian: честитка (čestitka) — act of congratulating
- Malayalam: അഭിനന്ദനം (abhinandanaṁ) — act of congratulating
- Manx: cogherjys — act of congratulating
- Norwegian Bokmål: gratulasjon — act of congratulating
- Persian: مبارک باد (mobârak bâd) — act of congratulating
- Persian: خجسته باد (xojaste bâd) — act of congratulating
- Polish: gratulacje — act of congratulating
- Portuguese: parabenização — act of congratulating
- Portuguese: felicitação — act of congratulating
- Romanian: felicitare — act of congratulating
- Russian: поздравле́ние (pozdravlénije) — act of congratulating
- Scottish Gaelic: meal-a-naidheachd — act of congratulating
- Scottish Gaelic: co-ghàirdeachas — act of congratulating
- Serbo-Croatian: чѐститка — act of congratulating
- Serbo-Croatian: честитање — act of congratulating
- Serbo-Croatian: čèstitka — act of congratulating
- Serbo-Croatian: čestítānje — act of congratulating
- Slovak: gratulácia — act of congratulating
- Slovak: blahoželanie — act of congratulating
- Slovene: čestitanje — act of congratulating
- Spanish: felicitación — act of congratulating
- Spanish: congratulación — act of congratulating
- Spanish: enhorabuena — act of congratulating
- Spanish: parabién — act of congratulating
- Spanish: pláceme — act of congratulating
- Swahili: hongera — act of congratulating
- Swedish: gratulation — act of congratulating
- Swedish: lyckönskan — act of congratulating
- Swedish: lyckönskning — act of congratulating
- Turkish: tebrik — act of congratulating
- Ottoman Turkish: تبریك (tebrik) — act of congratulating
- Ukrainian: привіта́ння (pryvitánnja) — act of congratulating
- Ukrainian: повіншува́ння (povinšuvánnja) — act of congratulating
- Ukrainian: віншува́ння (vinšuvánnja) — act of congratulating
- Volapük: benovip — act of congratulating