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congratulations

intj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • General-American: /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
  • General-American: /-t͡ʃʊ-/
  • General-American: /-d͡ʒə-/
  • General-American: /-d͡ʒʊ-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-t͡ʃʊ-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-tjə-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-tjʊ-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-d͡ʒə-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-d͡ʒʊ-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N G R AE2 CH AH0 L EY1 SH AH0 N Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

intj

Meaning 1

Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Warm congratulations on your newborn boy!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

plural of congratulation

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

an expression of approval and commendation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • he always appreciated praise for his work

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: praise, kudos, extolment

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: approval, commendation

Narrower terms: superlative, encomium, eulogy, panegyric, paean, pean, eulogium, recommendation, testimonial, good word, compliment

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: urime — expressing approbation
  • Arabic: مُبَارَك (mubārak) — expressing approbation
  • Arabic: مَبْرُوك (mabrūk) — expressing approbation
  • Armenian: շնորհավոր (šnorhavor) — expressing approbation
  • Asturian: norabona — expressing approbation
  • Azerbaijani: təbrik edirəm — expressing approbation
  • Azerbaijani: təbriklər — expressing approbation
  • Azerbaijani: mübarək olsun — expressing approbation
  • Azerbaijani: gözün aydın olsun — expressing approbation
  • Bashkir: ҡотлайым (qotlayım) — expressing approbation
  • Basque: zorionak — expressing approbation
  • Belarusian: віншу́ю (vinšúju) — expressing approbation
  • Belarusian: віта́ю (vitáju) — expressing approbation
  • Bengali: মোবারক (mōbarok) — expressing approbation
  • Bengali: মুবারক (mubarok) — expressing approbation
  • Bengali: মারহাবা (marhaba) — expressing approbation
  • Bulgarian: поздравле́ния (pozdravlénija) — expressing approbation
  • Catalan: felicitats — expressing approbation
  • Catalan: enhorabona — expressing approbation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恭喜 (gōngxǐ) — expressing approbation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 恭喜恭喜 (gōngxǐ gōngxǐ) — expressing approbation
  • Cornish: keslowena — expressing approbation
  • Corsican: cungratulazioni — expressing approbation
  • Corsican: congratulazioni — expressing approbation
  • Czech: gratuluji — expressing approbation
  • Danish: tillykke — expressing approbation
  • Dutch: gefeliciteerd — expressing approbation
  • Dutch: proficiat — expressing approbation
  • Dutch: van harte — expressing approbation
  • Esperanto: gratulojn — expressing approbation
  • Faroese: til lukku — expressing approbation
  • Finnish: onnea — expressing approbation
  • Finnish: onneksi olkoon — expressing approbation
  • Finnish: onnittelut — expressing approbation
  • French: félicitations — expressing approbation
  • Galician: parabén — expressing approbation
  • Galician: parabéns — expressing approbation
  • Georgian: გილოცავთ (gilocavt) — expressing approbation
  • Georgian: გილოცავ (gilocav) — expressing approbation
  • Georgian: ყოჩაღ (q̇očaɣ) — expressing approbation
  • German: Glückwunsch — expressing approbation
  • German: herzlichen Glückwunsch — expressing approbation
  • Greek: συγχαρητήρια (syncharitíria) — expressing approbation
  • Gurani: پیرۊز بۊ (pîrüz bü) — expressing approbation
  • Gurani: چەمت ڕۊشن (çem't rüşn) — expressing approbation
  • Gurani: چەمتان ڕۊشن (çem'tan rüşn) — expressing approbation
  • Hebrew: מַזָּל טוֹב (mazál tóv) — expressing approbation
  • Hebrew: כָּל הַכָּבוֹד (kól hakavód) — expressing approbation
  • Hindi: मुबारक (mubārak) — expressing approbation
  • Hindi: बधाई (badhāī) — expressing approbation
  • Hungarian: gratulálok — expressing approbation
  • Hungarian: gratulálunk — expressing approbation
  • Icelandic: til hamingju — expressing approbation
  • Icelandic: gott hjá þér — expressing approbation
  • Indonesian: selamat — expressing approbation
  • Irish: comhghairdeas — expressing approbation
  • Italian: congratulazioni — expressing approbation
  • Italian: complimenti — expressing approbation
  • Japanese: おめでとう (omedetō) — expressing approbation
  • Japanese: おめでとうございます (omedetō gozaimasu) — expressing approbation
  • Kazakh: құттықтаймыз (qūttyqtaimyz) — expressing approbation
  • Korean: 축하해요 (chukhahaeyo) — expressing approbation
  • Korean: 축하합니다 (chukhahamnida) — expressing approbation
  • Central Kurdish: پیرۆز بێت (pîroz bêt) — expressing approbation
  • Central Kurdish: چاو'ت ڕون (çaw't run) — expressing approbation
  • Central Kurdish: چاو'تان ڕون (çaw'tan run) — expressing approbation
  • Northern Kurdish: pîroz bi be — expressing approbation
  • Northern Kurdish: çehv ê te ron — expressing approbation
  • Northern Kurdish: çehv ê we ron — expressing approbation
  • Southern Kurdish: pîrüz bu — expressing approbation
  • Southern Kurdish: çew't rün — expressing approbation
  • Southern Kurdish: çew'tan rün — expressing approbation
  • Latvian: apsveicam — expressing approbation
  • Lithuanian: sveikiname — expressing approbation
  • Low German: hartlichen Glückwunsch — expressing approbation
  • Luxembourgish: félicitatiounen — expressing approbation
  • Macanese: parabém — expressing approbation
  • Malay: tahniah — expressing approbation
  • Malay: syabas — expressing approbation
  • Manx: moylley dhyt — expressing approbation
  • Marathi: अभिनंदन (abhinandan) — expressing approbation
  • Mongolian: баяр хүргэх (bajar xürgex) — expressing approbation
  • Navajo: ná bąą hózhǫ́ — expressing approbation
  • Nepali: बधाई छ (badhāī cha) — expressing approbation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gratulerer — expressing approbation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: til lykke — expressing approbation
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tillykke — expressing approbation
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gratulerer — expressing approbation
  • Pannonian Rusyn: винчуєм (vinčujem) — expressing approbation
  • Persian: تبریک (tabrik) — expressing approbation
  • Polish: gratulacje — expressing approbation
  • Portuguese: parabéns — expressing approbation
  • Portuguese: congratulações — expressing approbation
  • Romanian: felicitări — expressing approbation
  • Romansh: Gratulaziuns — expressing approbation
  • Russian: поздравля́ю (pozdravljáju) — expressing approbation
  • Russian: мои́ поздравле́ния (moí pozdravlénija) — expressing approbation
  • Russian: молоде́ц (molodéc) — expressing approbation
  • Sanskrit: अभिनन्दनम् (abhinandanam) — expressing approbation
  • Scottish Gaelic: meal do naidheachd — expressing approbation
  • Scottish Gaelic: meal ur naidheachd — expressing approbation
  • Scottish Gaelic: meal a naidheachd — expressing approbation
  • Serbo-Croatian: честитке — expressing approbation
  • Serbo-Croatian: čestitke — expressing approbation
  • Sicilian: cungratulazioni — expressing approbation
  • Sicilian: cungratulazzioni — expressing approbation
  • Slovak: blahoželám — expressing approbation
  • Slovak: gratulujem — expressing approbation
  • Slovene: čestitke — expressing approbation
  • Upper Sorbian: wjele zboža — expressing approbation
  • Spanish: felicidades — expressing approbation
  • Spanish: enhorabuena — expressing approbation
  • Swahili: hongera — expressing approbation
  • Swedish: grattis — expressing approbation
  • Swedish: gratulerar — expressing approbation
  • Tagalog: balangaw — expressing approbation
  • Tamil: வாழ்த்துக்கள் (vāḻttukkaḷ) — expressing approbation
  • Thai: ยินดีด้วย (yindii dûai) — expressing approbation
  • Turkish: tebrikler — expressing approbation
  • Turkish: tebrik ederim — expressing approbation
  • Ukrainian: віта́ю (vitáju) — expressing approbation
  • Urdu: مبارک (mubārak) — expressing approbation
  • Vietnamese: chúc mừng — expressing approbation
  • Vietnamese: xin chúc mừng — expressing approbation
  • Volapük: benovip — expressing approbation
  • Walloon: proficiate — expressing approbation
  • Welsh: llongyfarchiadau — expressing approbation
  • Yiddish: מזל־טובֿ (mazl-tov) — expressing approbation
  • Zazaki: pîroz bo — expressing approbation
  • Zazaki: çim ê to roşn — expressing approbation
  • Zazaki: çim ê şima roşn — expressing approbation
Real reading context

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