adj
Meaning 1
Serving to congratulate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: congratulary, congratulational, congratulationary
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
congratulatory
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: /kɒŋˌɡɹæt͡ʃuːˈleɪtəɹiː/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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US: /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃələˌtɔɹi/
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US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 N G R AE1 CH AH0 L AH0 T AO2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a congratulatory telegram
- the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent
- a gratulatory address
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gratulatory
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English congratulate Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory English congratulatory From congratulate + -ory.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: շնորհավորական (šnorhavorakan) — serving to congratulate
- Hungarian: gratuláló — serving to congratulate
- Hungarian: üdvözlő — serving to congratulate
- Hungarian: köszöntő — serving to congratulate
- Italian: di congratulazioni — serving to congratulate
- Manx: cogherjee — serving to congratulate
- Polish: gratulacyjny — serving to congratulate