gratification

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• /ˌɡɹætɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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From Latin grātificātiō either directly or through Middle French gratification, from Latin grātificō (“to do a favor to, oblige, please, gratify”), from grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + faciō (“to make”).

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: удовлетворение (udovletvorenie) — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Bulgarian: задоволство (zadovolstvo) — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Catalan: gratificació — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Finnish: tyydytys — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Finnish: tyydyttäminen — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Finnish: miellyttäminen — act of gratifying or pleasing
• French: gratification — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Hungarian: kielégítés — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Indonesian: gratifikasi — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Italian: gratificazione — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Norwegian: glede — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Norwegian: tilfredsstille — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Plautdietsch: Befrädjunk — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Portuguese: gratificação — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Russian: удовлетворение (udovletvorenije) — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Russian: ублажение (ublaženije) — act of gratifying or pleasing
• Bulgarian: възнаграждение (vǎznagraždenie) — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Dutch: gratificatie — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Esperanto: gratifikacio — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Esperanto: gratifo — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Esperanto: gratifiko — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Finnish: palkinto — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Finnish: hyvitys — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Finnish: lahja — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• French: récompense — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• German: Befriedigung — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Hungarian: kielégülés — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Hungarian: jutalom — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Hungarian: jutalmazás — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Indonesian: gratifikasi — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Polish: gratyfikacja — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Russian: вознаграждение (voznagraždenije) — gratuity; reward — see also gratuity, reward
• Finnish: tyytyväisyys — feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction
• Finnish: mielihyvä — feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction
• Irish: sásamh — feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction
• Polish: gratyfikacja — feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction
• Russian: удовольствие (udovolʹstvije) — feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction
• Russian: удовлетворение (udovletvorenije) — feeling of pleasure — see also satisfaction