congratulation

English

Alternative forms

gratulation (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Latin congratulatio, congratulationem, from congrātulor (“I congratulate”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kənˌɡɹætjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/
Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

congratulation (countable and uncountable, plural congratulations)

The act of congratulating.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:praise

Derived terms

Translations

act of congratulating

Arabic: تَهْنِئَة‎ f (tahniʾa)
Armenian: շնորհավորում (šnorhavorum), շնորհավորանք (hy) (šnorhavorankʿ)
Bulgarian: поздравление (bg) n (pozdravlenie), честитка f (čestitka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 祝賀 (zh), 祝贺 (zh) (zhùhè)
Czech: gratulace f, blahopřání (cs) n
Dutch: gelukwens (nl) m, felicitatie (nl) f
Esperanto: gratulo
Finnish: onnittelu (fi), onnitteleminen (fi)
French: félicitation (fr) f
German: Glückwunsch (de) m, Beglückwünschung f
Hebrew: כל הכבוד‎ (he) (kol ha-kavod) (all the honor)
Italian: congratulazione (it) f
Japanese: お祝い (oiwai)
Korean: 축하 (ko) (chukha)

Kurdish:
Sorani: پیرۆزبایی کردن‎ (pîrozbayî kirdin)
Latin: grātulātiō f
Manx: cogherjys m
Old English: efenblissung f
Persian: مبارک باد‎ (mobârak bâd), خجسته باد‎ (xojaste bâd)
Polish: gratulacje (pl) pl
Portuguese: parabenização (pt) f, felicitação (pt) f
Romanian: felicitare (ro) f
Russian: поздравле́ние (ru) n (pozdravlénije)
Spanish: felicitación (es) f
Swahili: hongera (sw)
Swedish: gratulation (sv) c, lyckönskan c, lyckönskning c
Turkish: tebrikler
Volapük: benovip (vo)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congratulatio, congratulationem, from congratulor.

Pronunciation

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Noun

congratulation f (plural congratulations)

(dated) congratulation

Synonyms

félicitation

Related terms

congratuler

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