gratulation

From Latin grātulātiō, from grātulor.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹætjʊˈleɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡɹætʃəˈleɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: gra‧tu‧la‧tion

gratulation (countable and uncountable, plural gratulations)

1. (now rare) A feeling of happiness and satisfaction; joy, especially at one's good fortune.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 206:

     Shattuck, all unaccustomed to the practical phenomena of digging, apprehended only cause of gratulation that the investigation was to be the less hindered.

2. (archaic) The expression of pleasure at someone's else's success or luck; congratulation.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VIII

     All Heaven,
     And happy constellations, on that hour
     Shed their selectest influence; the Earth
     Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill; […]

gratulation c

1. congratulation

• gratulera
• grattis