"congratulation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kənˌɡɹætjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-congratulation.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-congratulation.wav Forms: congratulations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French, from Latin congrātulātiō, congrātulātiōnem, from congrātulor (“I congratulate”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|-}} Middle French, {{der|en|la|congratulatio|congrātulātiō, congrātulātiōnem}} Latin congrātulātiō, congrātulātiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} congratulation (countable and uncountable, plural congratulations)
  1. The act of congratulating. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: congratulating [noun], gratulation [archaic] Derived forms: congratulate, congratulational, congratulationary, self-congratulation Translations (act of congratulating): تَهْنِئَة (tahniʔa) [feminine] (Arabic), շնորհավորում (šnorhavorum) (Armenian), շնորհավորանք (šnorhavorankʻ) (Armenian), павіншава́нне (pavinšavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), віншава́нне (vinšavánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), прывiта́нне (pryvitánnje) [neuter] (Belarusian), поздравле́ние (pozdravlénie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), чести́тка (čestítka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), felicitació [feminine] (Catalan), پیرۆزبایی کردن (pîrozbayî kirdin) (Central Kurdish), 祝賀 (Chinese Mandarin), 祝贺 (zhùhè) (Chinese Mandarin), gratulace [feminine] (Czech), blahopřání [neuter] (Czech), gratulation [common-gender] (Danish), gelukwens [masculine] (Dutch), felicitatie [feminine] (Dutch), gratulo (Esperanto), onnittelu (Finnish), onnitteleminen (Finnish), félicitation [feminine] (French), felicitación [feminine] (Galician), Glückwunsch [masculine] (German), Beglückwünschung [feminine] (German), Gratulation [feminine] (German), મુબારકબાદી (mubārakbādī) [feminine] (Gujarati), અભિનંદન (abhinandan) [neuter] (Gujarati), ברכה (Hebrew), gratuláció (Hungarian), jókívánság (Hungarian), szerencsekívánat (Hungarian), congratulazione [feminine] (Italian), complimento [masculine] (Italian), felicitazione [feminine] (Italian), お祝い (oiwai) (Japanese), 祝賀 (shukuga) (Japanese), 축하 (chukha) (Korean), grātulātiō [feminine] (Latin), честитка (čestitka) [feminine] (Macedonian), അഭിനന്ദനം (abhinandanaṁ) (Malayalam), cogherjys [masculine] (Manx), gratulasjon [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), تبریك (tebrik) (Ottoman Turkish), مبارک باد (mobârak bâd) (Persian), خجسته باد (xojaste bâd) (Persian), gratulacje [plural] (Polish), parabenização [feminine] (Portuguese), felicitação [feminine] (Portuguese), felicitare [feminine] (Romanian), поздравле́ние (pozdravlénije) [neuter] (Russian), meal a naidheachd (Scottish Gaelic), чѐститка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), честитање [Cyrillic, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), čèstitka [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), čestítānje [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), gratulácia [feminine] (Slovak), blahoželanie [neuter] (Slovak), čestitanje [neuter] (Slovene), felicitación [feminine] (Spanish), hongera (Swahili), gratulation [common-gender] (Swedish), lyckönskan [common-gender] (Swedish), lyckönskning [common-gender] (Swedish), tebrik (Turkish), привіта́ння (pryvitánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), повіншува́ння (povinšuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), віншува́ння (vinšuvánnja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), benovip (Volapük)
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Inflected forms

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          "sense": "act of congratulating",
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          "sense": "act of congratulating",
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          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "pîrozbayî kirdin",
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          "code": "ota",
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          "roman": "tebrik",
          "sense": "act of congratulating",
          "word": "تبریك"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mobârak bâd",
          "sense": "act of congratulating",
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "xojaste bâd",
          "sense": "act of congratulating",
          "word": "خجسته باد"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "act of congratulating",
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        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "act of congratulating",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "onnittelu"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "ko",
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      "roman": "chukha",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "word": "축하"
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    {
      "code": "ckb",
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      "word": "پیرۆزبایی کردن"
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      "code": "ml",
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      "sense": "act of congratulating",
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      "code": "gv",
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      "word": "cogherjys"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gratulasjon"
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      "code": "ota",
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      "roman": "tebrik",
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      "word": "تبریك"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mobârak bâd",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "word": "مبارک باد"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xojaste bâd",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "word": "خجسته باد"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gratulacje"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "parabenização"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "felicitação"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "felicitare"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "gd",
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      "sense": "act of congratulating",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "act of congratulating",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "act of congratulating",
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      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
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      "sense": "act of congratulating",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "lyckönskning"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "word": "tebrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pryvitánnja",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "привіта́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povinšuvánnja",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "повіншува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vinšuvánnja",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "віншува́ння"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "act of congratulating",
      "word": "benovip"
    }
  ],
  "word": "congratulation"
}

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