"elation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɪˈleɪʃən/, /iːˈleɪʃən/ Audio: En-us-elation.oga Forms: elations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle English elacioun, from Old French elacion, from Latin ēlātiōnem, accusative singular of ēlātiō (“exaltation, elevation; pride, elation”), from ēlātus, perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*telh₂- (bear)}}, {{inh|en|enm|elacioun}} Middle English elacioun, {{der|en|fro|elacion}} Old French elacion, {{der|en|la|ēlātiōnem}} Latin ēlātiōnem Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} elation (countable and uncountable, plural elations)
  1. An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism): въодушевление (vǎoduševlenie) [feminine] (Bulgarian), eufòria [feminine] (Catalan), 得意洋洋 (déyìyángyáng) (Chinese Mandarin), euforie (Dutch), riemu (Finnish), élation [feminine] (French), allégresse [feminine] (French), Euphorie [feminine] (German), Hochgefühl [neuter] (German), euforia [feminine] (Italian), ēlātiō [feminine] (Latin), libentia [feminine] (Latin), воодушевување (vooduševuvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), восхит (voshit) [masculine] (Macedonian), harikoa (Maori), manamanahau (Maori), koanga (Maori), koanga ngākau (Maori), tūrangahakoa (Maori), koakoa (Maori), whāwhāpū (Maori), eufori [masculine] (Norwegian), душевный подъём [masculine] (Russian), эйфория (ejforija) [feminine] (Russian), воодушевление (vooduševlenije) [neuter] (Russian), euforia [feminine] (Spanish), підне́сення (pidnésennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian), благода́ть (blahodátʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-elation-en-noun-Ic18cI7W Disambiguation of 'An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism': 89 10 1
  2. A feeling of joy and pride. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Happiness Translations (A feeling of joy and pride): nadšení [neuter] (Czech), radost [feminine] (Czech), opgetogenheid (Dutch), riemu (Finnish), Begeisterung [feminine] (German), Jubelstimmung [feminine] (German), ēlātiō [feminine] (Latin), ра́дість (rádistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-elation-en-noun-GufrK7J4 Disambiguation of Happiness: 19 58 23 Disambiguation of 'A feeling of joy and pride': 12 87 1
  3. (geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-elation-en-noun-zd1JYrEg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 22 61 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 23 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 17 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 19 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 20 25 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 17 20 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 18 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 18 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 13 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 13 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 19 24 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 13 15 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 11 12 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 19 24 57 Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: elate, elated, efferent

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Latin ēlātiōnem",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English elacioun, from Old French elacion, from Latin ēlātiōnem, accusative singular of ēlātiō (“exaltation, elevation; pride, elation”), from ēlātus, perfect passive participle of efferō (“bring forth or out; raise; exalt”), from ē (“out of”), short form of ex, + ferō (“carry, bear”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "elations",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "elation (countable and uncountable, plural elations)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "elate"
    },
    {
      "word": "elated"
    },
    {
      "word": "efferent"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pride",
          "pride"
        ],
        [
          "optimism",
          "optimism"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "She [Chloe Kelly] waited for confirmation of the goal before taking off her shirt and waving it around her head, while being lifted by her team-mates in a moment of pure elation.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A feeling of joy and pride."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "joy",
          "joy"
        ],
        [
          "pride",
          "pride"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Geometry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "geometry",
          "geometry"
        ],
        [
          "collineation",
          "collineation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-eɪʃən"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪˈleɪʃən/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/iːˈleɪʃən/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-elation.oga",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/8/85/En-us-elation.oga/En-us-elation.oga.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/85/En-us-elation.oga"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "illation"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "vǎoduševlenie",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "въодушевление"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "eufòria"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "déyìyángyáng",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "得意洋洋"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "euforie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "riemu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "élation"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "allégresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Euphorie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Hochgefühl"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "euforia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ēlātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "libentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "vooduševuvanje",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "воодушевување"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "voshit",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "восхит"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "harikoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "manamanahau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "koanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "koanga ngākau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "tūrangahakoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "koakoa"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "word": "whāwhāpū"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eufori"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "душевный подъём"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ejforija",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "эйфория"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vooduševlenije",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "воодушевление"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "euforia"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidnésennja",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "підне́сення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "blahodátʹ",
      "sense": "An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "благода́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "A feeling of joy and pride",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "nadšení"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "A feeling of joy and pride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "radost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "A feeling of joy and pride",
      "word": "opgetogenheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "A feeling of joy and pride",
      "word": "riemu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A feeling of joy and pride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Begeisterung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "A feeling of joy and pride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Jubelstimmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "A feeling of joy and pride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ēlātiō"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rádistʹ",
      "sense": "A feeling of joy and pride",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́дість"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "elation"
  ],
  "word": "elation"
}

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