"gratulate" meaning in English

See gratulate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈɡɹætjʊleɪt/ [verb], /ˈɡɹætʃəleɪt/ [verb], /ˈɡɹætjʊlət/ [adjective], /ˈɡɹætʃələt/ [adjective] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gratulate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gratulate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more gratulate [comparative], most gratulate [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin grātulor. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|grātulor}} Latin grātulor Head templates: {{en-adj}} gratulate (comparative more gratulate, superlative most gratulate)
  1. (obsolete) Worthy of gratulation. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-gratulate-en-adj-rDdr1D7r Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 10 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 9 26 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 61 17 22 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 61 18 20

Verb

IPA: /ˈɡɹætjʊleɪt/ [verb], /ˈɡɹætʃəleɪt/ [verb], /ˈɡɹætjʊlət/ [adjective], /ˈɡɹætʃələt/ [adjective] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gratulate.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-gratulate2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: gratulates [present, singular, third-person], gratulating [participle, present], gratulated [participle, past], gratulated [past]
Etymology: From Latin grātulor. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|grātulor}} Latin grātulor Head templates: {{en-verb}} gratulate (third-person singular simple present gratulates, present participle gratulating, simple past and past participle gratulated)
  1. (archaic) To express joy at (an event or situation). Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-gratulate-en-verb-Pas74aOl
  2. (archaic) To greet, welcome, salute. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-gratulate-en-verb-tCxarEwm

Inflected forms

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