"jubilation" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌd͡ʒuːbəlˈeiːʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Y. Dongchen-jubilation.wav Forms: jubilations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Old French jubilacion, from Latin iūbilātiō (“a shouting for joy”). Cognate with Spanish jubilación (“retirement”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|fro:jubilacion<ety:lbor<la:iūbilātiō>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "iūbilātiō", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "jubilacion", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "jubilation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="jubilation">, {{uder|en|fro|jubilacion}} Old French jubilacion, {{uder|en|la|iūbilātiō||a shouting for joy}} Latin iūbilātiō (“a shouting for joy”), {{cog|es|jubilación||retirement}} Spanish jubilación (“retirement”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} jubilation (countable and uncountable, plural jubilations)
  1. A triumphant shouting of great happiness; rejoicing, especially as celebratory outbursts; a feeling of joyous exultation. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: jubilance, jubilancy Related terms: jubilant, jubilate, jubilee Translations (triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation): ликуване (likuvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), тържествуване (tăržestvuvane) (Bulgarian), juhla (Finnish), ლხენა (lxena) (Georgian), ზეიმი (zeimi) (Georgian), Jubel (German), πανηγυρισμός (panigyrismós) [masculine] (Greek), θριαμβολογία (thriamvología) [feminine] (Greek), esultanza [feminine] (Italian), tripudio [masculine] (Italian), harikoa (Māori), manahau (Māori), manamanahau (Māori), whāwhāpū (Māori), ликова́ние (likovánije) [neuter] (Russian), regocijo (Spanish), júbilo (Spanish)

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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "likovánije",
      "sense": "triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ликова́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation",
      "word": "regocijo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation",
      "word": "júbilo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jubilation"
}

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