congratulation

English

Alternative forms

• gratulation (archaic)

Etymology

con- +‎ gratulation, cognate with Latin congratulor (congrātulor, “I congratulate”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

congratulation (plural congratulations)

1. The act of congratulating.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:praise

Translations

act of congratulating

Arabic: تهنئة (táhni’a) f. Armenian: շնորհավորում (hy) (šnorhavorum), շնորհավորանք (hy) (šnorhavorank') Bulgarian: поздравление (bg) n., честитка (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 祝賀 (cmn), 祝贺 (cmn) (zhùhè) Dutch: gelukwens m., felicitatie f. Finnish: onnittelu, onnitteleminen French: félicitations (fr) f. pl. German: Glückwunsch m., Beglückwünschung f. Hebrew: כל הכבוד (kol ha-kavod) (all the honor) Italian: congratulazione (it) f. Korean: 축하합니다 (chukhahamnida)

Kurdish: پیرۆزبایی کردن Latin: grātulātiō (la) f. Manx: cogherjys (gv) m. Persian: مبارک باشه (mobarak bashe) Polish: gratulacje pl. Portuguese: parabéns (pt) m. pl., felicitação (pt) f. Russian: поздравление (ru) (pozdravlénije) n. Spanish: felicitación (es) f. Swahili: hongera (sw) Swedish: gratulation (sv) c., lyckönskan (sv) c., lyckönskning (sv) c. Turkish: tebrikler Volapük: benovip (vo)

Derived terms

• congratulate
• self-congratulation