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) (pozdravlenie) n, честитка (bg) (čestitka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祝賀 (cmn), 祝贺 (cmn) (zhùhè)

• Czech: gratulace (cs) f, blahopřání (cs) n
• Dutch: gelukwens m, felicitatie f
• Esperanto: gratulon (eo)
• 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:

  Sorani: 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