gratulation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin grātulātiōnem, from grātulārī.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gratulation (plural gratulations)
- (now rare) A feeling of happiness and satisfaction; joy, especially at one's good fortune.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 206:
- Shattuck, all unaccustomed to the practical phenomena of digging, apprehended only cause of gratulation that the investigation was to be the less hindered.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 206:
- (archaic) The expression of pleasure at someone's else's success or luck; congratulation.
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- John Milton (1608-1674) in Paradise Lost, Book VIII, " All Heaven, And happy constellations, on that hour Shed their selectest influence; the Earth Gave sign of gratulation, and each hill;"
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Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
gratulation c
Declension[edit]
Declension of gratulation
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| nominative | gratulation | gratulationen | gratulationer | gratulationerna |
| genitive | gratulations | gratulationens | gratulationers | gratulationernas |
