celebration

See also: célébration

English

Etymology

From Old French celebration, from Latin celebratio. Equivalent to celebrate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛl.ɪˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/

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• (US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌsɛl.əˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/, /ˌsɛlˈbɹeɪ.ʃən/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌsel.əˈbɹæɪ.ʃən/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /sɛ(ː).le.breː.ʃən/
• Hyphenation: cel‧e‧bra‧tion
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

celebration (countable and uncountable, plural celebrations)

1. The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.

   We will attend the Christmas celebration in church.

2. The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
   • 2019 February 5, Adrian Lim, “Multiracial CNY celebrations true to Singapore spirit: President Halimah”, in The Straits Times‎^[1], Singapore, →OCLC, archived from the original on 5 February 2019:

     In a Chinese New Year video message posted on her Facebook page yesterday, President Halimah Yacob said the fact that the celebrations here also commonly embrace those of other races is "true to the Singapore spirit".

3. The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.

   She jumped in the air in celebration.

   • 2017 August 23, Rosemary McClure, “Party like its^[sic] 1717 on a Danube River cruise celebrating Maria Theresa of Austria”, in Los Angeles Times‎^[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 23 August 2017:

     Waltz into a grand Austrian celebration this fall on the Danube River on an eight-day cruise marking the 300th birthday of Maria Theresa of Austria, whose one-time titles included Holy Roman Empress; Queen of Hungary, Bohemia, Croatia and Slavonia; Archduchess of Austria; and Duchess of Parma.

4. A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.

   We are having a celebration at McDonald's for my dad's new job.

   We're having a little celebration tomorrow for Martin's scholarship.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:celebration

Derived terms

• celebrappeal
• celebrational
• celebrationary
• celebrationless
• celebration of life
• celebration parallax
• concelebration
• goal celebration
• noncelebration
• precelebration
• recelebration
• uncelebration

Related terms

• celebrant
• celebrate
• celebrator
• celebrity

Translations

formal performance of a solemn rite

• Arabic: اِحْتِفَال (ar) m (iḥtifāl)
• Armenian: հանդիսավորություն (hy) (handisavorutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: bayram etmə, toy-bayram, təntənə
• Belarusian: святкава́нне n (svjatkavánnje)
• Bulgarian: че́стване n (čéstvane)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慶典 / 庆典 (zh) (qìngdiǎn)

• Dutch: viering (nl) f
• Finnish: juhla (fi)
• French: célébration (fr) f
• Galician: celebración (gl) f
• German: Feier (de) f
• Hindi: जशन (hi) (jaśan)
• Italian: celebrazione (it) f, ricorrenza (it) f
• Japanese: お祝い (ja) (おいわい, o-iwai), 祝賀 (ja) (しゅくが, shukuga), 慶祝 (ja) (けいしゅく, keishuku)
• Korean: 축하(祝賀) (ko) (chukha), 경축(慶祝) (ko) (gyeongchuk)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feiring (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: feiring f

• Persian: جشن (fa) (jašn)
• Polish: celebracja (pl) f, celebra (pl) f
• Portuguese: celebração (pt) f
• Quechua: raymi (qu)
• Romanian: celebrare (ro) f, celebrație (ro) f (rare), sărbătorire (ro) f
• Russian: пра́зднование (ru) n (prázdnovanije), торжество́ (ru) n (toržestvó), че́ствование (ru) n (čéstvovanije)
• Sango: matanga
• Swahili: sherehe (sw)
• Swedish: firande (sv) n
• Tajik: ҷашн (tg) (jašn)
• Turkish: kutlama (tr)
• Ukrainian: святкува́ння n (svjatkuvánnja), торжество́ n (toržestvó)

observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities

• Finnish: juhlinta (fi), vietto (fi)
• Ladino: moed, hiba (Haketia)

act or process of showing gratitude, appreciation or remembrance

• Belarusian: урачы́стасць f (uračýstascʹ)
• Bulgarian: че́стване n (čéstvane), просла́ва (bg) f (prosláva), възхва́ла (bg) f (vǎzhvála)
• Danish: fejring c
• Dutch: gedachtenis (nl), herdenking (nl), viering (nl) f
• Finnish: juhla (fi)
• Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí)
• Hebrew: חֲגִיגָה (he) f (khagigá)
• Malayalam: ആഘോഷം (ml) (āghōṣaṁ)
• Polish: uroczystość (pl) f
• Romanian: festivitate (ro) f, celebrare (ro) f
• Russian: че́ствование (ru) n (čéstvovanije), прославле́ние (ru) n (proslavlénije), восхвале́ние (ru) n (vosxvalénije)
• Sanskrit: उत्सव (sa) m (utsava)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: свѐчано̄ст f

  Latin: svèčanōst (sh) f

• Swahili: sherehe (sw)
• Ukrainian: урочи́стість f (uročýstistʹ)

social gathering for entertainment and fun

• Afrikaans: selebrasie
• Arabic: اِحْتِفَال (ar) m (iḥtifāl), مِهْرَجَان m (mihrajān), مَهْرَجَان m (mahrajān)
• Armenian: հանդիսավորություն (hy) (handisavorutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: bayram (az), şənlik (az), qeyd etmə, toy-bayram
• Belarusian: святкава́нне n (svjatkavánnje), свя́та n (svjáta), урачы́стасць f (uračýstascʹ)
• Breton: lid (br) m
• Bulgarian: тържество́ (bg) n (tǎržestvó), празну́ване n (praznúvane), празненство́ (bg) n (praznenstvó), пра́зник (bg) m (práznik)
• Catalan: celebració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 慶祝 / 庆祝 (zh) (qìngzhù)

• Czech: oslava (cs) f
• Danish: fest (da) c
• Dutch: festiviteit (nl), feest (nl), fuif (nl), viering (nl) f
• Esperanto: festo
• Estonian: pidu (et)
• Finnish: juhlat (fi) pl
• French: célébration (fr) f, fête (fr) f
• Galician: celebración (gl) f
• Georgian: ზეიმი (zeimi)
• German: Feier (de) f, Fest (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 f (dulþs)
• Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí), εορτή (el) f (eortí) (formally), γλέντι (el) n (glénti) (colloquially)
• Haitian Creole: selebrasyon
• Hindi: उत्सव (hi) m (utsav)
• Italian: festa (it) f
• Japanese: お祝い (ja) (おいわい, o-iwai), 祝賀 (ja) (しゅくが, shukuga), 慶祝 (ja) (けいしゅく, keishuku)
• Karelian: pruazniekku
• Kazakh: мейрам (meiram)
• Korean: 축하(祝賀) (ko) (chukha), 축제(祝祭) (ko) (chukje), 경축(慶祝) (ko) (gyeongchuk)
• Kyrgyz: майрам (ky) (mayram)
• Latin: convīvium n
• Macedonian: празник (mk) m (praznik), прослава f (proslava)
• Malay: perayaan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: feiring (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: feiring f

• Occitan: celebracion (oc) f
• Persian: جشن (fa) (jašn)
• Polish: uroczystość (pl) f, świętowanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: celebração (pt) f, celebração (pt) f
• Romanian: sărbătoare (ro) f, petrecere (ro) f, serbare (ro) f
• Russian: пра́зднование (ru) n (prázdnovanije), пра́здник (ru) m (prázdnik), торжество́ (ru) n (toržestvó), пра́зднество (ru) n (prázdnestvo)
• Sami:

  Northern Sami: ávvudeapmi, feasta, riemut pl

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: пра̑знӣк m, про̏слава f

  Latin: prȃznīk (sh) m, prȍslava (sh) f

• Slovak: oslava f
• Slovene: praznovanje n
• Spanish: celebración (es) f
• Sranan Tongo: fesa
• Swahili: sherehe (sw)
• Swedish: fest (sv)
• Tajik: ҷашн (tg) (jašn)
• Tamil: கொண்டாட்டம் (ta) (koṇṭāṭṭam)
• Tatar: бәйрәм (tt) (bäyräm)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: kutlama (tr), bayram (tr)
• Turkmen: baýram (tk)
• Ukrainian: святкува́ння n (svjatkuvánnja), свя́то n (svjáto), урочи́стість f (uročýstistʹ)
• Uyghur: بايرام (bayram)
• Uzbek: bayram (uz)
• Welsh: dathliad (cy) m
• Wolof: feet
• Yiddish: שׂמחה f (simkhe)

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