congratulation

English

Alternative forms

• gratulation (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English congratulacion, from Middle French congratulation or its etymon Latin congrātulātiō, from congrātulor (“to congratulate”). By surface analysis, congratulate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˌɡɹæd͡ʒʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

congratulation (countable and uncountable, plural congratulations)

1. The act of congratulating.

   May I present my warmest congratulations?

Synonyms

• congratulating (noun)
• See also Thesaurus:praise

Derived terms

• congratulate
• congratulational
• congratulationary
• self-congratulation

Translations

act of congratulating

• Arabic: تَهْنِئَة f (tahniʔa)
• Armenian: շնորհավորում (šnorhavorum), շնորհավորանք (hy) (šnorhavorankʻ)
• Azerbaijani: təbrik (az), gözaydınlığı
• Belarusian: павіншава́нне n (pavinšavánnje), віншава́нне n (vinšavánnje), прывiта́нне n (pryvitánnje)
• Bulgarian: поздравле́ние (bg) n (pozdravlénie), чести́тка f (čestítka)
• Catalan: felicitació (ca) f, congratulació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 祝賀 / 祝贺 (zh) (zhùhè)

• Czech: gratulace (cs) f, blahopřání (cs) n
• Danish: gratulation (da) c
• Dutch: gelukwens (nl) m, felicitatie (nl) f
• Esperanto: gratulo
• Finnish: onnittelu (fi), onnitteleminen (fi)
• French: félicitation (fr) f
• Galician: felicitación (gl) f
• German: Glückwunsch (de) m, Beglückwünschung (de) f, Gratulation (de) f
• Gujarati: મુબારકબાદી f (mubārakbādī), અભિનંદન n (abhinandan)
• Hebrew: ברכה (he)
• Hindi: शुभकामना f (śubhkāmnā), शुभेच्छा f (śubhecchā), अभिनंदन (hi) m (abhinandan)
• Hungarian: gratuláció (hu), jókívánság (hu), szerencsekívánat (hu)
• Italian: congratulazione (it) f, complimento (it) m, felicitazione (it) f
• Japanese: お祝い (ja) (oiwai), 祝賀 (ja) (shukuga)
• Korean: 축하 (ko) (chukha)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پیرۆزبایی کردن (pîrozbayî kirdin)

• Latin: grātulātiō f
• Macedonian: честитка (mk) f (čestitka)
• Malayalam: അഭിനന്ദനം (abhinandanaṁ)
• Manx: cogherjys m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gratulasjon m

• Persian: مبارک باد (mobârak bâd), خجسته باد (xojaste bâd)
• Polish: gratulacje (pl) pl
• Portuguese: parabenização (pt) f, felicitação (pt) f
• Romanian: felicitare (ro) f
• Russian: поздравле́ние (ru) n (pozdravlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: meal-a-naidheachd, co-ghàirdeachas (formal)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: чѐститка f, честитање n

  Latin: čèstitka (sh) f, čestítānje n

• Slovak: gratulácia f, blahoželanie n
• Slovene: čestitanje n
• Spanish: felicitación (es) f, congratulación (es) f, enhorabuena (es) f, parabién (es) m, pláceme (es) m
• Swahili: hongera (sw)
• Swedish: gratulation (sv) c, lyckönskan (sv) c, lyckönskning (sv) c
• Turkish: tebrik (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: تبریك (tebrik)

• Ukrainian: привіта́ння n (pryvitánnja), повіншува́ння n (povinšuvánnja), віншува́ння n (vinšuvánnja)
• Volapük: benovip (vo)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congratulātiōnem, from congratulor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.ɡʁa.ty.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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• Hyphenation: con‧gra‧tu‧la‧tion

Noun

congratulation f (plural congratulations)

1. (dated) congratulation

   Synonym: félicitation

Related terms

• congratuler

Further reading

• “congratulation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012