congratulations

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /kənˌɡɹæd͡ʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /kənˌɡɹæd͡ʒʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
• IPA^(key): /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /kənˌɡɹat͡ʃʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /kənˌɡɹatjəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /kənˌɡɹatjʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /kənˌɡɹad͡ʒəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/, /kənˌɡɹad͡ʒʊˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/

• Audio (RP):

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Interjection

congratulations

1. Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
   • 2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864:

     Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:well done

Translations

expressing approbation

• Arabic: مُبَارَك (mubārak), مَبْرُوك (ar) (mabrūk)
• Armenian: շնորհավոր (hy) (šnorhavor)
• Asturian: norabona f
• Basque: zorionak pl
• Belarusian: віншу́ю (vinšúju), віта́ю (vitáju)
• Bulgarian: поздравле́ния (bg) n pl (pozdravlénija)
• Catalan: felicitats (ca) f pl, enhorabona f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 恭喜 (zh) (gōngxǐ), (usually duplicated) 恭喜 (gōngxǐ)恭喜 (gōngxǐ) (gōngxǐ gōngxǐ)

• Czech: gratuluji
• Danish: tillykke (da)
• Dutch: gefeliciteerd (nl), proficiat (nl), van harte
• Esperanto: gratulojn pl
• Faroese: til lukku
• Finnish: onnea (fi), onneksi olkoon (fi), onnittelut
• French: félicitations (fr) f pl
• Galician: parabén m, parabéns m pl
• Georgian: გილოცავთ (gilocavt), გილოცავ (gilocav), ყოჩაღ (ka) (q̇očaɣ)
• German: Glückwunsch (de), herzlichen Glückwunsch (de)
• Greek: συγχαρητήρια (el) n pl (syncharitíria)
• Hebrew: מַזָּל טוֹב (he) (mazál tóv), כָּל הַכָּבוֹד (he) (kól hakavód)
• Hindi: बधाई (hi) (badhāī)
• Hungarian: gratulálok (hu), gratulálunk
• Icelandic: til hamingju, gott hjá þér
• Indonesian: selamat (id)
• Irish: comhghairdeas
• Italian: congratulazioni (it), complimenti (it)
• Japanese: おめでとう (ja) (omedetō), おめでとうございます (omedetō gozaimasu)
• Korean: 축하해요 (ko) (chukhahaeyo), 축하합니다 (ko) (chukhahamnida)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani:

• Latvian: apsveicam
• Lithuanian: sveikiname
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• Low German: hartlichen Glückwunsch (northern Low German)
• Malay: tahniah, syabas
• Manx: moylley dhyt
• Marathi: अभिनंदन (abhinandan)
• Mongolian: баяр хүргэх (bajar xürgex)
• Moroccan Amazigh: ⴰⵙⵙⵔⵖⵓⴷ (asserḡud)
• Navajo: ná bąą hózhǫ́
• Nepali: बधाई छ (badhāī cha)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gratulerer

  Nynorsk: gratulerer

• Persian: تبریک (fa) (tabrik)
• Polish: gratulacje (pl)
• Portuguese: parabéns (pt)
• Romanian: felicitări f pl
• Romansch: Gratulaziuns
• Russian: поздравля́ю (ru) (pozdravljáju), мои́ поздравле́ния n pl (moí pozdravlénija), молоде́ц (ru) (molodéc)
• Sanskrit: अभिनन्दनम् (sa) (abhinandanam)
• Scottish Gaelic: meal do naidheachd, meal ur naidheachd
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: честитке

  Roman: čestitke (sh)

• Slovak: blahoželám, gratulujem
• Slovene: čestitke
• Spanish: felicidades (es) f pl, enhorabuena (es)
• Swahili: hongera (sw)
• Swedish: grattis (sv), gratulerar (sv)
• Tagalog: balangaw (tl)
• Tamil: வாழ்த்துக்கள் (vāḻttukkaḷ)
• Turkish: tebrikler, tebrik ederim
• Ukrainian: віта́ю (vitáju)
• Urdu: مبارک (mubārak)
• Vietnamese: xin chúc mừng
• Walloon: proficiate (wa)
• Welsh: llongyfarchiadau pl
• Yiddish: מזל טובֿ (mazl tov)

See also

• congrats

Noun

congratulations

1. plural of congratulation

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French

Noun

congratulations f

1. plural of congratulation