exultation

English

Etymology

From Old French exultacion, from Latin exsultatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛɡzʌlˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: ex‧ul‧ta‧tion

Noun

exultation (countable and uncountable, plural exultations)

1. The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight

   Synonym: triumph

Translations

lively joy at success or victory

• Bulgarian: ликуване (bg) n (likuvane)
• Catalan: exultació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 大喜 (zh) (dàxǐ), 歡騰 (zh), 欢腾 (zh) (huānténg)

• Finnish: voitonriemu
• French: exultation (fr) f
• German: Jubel (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἀγαλλίασις f (agallíasis)

• Irish: mórtas m

• Japanese: 快哉 (ja) (かいさい, kaisai), 狂喜 (ja) (きょうき, kyōki)
• Latin: exsultātiō f
• Maori: whāwhāpū, manahau
• Portuguese: exultação (pt) f
• Russian: ликова́ние (ru) n (likovánije), торжество́ (ru) n (toržestvó), восто́рг (ru) m (vostórg)
• Spanish: exultación f
• Telugu: మురిపము (te) (muripamu)
• Turkish: sevinç (tr)

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

exultation f (plural exultations)

1. exultation

Related terms

• exulter

Further reading

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