gratulation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin grātulātiō, from grātulor.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɹætjʊˈleɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
- Hyphenation: gra‧tu‧la‧tion
Noun[edit]
gratulation (countable and uncountable, 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, published 2005, page 206:
- Shattuck, all unaccustomed to the practical phenomena of digging, apprehended only cause of gratulation that the investigation was to be the less hindered.
- (archaic) The expression of pleasure at someone else's success or luck; congratulation.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- all Heav’n, And happie Constellations on that houre / Shed thir selectest influence;
the Earth Gave sign of gratulation
- 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, On the Death of John Adams, page 191:
- —The chorus fell
In gratulation on a patriarch's ear,
Who in the bosom of his sylvan home
With dignity reposed.
Swedish[edit]
Noun[edit]
gratulation c
Declension[edit]
Declension of gratulation | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gratulation | gratulationen | gratulationer | gratulationerna |
Genitive | gratulations | gratulationens | gratulationers | gratulationernas |
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