jubilate

See also: Jubilate and jubílate

English

Etymology 1

Either a back-formation from jubilation, or borrowed from Latin iūbilātus, perfect passive participle of iubilō (“to shout for joy”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːbɪleɪt/
• Hyphenation: ju‧bi‧late

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Verb

jubilate (third-person singular simple present jubilates, present participle jubilating, simple past and past participle jubilated)

1. To show elation or triumph; to rejoice.

Translations

To show elation or triumph

• Arabic: هَزَجَ (hazaja)
• Bulgarian: ликувам (bg) (likuvam), тържествувам (bg) (tǎržestvuvam)
• Czech: jásat (cs)
• Danish: juble
• German: jubeln (de)
• Norwegian: juble (no)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin jūbilāte (“rejoice!, shout ye!”), second-person plural present active imperative of jūbilō, the first word of the psalm in Latin.

Noun

jubilate (countable and uncountable, plural jubilates)

1. (Christianity, uncountable) the hundredth psalm (ninety-ninth in the Vulgate); the music to which it is set. [from 1706]
2. (by extension, countable) A call to rejoice, outburst of joyous triumph. [from 1769]
   • 1769, [Henry] Brooke, “XVII [The Three Estates in Parliament.]”, in The Fool of Quality; or, The History of Henry Earl of Moreland, volume III:

     They […] would ſpeedily be with us in a joint jubilate on the banks of the Avon.

Related terms

• Miserere

Latin

Verb

jūbilāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of jūbilō

Spanish

Verb

jubilate

1. second-person singular voseo imperative of jubilar combined with te