different between congratulate vs congratulation

English

Alternative forms

• gratulate (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congratulor, congratulatus, from gratus (“blessing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n???æ.t????le?t/, /-t???-/
• (US, sometimes) IPA^(key): /k?n???æ.d????le?t/, /-d???-/

Verb

congratulate (third-person singular simple present congratulates, present participle congratulating, simple past and past participle congratulated)

1. To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for.

   Remind me to congratulate Dave and Lisa on their wedding.

2. (reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.

   I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

Derived terms

Translations

Italian

Verb

congratulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of congratulare
2. second-person plural imperative of congratulare
3. feminine plural of congratulato

Latin

Participle

congr?tul?te

1. vocative masculine singular of congr?tul?tus

English

Alternative forms

• gratulation (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French, from Latin congr?tul?ti?, congr?tul?ti?nem, from congr?tulor (“I congratulate”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n???ætj??le??(?)n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

congratulation (countable and uncountable, plural congratulations)

1. The act of congratulating.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:praise

Derived terms

• congratulate
• congratulational
• congratulationary
• self-congratulation

Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin congratulatio, congratulationem, from congratulor.

Pronunciation

Noun

congratulation f (plural congratulations)

1. (dated) congratulation

Synonyms

• félicitation

Related terms

• congratuler