congratulate
Betekenis (Engels)
- To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for; to felicitate.
- (reflexive) To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
Concepten
Synoniemen
wish well
admire
wish one well
pay respects
render homage
send one's greetings
rejoice with
wish joy to
Vertalingen
Frequentie
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/
Etymologie (Engels)
First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin grātulor (“to wish joice, rejoice (with); to congratulate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from con- + grātulor, from grātus (“grateful, pleasing, agreeable, beloved”) + -or. By surface analysis, con- + gratulate.
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