congratulate

Pronunciation: /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/

The English word “congratulate” has 2 meanings listed here.

verb

To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.

Etymology

First attested in 1548; borrowed from Latin congrātulātus, the perfect active participle of Latin congrātulor (“to wish joy, 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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