congratulations
/kənˌɡɹat͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/US/kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/
congratulations interjection: expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation. Also the plural of congratulation.
Interjection
- Expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
- Warm congratulations on your newborn boy!
- Congratulations on managing to use the phrase “preponderant criterion” in a chart (“On your marks”, November 9th). Was this the work of a kakorrhaphiophobic journalist set a challenge by his colleagues, or simply an example of glossolalia?2013 November 30, Paul Davis, “Letters: Say it as simply as possible”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8864
Also used as
congratulations is also the plural of congratulation.
congratulations meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
congratulations in Hindi
- expressing approbation
- मुबारक mubārak, बधाई badhāī
congratulations in Tamil
- expressing approbation
- வாழ்த்துக்கள் vāḻttukkaḷ
congratulations in Marathi
- expressing approbation
- अभिनंदन abhinandan
congratulations in Urdu
- expressing approbation
- مبارک mubārak
More languagesFewer languages
- congratulations in Bengali
- মোবারক mōbarok, মুবারক mubarok, মারহাবা marhaba
- congratulations in Telugu
- అభినందనలు, అభినందనలు తెలిపారు
- congratulations in Malayalam
- അഭിനന്ദനങ്ങൾ
- congratulations in Kannada
- ಅಭಿನಂದನೆಗಳು
- congratulations in Gujarati
- અભિનંદન, અભિનંદન પાઠવું છું, અભિનંદન આપું છું
- congratulations in Odia
- ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ, ଅଭିନନ୍ଦନ ଜଣାଇଲେ
- congratulations in Sanskrit
- अभिनन्दनम् abhinandanam
- congratulations in Nepali
- बधाई छ badhāī cha
- congratulations in Tagalog
- balangaw
- congratulations in Arabic
- مُبَارَك mubārak, مَبْرُوك mabrūk
- congratulations in Malay
- tahniah, syabas
- congratulations in Indonesian
- selamat
- congratulations in Persian
- تبریک tabrik
- congratulations in Thai
- ยินดีด้วย yindii dûai
- congratulations in Vietnamese
- chúc mừng, xin chúc mừng
Words formed from congratulations
Questions about congratulations
- What does congratulations mean?
- Congratulations means expressing praise and approval, expressing approbation.
- What is congratulations in Hindi?
- Congratulations in Hindi is मुबारक (mubārak), बधाई (badhāī). See Congratulations meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is congratulations?
- Congratulations is an interjection.
- How do you pronounce congratulations?
- Congratulations is pronounced /kənˌɡɹæt͡ʃəˈleɪʃ(ə)nz/ (US).
Words near congratulations in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: congratulations (page history and authors); congratulations (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congratulations (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congratulations (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congratulations (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); congratulations (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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