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felicitation

felicitation noun: the act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.

Noun

felicitation (plural felicitations)

  1. The act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
    • The worthy Doctor, rejoicing at the information, determined to set off with all dispatch for the mansion of Mrs. Boville; there to tender in person his affectionate felicitations to Mrs. De Brooke on account of the delightful discovery of his being her cousin;[…]1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter XXIV, in Duty and Inclination: […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 310

felicitation meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam

felicitation in Tamil

பாராட்டு, வாழ்த்து

felicitation in Marathi

felicitation, honoring
सत्कार satkār

felicitation in Urdu

بدھاوا, مبارک بادی

felicitation in Malayalam

felicitation
വാഴ്‌വ് vāḻvŭ
More languagesFewer languages
felicitation in Kannada
ಅಭಿನಂದನೆ, ಸತ್ಕಾರ, ಸನ್ಮಾನ

Forms of felicitation

pluralfelicitations

Origin of felicitation

From felicitate + -ion.

Words that rhyme with felicitation

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about felicitation

What does felicitation mean?
Felicitation means the act of felicitating; a wishing of joy or happiness; congratulation.
What is felicitation in Tamil?
Felicitation in Tamil is பாராட்டு, வாழ்த்து. See Felicitation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is felicitation?
Felicitation is a noun.
What is the plural of felicitation?
The plural of felicitation is felicitations.

Words near felicitation in the dictionary

  1. felicificity
  2. felicitate
  3. felicitated
  4. felicitates
  5. felicitating
  6. felicitation
  7. felicitations
  8. felicitator
  9. felicitators
  10. felicities
  11. felicitology

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: felicitation (page history and authors); felicitation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); सत्कार (Marathi) (page history and authors); felicitation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); വാഴ്‌വ് (Malayalam) (page history and authors); felicitation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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