congratulate

B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings

US /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/ See IPA manual

Freq #5907

Meanings

1

verb
To tell someone you are pleased about their success or good news.

We congratulated them on their victory.
2

verb
To feel proud and pleased with yourself about something you have done.

I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

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1 verb · to tell someone you are... compliment felicitate

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Forms congratulatedcongratulatescongratulating

Derived forms congratulablecongratulantcongratulatingcongratulativecongratulator congratulatoryrecongratulateself-congratulateuncongratulateduncongratulating

Related forms congratulation congratulations

Etymology

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.

*gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European grātulor Latin

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# congratulate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kənˈɡɹæt͡ʃ.ʊˌleɪt/
**Frequency rank:** 5907

## Meanings
1. To tell someone you are pleased about their success or good news.
2. To feel proud and pleased with yourself about something you have done.

## Examples
- We congratulated them on their victory.
- I congratulated myself on the success of my plan.

## Derived Forms
- congratulable
- congratulant
- congratulating
- congratulative
- congratulator
- congratulatory
- recongratulate
- self-congratulate
- uncongratulated
- uncongratulating

## Related Forms
- congratulation
- congratulations

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʷerH-
- Root: grātulor

## Etymology
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.

## AI Etymology
congratulate is a verb. It is 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. Historical forms in the chain include *gʷerH- (Proto-Indo-European) and grātulor (Latin). Current senses include to tell someone you are pleased about their success or good news and to feel proud and pleased with yourself about something you have done. Derived forms include congratulable, congratulant, congratulating, congratulative, and congratulator. Related words include congratulation and congratulations.

## Topics
- Emotions & Feelings

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