felicitate

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /fəˈlɪsɪteɪt/ UK /fɪˈlɪsɪteɪt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to congratulate or express good wishes to someone

The board gathered to felicitate the retiring director.

Verb forms

Verb forms are not available for this word yet.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 verb · to congratulate or express... congratulate compliment greet salute commend

Opposites

commiserate condole

Word family

Derived forms felicitationfelicitator

Related forms felicity felicitousfelix

Etymology

From Latin 'fēlīcitātus', past participle of 'fēlīcitāre' ('to make happy'), from 'fēlīx' (stem 'fēlīc-', 'happy, fortunate, fruitful'), from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰeh₁(y)-' ('to suckle, produce').

fēlīcitāre Latin fēlīx Latin

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Topics

Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives

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# felicitate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /fəˈlɪsɪteɪt/
**IPA (UK):** /fɪˈlɪsɪteɪt/

## Meanings
1. to congratulate or express good wishes to someone

## Examples
- The board gathered to felicitate the retiring director.

## Synonyms
- congratulate
- compliment
- greet
- salute
- commend

## Antonyms
- commiserate
- condole

## Derived Forms
- felicitation
- felicitator

## Related Forms
- felicity
- felicitous
- felix

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fēlīcitāre
- Root: fēlīx

## Etymology
From Latin 'fēlīcitātus', past participle of 'fēlīcitāre' ('to make happy'), from 'fēlīx' (stem 'fēlīc-', 'happy, fortunate, fruitful'), from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰeh₁(y)-' ('to suckle, produce').

## AI Etymology
Felicitate comes from Latin 'fēlīcitātus', past participle of 'fēlīcitāre' ('to make happy'), from 'fēlīx' (stem 'fēlīc-', 'happy, fortunate, fruitful'), from Proto-Indo-European '*dʰeh₁(y)-' ('to suckle, produce'). The etymological trail includes Latin fēlīcitāre and Latin fēlīx. As a verb, felicitate means to congratulate or express good wishes to someone. The same family is visible in derived forms such as felicitation and felicitator and related forms such as felicity, felicitous, and felix.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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