Felicitate

Definition: Felicitate

Felicitate

Verb

1. Express congratulations.

Date "felicitate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1605. (references)

Synonym: Felicitate

Synonym: congratulate (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Congratulation	Verb: congratulate, gratulate; felicitate; give one joy, wish one joy; compliment; tender one's congratulations, offer one's congratulations; wish many happy returns of the day, wish a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Felicitate

English words defined with "felicitate": Fe-licify, Felicitated, felicitating ♦ To congratulate one's self. (references)

Title	Author	Quote
Les Miserables	Hugo, Victor	Nevertheless, I cannot but felicitate you.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Speaker	Term	Phrase(s)
James Monroe	1817-1825	To whatever object we turn our attention, whether it relates to our foreign or domestic concerns, we find abundant cause to felicitate ourselves in the excellence of our institutions.
Andrew Jackson	1829-1837	Nor have we less reason to felicitate ourselves on the position of our political than of our commercial concerns.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expression using "felicitate": felicitate on. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language		Translations for "felicitate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		uroj (congratulate, wish), përgëzoj (congratulate). (various references)

Arabic		‏هنأ (compliment, congratulate, pat). (various references)

Bulgarian		честитя (congratulate), поздравявам (compliment, congratulate, greet, hail, salaam, salute). (various references)

Czech		blahopřát (congratulate). (various references)

French		féliciter, congratuler. (various references)

German		beglückwünschen (congratulate, to congratulate, to felicitate). (various references)

Greek		συγχαιρώ (compliment, congratulate). (various references)

Hebrew		לאחל (congratulate, wish), לברך (bless, congratulate, greet, praise). (various references)

Hungarian		boldoggá tett, boldog (beaming, beatific, blessed, blissful, felicitous, glad, gladsome, happy, palmy, sunny, to be fain to do sg). (various references)

Italian		felicitarsi con. (various references)

Manx		jannoo co-gherjys. (various references)

Norwegian		lykkønske. (various references)

Pig Latin		elicitatefay

Portuguese		felicitar (accost, compliment, congratulate, greeting), feldspato (felt). (various references)

Romanian		felicita pentru (felicitate on). (various references)

Russian		поздравлять (congratulate). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		čestitati (compliment, congratulate). (various references)

Spanish		felicitar (congratulate). (various references)

Swedish		lyckönska (congratulate). (various references)

Thai		แส�"งความยิน�"ี (get a pat on the back). (various references)

Turkish		tebrik etmek (congratulate), kutlamak (celebrate, commemorate, congratulate, emblazon, greet, keep, observe). (various references)

Ukranian		ощасливлювати, бажати щастя. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "felicitate": felicitated, felicitates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Felicitate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: celeritate, felecitate, Felicetti, felicitare. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-f-i-i-l-t-t"
	-3 letters: ciliate, fictile, filiate, lattice, tactile.
	-4 letters: atelic, cattie, cattle, elicit, facete, facile, fecial, fetial, fettle, italic, tectal.
	-5 letters: atilt, attic, calif, cilia, cleat, cleft, clift, eclat, elate, elect, elite, facet, fecal, fetal, filet, fleet, flite, ileac, iliac, latte, licit, litai, tacet, tacit, tecta, telae, telia, telic, tical, title.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-e-e-f-i-i-l-t-t"
	+1 letter: felicitated, felicitates.
	+4 letters: antireflection, antireflective, effectualities, ineffectuality, interfaculties, ultraefficient.
	+5 letters: affectabilities, electrification.
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