congratulation

con·grat·u·la·tion  (kn-grch-lshn, -grj-, kng-)

n.

1. The act of expressing joy or acknowledgment, as for the achievement or good fortune of another.

2. An expression of such joy or acknowledgment. Often used in the plural: sent him my congratulations on winning the award.

interj. congratulations

Used to express such joy or acknowledgment: I heard you got a promotion. Congratulations!

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	congratulation - the act of acknowledging that someone has an occasion for celebration felicitation speech act - the use of language to perform some act
	2.	congratulation - (usually plural) an expression of pleasure at the success or good fortune of another; "I sent them my sincere congratulations on their marriage" felicitation plural, plural form - the form of a word that is used to denote more than one verbal expression, verbalism, expression - the communication (in speech or writing) of your beliefs or opinions; "expressions of good will"; "he helped me find verbal expression for my ideas"; "the idea was immediate but the verbalism took hours"

Translations

congratulation [kənˌgrætʃuˈleɪʃ^ən]

n
letter of congratulation → lettre f de félicitations

congratulations excl → félicitations! → toutes mes félicitations!
Congratulations, you have a healthy baby boy → Félicitations, vous avez un petit garçon en parfaite santé ...
congratulations on ... → félicitations pour ...
Congratulations on your new job! → Félicitations pour votre nouveau poste!
congratulations to ... → félicitations à ...
Congratulations to everybody who sent in their ideas → Félicitations à tous ceux qui ont soumis leurs idées.

congratulations npl → félicitations fpl
congratulations on sth → félicitations fpl pour qch

congratulation

n → Gratulation f, → Gratulieren nt; letter/message of congratulation → Glückwunschbrief m → /-botschaft f, → Gratulationsbrief m → /-botschaft f