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English
Etymology
From Middle English celebraten, from Latin celebratus, past participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian.
Pronunciation
Verb
celebrate (third-person singular simple present celebrates, present participle celebrating, simple past and past participle celebrated)
- (transitive) To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
- Synonym: fete
to celebrate the name of the Most High
2016 August 7, “Journalism”, in Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, season 3, episode 20, John Oliver (actor), via HBO:Okay, that is simply not true. If that were the case, you wouldn’t need to have an Olympics. The whole reason we do this is to find out who is better than everyone else, so that we can make them stand higher than the other people who are not as good as them, because the point of the games is not to celebrate equality. It is to celebrate individuals’ excellence. So let us all settle in for two incredible weeks of celebrating the fittest, the bravest, the most beautiful and of course, the drunkest of us all. “Did somebody say ‘party’?”
- (transitive) To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.
- Synonyms: observe, keep
to celebrate a birthday
1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 20, in The Dust of Conflict:Hester Earle and Violet Wayne were moving about the aisle with bundles of wheat-ears and streamers of ivy, for the harvest thanksgiving was shortly to be celebrated, while the vicar stood waiting for their directions on the chancel steps with a great handful of crimson gladioli.
- (intransitive) To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
I was promoted today at work—let’s celebrate!
2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:As Di Matteo celebrated and captain John Terry raised the trophy for the fourth time, the Italian increased his claims to become the permanent successor to Andre Villas-Boas by landing a trophy.
- (transitive) To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.
- Synonym: solemnize
to celebrate a marriage
Usage notes
In sense “to conduct ceremonies, to follow a custom”, generally used of festive occasions, such as Christmas and birthdays. For more solemn occasions, particularly certain religious holidays (“holy days”) and commemorations, the term observe is used instead, as in “This office will be closed in observance of Veterans Day.”
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Translations
extol or honour in a solemn manner
- Belarusian: праслаўля́ць impf (praslaŭljácʹ), прасла́віць pf (praslávicʹ)
- Bulgarian: просла́вям (bg) impf (proslávjam), просла́вя (bg) pf (proslávja)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 頌揚/颂扬 (zh) (sòngyáng)
- Danish: prise
- Dutch: vieren (nl)
- Finnish: ylistää (fi)
- French: rendre hommage (fr), célébrer (fr)
- Galician: celebrar (gl)
- German: feiern (de), zelebrieren (de)
- Greek: γιορτάζω (el) (giortázo)
- Guaraní: hecharamo
- Indonesian: merayakan (id)
- Italian: celebrare (it)
- Latin: celebrō
- Maori: whakanui, whakahari
- Polish: wychwalać (pl) impf, sławić (pl) impf
- Portuguese: celebrar (pt)
- Romanian: celebra (ro)
- Russian: че́ствовать (ru) impf (čéstvovatʹ) (no perfective), прославля́ть (ru) impf (proslavljátʹ), просла́вить (ru) pf (proslávitʹ)
- Spanish: honrar (es), loar (es), alabar (es)
- Ukrainian: прославля́ти impf (proslavljáty), просла́вити pf (proslávyty)
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honour by rites, ceremonies, etc.
- Arabic: اِحْتَفَلَ (iḥtafala)
- Aromanian: sãrbãturescu
- Assamese: পাল (pal), পালন কৰ (palon kor)
- Bulgarian: че́ствам impf (čéstvam), ознамену́вам (bg) impf (oznamenúvam)
- Catalan: celebrar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 慶祝/庆祝 (zh) (qìngzhù)
- Czech: slavit (cs)
- Danish: højtideligholde
- Dutch: vieren (nl)
- Finnish: juhlia (fi)
- French: fêter (fr), célébrer (fr)
- Galician: celebrar (gl)
- German: feiern (de), zelebrieren (de), halten (de)
- Greek: γιορτάζω (el) (giortázo)
- Ancient: ποιέω (poiéō)
- Guaraní: hecharamo
- Hungarian: ünnepel (hu)
- Indonesian: merayakan (id)
- Ingrian: veettää
- Irish: ceiliúir, ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar
- Italian: festeggiare (it), celebrare (it)
- Japanese: 祝う (ja) (いわう, iwau)
- Kazakh: мерекелеу (merekeleu)
- Korean: 축하하다 (ko) (chukhahada)
- Latin: celebrō, faciō (la)
- Malayalam: ആഘോഷിക്കുക (ml) (āghōṣikkuka)
- Maori: whakanui
- Occitan: celebrar (oc)
- Persian: جشن گرفتن (fa) (jašn gereftan)
- Polish: obchodzić (pl) impf, celebrować (pl) impf
- Portuguese: celebrar (pt)
- Romanian: celebra (ro), sărbători (ro)
- Russian: пра́здновать (ru) impf (prázdnovatʹ), отпра́здновать (ru) pf (otprázdnovatʹ), че́ствовать (ru) impf (čéstvovatʹ)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: славити
- Roman: slaviti (sh)
- Sicilian: fistijari
- Spanish: celebrar (es)
- Tamil: கொண்டாடு (ta) (koṇṭāṭu)
- Ukrainian: сла́вити (uk) impf (slávyty), святкува́ти impf (svjatkuváty), відсвяткува́ти pf (vidsvjatkuváty), посвяткува́ти pf (posvjatkuváty)
- Vietnamese: kỷ niệm (vi)
- Walloon: fiesti (wa)
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to engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event
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- Arabic: اِحْتَفَلَ (iḥtafala)
- Armenian: տոնել (hy) (tonel)
- Assamese: পাল (pal), পালন কৰ (palon kor)
- Belarusian: святкава́ць impf (svjatkavácʹ), адсвяткава́ць pf (adsvjatkavácʹ)
- Bulgarian: празну́вам (bg) impf (praznúvam)
- Catalan: celebrar (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 慶祝/庆祝 (zh) (qìngzhù), 慶賀/庆贺 (zh) (qìnghè)
- Danish: fejre, feste
- Esperanto: celebri
- Finnish: juhlia (fi)
- French: fêter (fr), faire la fête (fr)
- Galician: festexar (gl), celebrar (gl)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: feiern (de)
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐌾𐌰𐌽 (dulþjan)
- Greek: γιορτάζω (el) (giortázo)
- Indonesian: rayakan (id)
- Ingrian: pittää, veettää
- Italian: festeggiare (it)
- Japanese: 祝う (ja) (いわう, iwau)
- Kazakh: мерекелеу (merekeleu)
- Korean: 축하하다 (ko) (chukhahada)
- Malayalam: ആഘോഷിക്കുക (ml) (āghōṣikkuka)
- Maori: hari
- Occitan: celebrar (oc)
- Polish: świętować (pl) impf, uczcić (pl) pf, oblać (pl) pf (colloquial), fetować (pl) impf, celebrować (pl) impf
- Portuguese: celebrar (pt), festejar (pt)
- Quechua: kusikuy (qu)
- Romanian: sărbători (ro)
- Russian: пра́здновать (ru) impf (prázdnovatʹ), отпра́здновать (ru) pf (otprázdnovatʹ)
- Spanish: celebrar (es), festejar (es)
- Swedish: fira (sv)
- Tamil: கொண்டாடு (ta) (koṇṭāṭu)
- Ukrainian: святкува́ти impf (svjatkuváty), відсвяткува́ти pf (vidsvjatkuváty), посвяткува́ти pf (posvjatkuváty)
- Vietnamese: mừng (vi)
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Further reading
- “celebrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “celebrate”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “celebrate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Esperanto
Adverb
celebrate
- present adverbial passive participle of celebri
Italian
Verb
celebrate
- inflection of celebrare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
celebrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of celebrō
Spanish
Verb
celebrate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of celebrar combined with te