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English
Etymology
From Old French celebration, from Latin celebratio.
Pronunciation
Noun
celebration (countable and uncountable, plural celebrations)
- The formal performance of a solemn rite, such as Christian sacrament.
We will attend the Christmas celebration in church.
- The observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities.
- The act, process of showing appreciation, gratitude and/or remembrance, notably as a social event.
She jumped in the air in celebration.
- A social gathering for entertainment and fun; a party.
We're having a little celebration tomorrow for Martin's scholarship.
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Translations
observance of a holiday or feast day, as by solemnities
act or process of showing gratitude, appreciation or remembrance
social gathering for entertainment and fun
- Afrikaans: selebrasie
- Arabic: اِحْتِفَال m (iḥtifāl), مِهْرَجَان m (mihrajān), مَهْرَجَان m (mahrajān)
- Armenian: հանդիսավորություն (hy) (handisavorutʻyun)
- Azerbaijani: bayram (az), şənlik (az), qeyd etmə, toy-bayram
- Belarusian: святкава́нне n (svjatkavánnje), свя́та n (svjáta), урачы́стасць f (uračýstascʹ)
- Breton: lid (br) m
- Bulgarian: тържество́ (bg) n (tǎržestvó), празну́ване n (praznúvane), пра́зненство (bg) n (práznenstvo), пра́зник (bg) m (práznik)
- Catalan: celebració (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 慶祝／庆祝 (zh) (qìngzhù)
- Czech: oslava (cs) f
- Danish: fest (da) c
- Dutch: festiviteit (nl), feest (nl), fuif (nl), viering (nl) f
- Esperanto: festo
- Estonian: pidu (et)
- Finnish: juhlat (fi) pl
- French: célébration (fr) f, fête (fr) f
- Galician: celebración (gl) f
- Georgian: ზეიმი (zeimi)
- German: Feier (de) f, Fest (de) n
- Gothic: 𐌳𐌿𐌻𐌸𐍃 f (dulþs)
- Greek: γιορτή (el) f (giortí), εορτή (el) f (eortí) (formally), γλέντι (el) n (glénti) (colloquially)
- Haitian Creole: selebrasyon
- Hindi: उत्सव (hi) m (utsav)
- Italian: festa (it) f
- Japanese: お祝い (おいわい, o-iwai), 祝賀 (ja) (しゅくが, shukuga), 慶祝 (ja) (けいしゅく, keishuku)
- Karelian: pruazniekku
- Kazakh: мейрам (meiram)
- Korean: 축하(祝賀) (ko) (chukha), 축제(祝祭) (ko) (chukje), 경축(慶祝) (ko) (gyeongchuk)
- Kyrgyz: майрам (ky) (mayram)
- Latin: convīvium n
- Macedonian: празник m (praznik), прослава f (proslava)
- Malay: perayaan (ms)
- Northern Sami: ávvudeapmi, feasta, riemut pl
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: feiring (no) m or f
- Nynorsk: feiring f
- Occitan: celebracion (oc) f
- Persian: جشن (fa) (jašn)
- Polish: uroczystość (pl) f, świętowanie (pl) n
- Portuguese: celebração (pt) f, celebração (pt) f
- Romanian: sărbătoare (ro) f, petrecere (ro) f, serbare (ro) f
- Russian: пра́зднование (ru) n (prázdnovanije), пра́здник (ru) m (prázdnik), торжество́ (ru) n (toržestvó), пра́зднество (ru) n (prázdnestvo)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пра̑знӣк m, про̏слава f
- Roman: prȃznīk (sh) m, prȍslava (sh) f
- Slovak: oslava f
- Slovene: praznovanje n
- Spanish: celebración (es) f
- Sranan Tongo: fesa
- Swahili: sherehe (sw)
- Swedish: fest (sv)
- Tajik: ҷашн (tg) (jašn)
- Tamil: கொண்டாட்டம் (ta) (koṇṭāṭṭam)
- Tatar: бәйрәм (tt) (bäyräm)
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: kutlama (tr), bayram (tr)
- Turkmen: baýram (tk)
- Ukrainian: святкува́ння n (svjatkuvánnja), свя́то n (svjáto), урочи́стість f (uročýstistʹ)
- Uyghur: بايرام (bayram)
- Uzbek: bayram (uz)
- Welsh: dathliad (cy) m
- Wolof: feet
- Yiddish: שׂמחה f (simkhe)
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