exultation

exultation

English

Etymology

From Old French exultacion, from Latin exsultatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛɡzʌlˈteɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: ex‧ul‧ta‧tion

Noun

exultation (countable and uncountable, plural exultations)

1. The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight

   Synonym: triumph

Translations

lively joy at success or victory

Bulgarian: ликуване (bg) n (likuvane) Catalan: exultació f Chinese: Mandarin: 大喜 (zh) (dàxǐ), 歡騰／欢腾 (zh) (huānténg) Finnish: voitonriemu French: exultation (fr) f German: Jubel (de) m Greek: Ancient: ἀγαλλίασις f (agallíasis) Irish: mórtas m Japanese: 快哉 (ja) (かいさい, kaisai), 狂喜 (ja) (きょうき, kyōki) Latin: exsultātiō f Maori: whāwhāpū, manahau Portuguese: exultação (pt) f Russian: ликова́ние (ru) n (likovánije), торжество́ (ru) n (toržestvó), восто́рг (ru) m (vostórg) Spanish: exultación f Telugu: మురిపము (te) (muripamu) Turkish: sevinç (tr)

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French

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Noun

exultation f (plural exultations)

1. exultation

Related terms

• exulter

Further reading

• “exultation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.