jubilation

English

Etymology

From Old French jubilacion, from Latin iūbilātiō (“a shouting for joy”). Cognate with Spanish jubilación (“retirement”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌd͡ʒuːbəlˈeiːʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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Noun

jubilation (countable and uncountable, plural jubilations)

1. A triumphant shouting of great happiness; rejoicing, especially as celebratory outbursts; a feeling of joyous exultation.

   Synonyms: jubilance, jubilancy

   Antonym: lamentation

   I knew it had been a victory when I heard the jubilations coming from that neighborhood.

   The jubilation she felt when she received the award kept her grinning all week.

   • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The final whistle triggered scenes of wild jubilation at Eden Park as a nation celebrated a repeat of the outcome from the very first World Cup final in 1987.

Related terms

• jubilant
• jubilate
• jubilee

Translations

triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation

• Bulgarian: ликуване (bg) n (likuvane), тържествуване (bg) (tăržestvuvane)
• Finnish: juhla (fi)
• Georgian: ლხენა (lxena), ზეიმი (zeimi)
• German: Jubel (de)
• Greek: πανηγυρισμός (el) m (panigyrismós), θριαμβολογία (el) f (thriamvología)
• Italian: esultanza (it) f, tripudio (it) m
• Māori: harikoa, manahau, manamanahau, whāwhāpū
• Russian: ликова́ние (ru) n (likovánije)
• Spanish: regocijo (es), júbilo (es)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin iūbilātiōnem (“a shouting for joy”). By surface analysis, jubiler +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒy.bi.la.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

jubilation f (plural jubilations)

1. jubilation

Further reading

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