exultation

English

Etymology

From Middle English exultacion, from Old French exultacion, from Latin exsultātiō, exsultātiōnem.

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

   • 1832, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Heath's Book of Beauty, 1833, The Talisman, pages 65–66:

     Strange that this idea carried with it something of exultation! so much does the pride of man rejoice in aught that marks him from his fellows, and little does it seem to matter whether that mark be for good or for evil.

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: αγαλλίαση (el) f (agallíasi)

  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)

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exsultātiō. By surface analysis, exulter +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛɡ.zyl.ta.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

exultation f (plural exultations)

1. exultation

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with exaltation.

Further reading

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