exultation
ex·ul·ta·tion/ˌɛɡzʌlˈteɪʃən/noun
exultation is a noun meaning “The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled E-X-U-L-T-A-T-I-O-N and has 4 syllables (ex·ul·ta·tion), and it appears about once in every 12 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of exultation is exultations.
What does exultation mean?
noun
- 1
The act of exulting; great joy at success or victory, or at any advantage gained; rapturous delight
- 2
Synonym of exaltation (“A flock of doves, larks or skylarks”)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce exultation?
- /ˌɛɡzʌlˈteɪʃən/
Exultation has 4 syllables, split ex·ul·ta·tion in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-exultation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of exultation
- exultations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is exultation?
Exultation appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Exultation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lively joy at success or victory:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | exultation |
| German | Jubel |
| Portuguese | exultação |
| Spanish | exultación |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does exultation come from?
From Middle English exultacion, from Old French exultacion, from Latin exsultātiō, exsultātiōnem.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).