félicitation
French, noun/fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/
félicitation is spelled F-É-L-I-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Félicitation is a French feminine noun meaning “congratulation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de féliciter ; compliment”.
What does félicitation mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecongratulation
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de féliciter ; compliment. 2. S’emploie surtout au pluriel, pour désigner les compliments par lesquels on félicite.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of félicitation
- félicitations plural
- ficelle de caleçon
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce félicitation?
- /fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃/
- \fe.li.si.ta.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to félicitation
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is félicitation in French?
félicitation appears 1.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).