felicitate
英 [fɪ'lɪsɪteɪt]
英語の語源
- felicitate (v.)
- 1620s, "to render happy" (obsolete); 1630s, "to reckon happy;" from Late Latin felicitatus, past participle of felicitare "to make happy," from Latin felicitas "fruitfulness, happiness," from felix "fruitful, fertile; lucky, happy" (see felicity). Meaning "congratulate, compliment upon a happy event" is from 1630s. Related: Felicitated; felicitating. Little-used alternative verb form felicify (1680s) yielded adjective felicific (1865).
例文
- 1. Allow me to felicitate you upon the birth of your daughter.
- お嬢様おめでとうございます。
- 2.I felicitate myself on my narrow escape.
- 私は自分が死ぬことを喜んでいます。
- 3.I felicitate you on your memory,sir（John Fowles）
- 良い記憶を持っていることをお祝いします。