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Added 9 October 2026

celebrate

/ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/ verb

In Latin: celebrō Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about celebrate at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Behave as expected during of holidays or rites.
Keep the commandments
Have a celebration.
They were feting the patriarch of the family
Assign great social importance to.
The film director was celebrated all over Hollywood

Origin

From Middle English celebraten, from celebrat(e) (“celebrated”, also used as the past participle of celebraten) + -en, borrowed from Latin celebrātus, perfect passive participle of celebrō (“frequent, go to in great numbers, celebrate, honor, praise”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from celeber (“frequented, populous”). Displaced native Old English fæġnian and frēolsian.

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