jubilation

From Old French jubilacion, from Latin iūbilātiō (“a shouting for joy”). Cognate with Spanish jubilación (“retirement”).

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

jubilation (countable and uncountable, plural jubilations)

1. A triumphant shouting; rejoicing; exultation.
   • 2011 October 23, Tom Fordyce, “2011 Rugby World Cup final: New Zealand 8-7 France”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     The final whistle triggered scenes of wild jubilation at Eden Park as a nation celebrated a repeat of the outcome from the very first World Cup final in 1987.

• jubilant, jubilance, jubilancy
• jubilate
• jubilee

Borrowed from Latin iūbilātiōnem (“a shouting for joy”). By surface analysis, jubiler +‎ -ation.

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jubilation f (plural jubilations)

1. jubilation

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