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celebrate

Pronunciation: /ˈsɛl.ɪ.bɹeɪt/

The English word “celebrate” has 4 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To extol or honour in a solemn manner.
  2. To honour by rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly.
  3. To engage in joyful activity in appreciation of an event.
  4. To perform or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to perform with appropriate rites.

Etymology

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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