jubilate

See also: Jubilate and jubílate

English

Etymology 1

Either a back-formation from jubilation, or borrowed from Latin iūbilātus, perfect passive participle of iubilō (to shout for joy), see -ate (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒuːbɪleɪt/
  • Hyphenation: ju‧bi‧late
  • Audio (US):(file)

Verb

jubilate (third-person singular simple present jubilates, present participle jubilating, simple past and past participle jubilated)

  1. To show elation or triumph; to rejoice.
Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin jūbilāte (rejoice!, shout ye!), second-person plural present active imperative of jūbilō, the first word of the psalm in Latin.

Noun

jubilate (countable and uncountable, plural jubilates)

  1. (Christianity, uncountable) the hundredth psalm (ninety-ninth in the Vulgate); the music to which it is set. [from 1706]
  2. (by extension, countable) A call to rejoice, outburst of joyous triumph. [from 1769]

Latin

Verb

jūbilāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of jūbilō

Spanish

Verb

jubilate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of jubilar combined with te