From Latin 'jubilare' (to shout with joy) — possibly linked to Hebrew 'yobhel' (ram's horn of the jubilee year).
A feeling of great happiness and triumph; exultant rejoicing, often expressed publicly and collectively.
From Latin 'jubilātiōnem' (a shouting for joy), from 'jubilāre' (to shout for joy, to call out). The Latin verb may be connected to 'jūbilum' (a wild shout, a joyful cry), and is also associated with the Hebrew 'yōbhēl' (ram's horn, jubilee trumpet), though the etymological relationship between the Latin and Hebrew words is debated. What is clear is that 'jubilation' is fundamentally vocal: it is not quiet happiness but joy that shouts, that cannot be contained, that demands
Latin 'jubilāre' may connect to Hebrew 'yōbhēl' (ram's horn) — the trumpet blown to announce the jubilee year, when debts were forgiven and slaves freed. If so, 'jubilation' is literally the emotion you feel when the freedom trumpet sounds. In Spanish, 'jubilación' means both jubilation and
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