proficiat
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin prōficiat (“may it benefit”).
Pronunciation
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Interjection
proficiat
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch proficiat (“congratulations!”), from Latin prōficiat (“may it benefit”).
Interjection
proficiat
- (formal, rare) congratulations!
- Synonym: selamat
Further reading
- “proficiat”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Latin
Verb
prōficiat
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of prōficiō