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Etymology[edit]
From Middle English beginnen, from Old English beginnan (“to begin”), from Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”) (compare West Frisian begjinne, Low German, Dutch, and German beginnen), from a root *ginnaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ghendhe/o 'to take' (compare Welsh genni (“to delve, submerge onself”), Latin prehendere 'to grasp, nab', praeda 'prey', Albanian zë (“to catch”), Ancient Greek chandánein (“to hold, contain”)).
Pronunciation[edit]
begin (third-person singular simple present begins, present participle beginning, simple past began, past participle begun)
- (transitive, intransitive) To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
- I began playing the piano at the age of five.
- Now that everyone is here, we should begin the presentation.
- The program begins at 9 o'clock on the dot.
- I rushed to get to class on time, but the lesson had already begun.
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Translations[edit]
To start, to initiate or take the first step into something.
- Afrikaans: begin (af)
- Albanian: filloj (sq)
- American Sign Language: 1@InFinger-PalmDown-OpenB@CenterChesthigh 1@InFinger-PalmUp-OpenB@CenterChesthigh
- Amharic: please add this translation if you can
- Arabic: بدأ (ar) (bádaʾa), imperfect: يبدأ (ar) (yabdaʾu)
- Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
- Armenian: սկսել (hy) (sksel)
- Aromanian: ahurhescu (rup), ãnchisescu (rup), apãrnjescu (rup), ntsep (rup)
- Asturian: entamar (ast), empezar (ast), comenzar (ast), aniciar (ast)
- Azeri: başlamaq (az)
- Bashkir: please add this translation if you can
- Basque: hasi (eu)
- Belarusian: пачынаць (be) (pačynácʹ) impf., пачаць (be) (pačácʹ) pf. (transitive), пачынацца (be) (pačynácca) impf., пачацца (be) (pačácca) (intransitive)
- Bengali: শুরু করা (bn) (shuru kôra), আরম্ভ করা (bn) (arômbhô kôra)
- Breton: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: започвам (bg) (zapóčvam) impf., почвам (bg) (póčvam) impf., почна (bg) (póčna) pf.
- Burmese: စ (my) (sa.)
- Catalan: començar (ca), iniciar (ca)
- Cherokee: ᎠᎴᏅᏗ (chr) (alenvdi)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 開始 (cmn), 开始 (cmn) (kāishǐ)
- Czech: začínat (cs) impf., začít (cs) pf.
- Danish: begynde (da)
- Dutch: beginnen (nl), aanvangen (nl)
- Esperanto: komenci (eo), eki (eo)
- Estonian: hakkama (et), alustama (et)
- Faroese: byrja (fo)
- Finnish: alkaa (fi), aloittaa (fi)
- French: commencer (fr)
- Friulian: please add this translation if you can
- Galician: comezar (gl), comenzar (gl), empezar (gl), iniciar (gl)
- Georgian: დაიწყება (ka) (daicqeba), იწყება (ka) (itsqeba)
- German: anfangen (de), beginnen (de), starten (de)
- Greek: αρχίζω (el) (archízo)
- Guernésiais: c'menchier
- Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
- Hausa: please add this translation if you can
- Hebrew: התחיל (he) (hitkhíl)
- Hindi: शुरू करना (hi) (śurū karnā) (transitive), शुरू होना (hi) (śurū hōnā) (intransitive)
- Hungarian: kezd (hu), elkezd (hu)
- Icelandic: byrja (is), hefjast (is)
- Ido: komencar (io)
- Indonesian: mulai (id)
- Interlingua: comenciar (ia), iniciar (ia)
- Interlingue: please add this translation if you can
- Irish: tosaigh (ga)
- Italian: cominciare (it), iniziare (it)
- Japanese: 始める (ja) (はじめる, hajimeru) (transitive), 開始する (ja) (かいしする, kaishi suru), 始まる (ja) (はじまる, hajimaru) (intransitive)
- Jèrriais: c'menchi
- Kannada: please add this translation if you can
- Kazakh: бастау (kk) (bastaw)
- Khmer: ចាប់ផ្ដើម (km) (jap pdaəm)
- Korean: 시작하다 (ko) (sijak-hada)
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- Kurdish: please add this translation if you can
- Kyrgyz: баштоо (ky) (baştoo)
- Lao: ເລີ່ມ (lo) (lə̄ːm)
- Latin: incipere (la), initiare (la), committo (la)
- Latvian: sākt (lv)
- Lithuanian: pradėti (lt)
- Luxembourgish: please add this translation if you can
- Macedonian: започне (mk) (zápočne), почне (mk) (póčne)
- Malay: mula (ms)
- Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
- Maltese: ibda (mt)
- Maori: please add this translation if you can
- Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
- Norwegian: begynne (no)
- Occitan: començar (oc), entamenar (oc)
- Old English: onġinnan (ang), (rare) beginnan (ang)
- Old French: cumancer
- Old Saxon: biginnan, andginnan
- Oriya: please add this translation if you can
- Pashto: please add this translation if you can
- Persian: اغاز کردن (fa) (ağâz kardan), شروع کردن (fa) (šoru' kardan)
- Polish: zaczynać (pl) impf., zacząć (pl) pf. (transitive), zaczynać się (pl) impf., zacząć się (pl) pf. (intransitive)
- Portuguese: começar (pt)
- Punjabi: please add this translation if you can
- Rajasthani: please add this translation if you can
- Romanian: începe (ro)
- Romansch: entschaiver (rm) (Rumantsch Grischun), entscheiver (rm) (Sursilvan), antschever (rm) (Sutsilvan, Surmiran), cumenzar (rm) (Rumantsch Grischun), scumanzar (rm) (Surmiran), cumanzer (rm) (Puter, Vallader), iniziar (rm) (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Vallader), inizier (rm) (Surmiran, Puter)
- Russian: начинать (ru) (načinátʹ) impf., начать (ru) (načátʹ) pf. (transitive), начинаться (ru) (načinátʹsja) impf., начаться (ru) (načátʹsja) pf. (intransitive)
- Santali: ᱮᱦᱳᱵ (ehop')
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: по̀че̄ти (sh)
- Roman: pòčēti (sh)
- Sinhalese: ආරම්භ කරනවා (si) (ārambha karanavā)
- Slovak: začať (sk) pf., začínať (sk) impf.
- Slovene: začeti (sl)
- Spanish: comenzar (es), iniciar (es), empezar (es)
- Swedish: börja (sv), begynna (sv), inleda (sv)
- Tajik: шуру кардан (tg) (šuru kardan), шуруъ кардан (tg) (šuruʾ kardan)
- Tamil: please add this translation if you can
- Tatar: башларга (tt) (başlarğa)
- Telugu: please add this translation if you can
- Thai: เริ่ม (th) (rêrm), เริ่มต้น (th) (rêrm dtôn), เริ่มทำ (th) (rêrm tam)
- Turkish: başlamak (tr)
- Turkmen: başlamak (tk)
- Ukrainian: починати (uk) (počynáty) impf., почати (uk) (počáty) pf. (transitive), починатися (uk) (počynátysja) impf., початися (uk) (počátysja) pf. (intransitive)
- Urdu: شروع کرنا (ur) (śurū karnā)
- Uyghur: please add this translation if you can
- Uzbek: boshlamoq (uz), boshlanmoq (uz)
- Vietnamese: bắt đầu (vi)
- Volapük: beginön (vo), primön (vo)
- Yiddish: באַגינען (yi) (baginen)
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begin (plural begins)
- (nonstandard) Beginning; start.
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Pronunciation[edit]
begin n (uncountable, diminutive beginnetje)
- start, beginning
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Derived terms[edit]
begin
- first-person singular present indicative of beginnen
- imperative of beginnen
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begin (plural begins)
- beginning
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