inauguration

Wikipedia

See also Inauguration

English

Etymology

From inaugurate.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɪnɔːɡ(j)ʊˈɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

inauguration (plural inaugurations)

1. The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
2. The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, course of action, etc.; as, the inauguration of a new system, a new condition, etc.

Translations

act of inaugurating

• Catalan: inauguració (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 就職典禮 (cmn), 就职典礼 (cmn) (jiùzhí diǎnlǐ) (ceremony), 就職 (cmn), 就职 (cmn) (jiùzhí)

• Czech: inaugurace (cs) f
• Dutch: inhuldiging (nl) f
• Finnish: virkaan (fi) astuminen (fi)
• French: investiture (fr) f

• German: Inauguration (de) f
• Hungarian: beiktatás (hu)
• Italian: inaugurazione (it) f
• Japanese: 就任 (ja) (しゅうにん, shūnin), 就職 (ja) (しゅうしょく, shūshoku)
• Portuguese: inauguração (pt) f
• Russian: инаугурация (ru) (inaugurácija) f , вступление в должность (ru) (vstuplénije v dólžnost') n 
• Spanish: investidura (es) f

formal beginning

• Finnish: vihkiminen (fi)
• Russian: торжественное открытие (ru) (toržéstvennoje otkrýtije) n 

• Spanish: inauguración (es) f