inception

English

WOTD – 1 January 2013    

Etymology

From Latin inception-, stem of inceptiō, from inceptus, Perfect passive participle of incipiō (“I begin”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ɪnˈsɛpʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɛpʃən

Noun

inception (plural inceptions)

1. The creation or beginning of something; the establishment.

   From its inception the agency has been helping people obtain and properly install car seats for children.

Translations

the creation or beginning of something

• Arabic: استهلال (ar) (istihlal)
• Armenian: սկիզբ (hy) (skizb), սկզբնակետ (hy) (skzbnaket)
• Catalan: inici (ca) m
• Dutch: aanvang (nl) m
• Finnish: alku (fi), aloitus (fi), perustaminen (fi)
• French: commencement (fr) m, début (fr) m
• Hebrew: הַתְחָלָה (he) (hatkhalá) f
• Icelandic: upphaf (is) n, byrjun (is) f
• Italian: inizio (it), principio (it) m

• Norwegian: begynnelse (no)
• Polish: rozpoczęcie (pl) n, początek (pl) m
• Portuguese: conceção (pt) f
• Russian: начало (ru) (načálo) n, отправная точка (ru) (otpravnaja točka), исходное положение (ru) (isxodnoje položenije)
• Spanish: comienzo (es)
• Swedish: påbörjande (sv)
• Tamil: துவக்கம் (ta) (tuvakkam)

See also

• from the get-go