innovation

See also Innovation

English

Etymology

From Latin innovatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/, X-SAMPA: /%In@"veIS@n/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

innovation (plural innovations)

1. The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs; something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
3. A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Translations

act of innovating

• Armenian: նորարարություն (hy) (norararutʿyun)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 革新 (cmn) (géxīn), (creation and innovation) 創新 (cmn), 创新 (cmn) (chuàngxīn)

• Czeche: inovace (cs) f
• Finnish: innovointi (fi), uudistaminen (fi)
• French: innovation (fr) f

• German: Innovation (de) f
• Irish: nuáil (ga) f
• Japanese: イノベーション (ja) (inobēshon), 革新 (ja) (かくしん, kakushin)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innovasjon (nb) m

  Nynorsk: innovasjon (nn) m

• Russian: новаторство (ru) (novátorstvo) n, инновация (ru) (innovácija) f

something new

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ‎新方法 (xīn fāngfǎ)

• Czech: inovace (cs) f
• Finnish: innovaatio (fi), uudistus (fi)
• French: innovation (fr) f
• German: Innovation (de) f, Novität (de) f

• Irish: nuálaíocht (ga) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: innovasjon (nb) m

  Nynorsk: innovasjon (nn) m

• Russian: нововведение (ru) (novovvedénije) n, инновация (ru) (innovácija) f, новшество (ru) (nóvšestvo) n

newly formed shoot of moss

• Finnish: verso (fi)

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• Danish: innovation (da) c
• Dutch: innovatie (nl) f
• French: innovation (fr) f
• German: Innovation (de) f

• Hungarian: innováció (hu)
• Italian: innovazione (it) f
• Japanese: 革新 (ja) (かくしん, kakushin)
• Norwegian: innovasjon (no) m
• Portuguese: inovação (pt) f
• Serbo-Croatian: inovácija (sh) f
• Spanish: innovación (es) f
• Turkish: inovasyon (tr), yenileşim (tr)
• Ukrainian: іновація (uk) (inovatsija) f