invitation

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

invitation (plural invitations)

1. The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company; as, an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend.
2. A document written or printed, or spoken words, conveying the message by which one is invited.
3. Allurement; enticement.
4. (fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.

Translations

act of inviting

Arabic: دعوة (ar) (dá3wa) f. Basque: gonbidapen (eu), gonbit  (eu) Belarusian: запрашэнне (be) (zaprašénne) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 邀请 (cmn), 邀请 (cmn) (yāoqǐng) Czech: pozvání (cs) n. Dutch: uitnodiging (nl) f. Finnish: kutsu (fi), kutsuminen (fi) French: invitation (fr) f. German: Einladung (de) f., Einladen (de) n. Greek: πρόσκληση (el) f. (prósklisi), κάλεσμα (el) n. (kálesma)

Hebrew: הזמנה (he) (hazmana) f. Hindi: निमंत्रण (hi) (nimantraṇ) Hungarian: meghívás (hu) Italian: invitazione (it) f., invito (it) m. Japanese: 招待 (ja) (しょうたい, shōtai), 招き (ja) (まねき, maneki), 誘い (ja) (さそい, sasoi) Latin: invito (la), advoco (la) Polish: zaproszenie (pl) n. Russian: приглашение (ru) (priglašénije) n. Spanish: invitación (es) f. Ukrainian: запрошення (uk) (zapróšennja) n.

document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited

Chinese: Mandarin: 柬帖 (cmn) (jiǎntiě), 帖子 (cmn) (tiězi) Finnish: kutsu (fi) French: invitation (fr) f. German: Einladung (de) f. Greek: πρόσκληση (el) f. (prósklisi) Hebrew: הזמנה (he) (hazmana) f.

Hungarian: meghívó (hu) Interlingua: invitation (ia) Japanese: 招待状 (ja) (しょうたいじょう, shōtaijō) Polish: zaproszenie (pl) n. Russian: приглашение (ru) (priglašénije) n. Spanish: invitación (es) f.

allurement; enticement

Arabic: إغراء (ar) ('ighraa') m. Finnish: kutsu (fi), houkutus (fi) Hungarian: felhívás (hu)

Russian: приглашение (ru) (priglašénije) n., заманивание (ru) (zamánivanije) n., завлекание (ru) (zavlekánije) n.

fencing: line left open

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Kurdish: dawet f, daxwazname f

Telugu: ఆహ్వానం (aahvaanam) (1, 2, 3, 4) Serbo-Croatian: uzov, poziv, pozivnica Swedish: inbjudan, invitation

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃/

• invitation

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Noun

invitation f.

1. invitation

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /in.vi.taˈtsjon/

Noun

invitation (plural invitationes)

1. invitation