establishment

See also: Establishment

English

Etymology

From Middle English *establishment, stablishment, stablisshement, from Old French establissement (Modern French établissement), from the verb establir. Equivalent to establish +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈstæblɪʃmənt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: estab‧lish‧ment

Noun

establishment (countable and uncountable, plural establishments)

1. The act of establishing; a ratifying or ordaining; settlement; confirmation.

   Since their establishment of the company in 1984, they have grown into a global business.

   • 1787, Article Seven of the United States Constitution

     The Ratification of the Conventions of nine States, shall be sufficient for the Establishment of this Constitution between the States so ratifying the Same.

2. The state of being established, founded, etc.; fixed state.

   The firm celebrated twenty years since their establishment by updating their look.

3. That which is established; as a form of government, a permanent organization, business or force, or the place where one is permanently fixed for residence.

   Pedro's is a fine establishment serving a variety of delicious food.

   Exposing the shabby parts of the establishment.

4. (usually with "the") The ruling class or authority group in a society; especially, an entrenched authority dedicated to preserving the status quo. Also Establishment.
   • 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:

     Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. When a series of bank failures made this impossible, there was widespread anger, leading to the public humiliation of symbolic figures.

   It's often necessary to question the establishment to get things done.

5. The number of staff required to run a department or organisation (often used in the context of healthcare and other public services).

   The cancer department has an establishment of 10 doctors and 30 nurses.

Synonyms

• (act of establishing):, (that which is established): foundation

Antonyms

• (act of establishing): abolition

Derived terms

• anti-establishment
• eating establishment
• re-establishment, reestablishment
• war establishment

Translations

the act of establishing

• Asturian: establecimientu m
• Bulgarian: основа́ване (bg) n (osnovávane)
• Catalan: establiment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 建立 (zh) (jiànlì), 設立／设立 (zh) (shèlì), 设立 (zh) (shèlì)

• Danish: etablering c, oprettelse c, etablering c
• Dutch: oprichting (nl) f
• Esperanto: estiĝo, establiĝo
• Finnish: perustaminen (fi)
• French: établissement (fr) m
• Galician: establecemento (gl) m
• Greek: ίδρυση (el) f (ídrysi)
• Hebrew: ייסוד \ יִסּוּד m (yisud)
• Hungarian: létesítés, alapítás (hu), megalapítás (hu), létrehozás (hu), létrehozatal
• Irish: bunaíocht f
• Italian: istituzione (it) f
• Japanese: 設立 (ja) (せつりつ, setsuritsu), 設置 (ja) (せっち, setchi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Korean: 설립(設立) (ko) (seollip), 설치(設置) (ko) (seolchi)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پێکھێنان (ckb) (pêkhênan)

• Malayalam: സ്ഥാപനം (ml) (sthāpanaṁ)
• Polish: założenie (pl) n pl, zakładanie (pl) n pl, ustanowienie (pl) n pl, ustanawianie (pl)
• Portuguese: estabelecimento (pt) m, fundação (pt) f
• Romanian: stabilire (ro) f, așezare (ro) f, instalare (ro) f, instituire (ro) f
• Russian: основа́ние (ru) n (osnovánije), установле́ние (ru) n (ustanovlénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: stèidheachadh m
• Spanish: establecimiento (es) m
• Swedish: etablerande (sv) n, etablering c
• Ukrainian: заснува́ння n (zasnuvánnja), устано́влення n (ustanóvlennja)
• Vietnamese: sự thành lập

the state of being established

• Dutch: oprichting (nl) f
• Esperanto: establado
• Finnish: perustaminen (fi)
• French: établissement (fr) m
• Galician: establecemento (gl) m
• Greek: ίδρυση (el) f (ídrysi)
• Hebrew: היווסד (hivased)
• Hungarian: (“its establishment”, with an amalgamated possessive) létrejötte
• Irish: bunaíocht f
• Italian: fondazione (it) f, creazione (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 制度 (ja) (せいど, seido), 施設 (ja) (しせつ, shisetsu)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: پێکھێنان (ckb) (pêkhênan)

• Portuguese: estabelecimento (pt) m
• Romanian: stabiliment (ro) n, întreprindere (ro) f, așezământ (ro) n
• Russian: основа́ние (ru) n (osnovánije), учрежде́ние (ru) n (učreždénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: stèidheachadh m
• Spanish: establecimiento (es) m
• Swedish: etablering c

that which is established

• Asturian: establecimientu m
• Bulgarian: учрежде́ние (bg) n (učreždénie)
• Catalan: establiment (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 機關／机关 (zh) (jīguān), 机关 (zh) (jīguān)

• Danish: etablissement n
• Dutch: vestiging (nl), bestel (nl) n
• Finnish: yritys (fi)
• French: établissement (fr) m
• Galician: establecemento (gl) m
• Greek: ίδρυμα (el) n (ídryma), καθεστώς (el) n (kathestós)
• Hebrew: מוֹסָד (he) m (mosád)
• Hungarian: létesítmény (hu), intézmény (hu), szervezet (hu), (branch) fióktelep
• Irish: bunaíocht f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: insediamento (it) m, instaurazione (it) f
• Japanese: 機関 (ja) (きかん, kikan)
• Korean: 기관(機關) (ko) (gigwan)
• Malayalam: സ്ഥാപനം (ml) (sthāpanaṁ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etablissement n

  Nynorsk: etablissement n

• Portuguese: estabelecimento (pt) m
• Romanian: așezământ (ro) n, instituție (ro) f, întreprindere (ro) f, colonie (ro) f
• Russian: учрежде́ние (ru) n (učreždénije), заведе́ние (ru) n (zavedénije)
• Scottish Gaelic: stèidheachadh m
• Spanish: establecimiento (es) m
• Ukrainian: устано́ва f (ustanóva), за́клад m (základ)
• Vietnamese: tổ chức (vi) (organization, business)

slang: the ruling class or authority group

• Catalan: establishment m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 建制 (zh) (jiànzhì)

• Czech: etablissement m
• Danish: establishment n
• Dutch: establishment (nl) n
• Finnish: valtaapitävät, establishment (fi)
• French: establishment (fr) m, établissement (fr) m
• Georgian: მმართველი წრეები (mmartveli c̣reebi), ისტებლიშმენტი (isṭeblišmenṭi) (colloquial)
• Greek: κατεστημένο (el) n (katestiméno)
• Hebrew: מִמְסָד (he) m (mimsád)
• Hungarian: intézményes hatalom, politikai vezető réteg
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: classe dirigente (it) f, establishment (it) m
• Japanese: 既成勢力 (kisei seiryoku), 支配階級 (shihai kaikyū), エスタブリッシュメント (esutaburisshumento)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: etablissement n

  Nynorsk: etablissement n

• Polish: establishment (pl) m
• Portuguese: situação (pt) n or f, sistema (pt) m
• Russian: исте́блишмент (ru) m (istɛ́blišmɛnt), истэ́блишмент (ru) m (istɛ́blišmɛnt)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: establišment (sh) m, vladajuća garnitura f

• Spanish: establishment (es) m
• Swedish: etablissemang (sv) n
• Ukrainian: істе́блішмент m (istéblišment)

staff required to run a department or organisation

• Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} létszám (hu), ^{(please verify)} személyzet (hu), ^{(please verify)} gárda (hu), ^{(please verify)} törzskar (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: organico (it) m

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} establo (eo)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

See also

• antidisestablishmentarianism
• powers that be

Descendants

• → Polish: establishment

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Catalan

Etymology

From English establishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əsˈtabliʃmən/

Noun

establishment m (plural establishments)

1. establishment

Further reading

• “establishment”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “establishment” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

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Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Noun

establishment

1. (sometimes derogatory, usually uncountable) (the) establishment (entrenched power systems)
   • 2017, Jens-Martin Eriksen, Frederik Stjernfelt, Adskillelsens politik, Lindhardt og Ringhof →ISBN

     Forestillingen om klasse frem for religion er også farlig for establishmentet her i landet, den ville kunne få hele det politiske system til at bryde sammen, hvis de fattige malajer, muslimerne, ville indse, at de har mere til fælles med de fattige kinesere og de fattige indere, end de har med de velhavende muslimer.

     The view of class rather than religion is also dangerous to the establishment in this country, it would be able to make the entire political system collapse, if the poor Malays, the Muslims, were to realize that they have more in common with the poor Chinese and poor Indians, than they do with the wealthy Muslims.

   • 2015, Jan Guillou, Den demokratiske terrorist, Modtryk →ISBN

     Marxistleninisterne eksisterede næsten ikke mere, de fleste gamle kammerater var blevet en del af establishmentet, og den antiimperialistiske bevægelse var stort set gået i sig selv igen.

     The Marxist-Leninists practically didn't exist anymore, most of the old comrades had become a part of the establishment, and the anti-imperialist movement had practically receded into itself once more.

Declension

Declension of establishment

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	establishment	establishmentet
genitive	establishments	establishmentets

See also

• etablissement (establishment, general sense)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛsˈtɛ.blɪʃ.mənt/, /ɛsˈtɛ.blɪs.mənt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: es‧ta‧blish‧ment

Noun

establishment n (plural establishments, diminutive establishmentje n)

1. establishment, elite (ruling authority or class)

Related terms

• etablissement

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English establishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈestɑblismentːi/, [ˈe̞s̠tɑ̝bˌlis̠me̞n̪t̪ːi]

Noun

establishment

1. (informal) establishment (ruling class)

Declension

Inflection of establishment (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		establishment	establishmentit
genitive		establishmentin	establishmentien
partitive		establishmentiä	establishmentejä
illative		establishmentiin	establishmenteihin
		singular	plural
nominative		establishment	establishmentit
accusative	nom.	establishment	establishmentit
	gen.	establishmentin
genitive		establishmentin	establishmentien
partitive		establishmentiä	establishmentejä
inessive		establishmentissä	establishmenteissä
elative		establishmentistä	establishmenteistä
illative		establishmentiin	establishmenteihin
adessive		establishmentillä	establishmenteillä
ablative		establishmentiltä	establishmenteiltä
allative		establishmentille	establishmenteille
essive		establishmentinä	establishmenteinä
translative		establishmentiksi	establishmenteiksi
abessive		establishmentittä	establishmenteittä
instructive		—	establishmentein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of establishment (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative establishmentini establishmentini accusative nom. establishmentini establishmentini gen. establishmentini genitive establishmentini establishmentieni partitive establishmentiäni establishmentejäni inessive establishmentissäni establishmenteissäni elative establishmentistäni establishmenteistäni illative establishmentiini establishmenteihini adessive establishmentilläni establishmenteilläni ablative establishmentiltäni establishmenteiltäni allative establishmentilleni establishmenteilleni essive establishmentinäni establishmenteinäni translative establishmentikseni establishmenteikseni abessive establishmentittäni establishmenteittäni instructive — — comitative — establishmenteineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative establishmentisi establishmentisi accusative nom. establishmentisi establishmentisi gen. establishmentisi genitive establishmentisi establishmentiesi partitive establishmentiäsi establishmentejäsi inessive establishmentissäsi establishmenteissäsi elative establishmentistäsi establishmenteistäsi illative establishmentiisi establishmenteihisi adessive establishmentilläsi establishmenteilläsi ablative establishmentiltäsi establishmenteiltäsi allative establishmentillesi establishmenteillesi essive establishmentinäsi establishmenteinäsi translative establishmentiksesi establishmenteiksesi abessive establishmentittäsi establishmenteittäsi instructive — — comitative — establishmenteinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative establishmentimme establishmentimme accusative nom. establishmentimme establishmentimme gen. establishmentimme genitive establishmentimme establishmentiemme partitive establishmentiämme establishmentejämme inessive establishmentissämme establishmenteissämme elative establishmentistämme establishmenteistämme illative establishmentiimme establishmenteihimme adessive establishmentillämme establishmenteillämme ablative establishmentiltämme establishmenteiltämme allative establishmentillemme establishmenteillemme essive establishmentinämme establishmenteinämme translative establishmentiksemme establishmenteiksemme abessive establishmentittämme establishmenteittämme instructive — — comitative — establishmenteinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative establishmentinne establishmentinne accusative nom. establishmentinne establishmentinne gen. establishmentinne genitive establishmentinne establishmentienne partitive establishmentiänne establishmentejänne inessive establishmentissänne establishmenteissänne elative establishmentistänne establishmenteistänne illative establishmentiinne establishmenteihinne adessive establishmentillänne establishmenteillänne ablative establishmentiltänne establishmenteiltänne allative establishmentillenne establishmenteillenne essive establishmentinänne establishmenteinänne translative establishmentiksenne establishmenteiksenne abessive establishmentittänne establishmenteittänne instructive — — comitative — establishmenteinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative establishmentinsä establishmentinsä accusative nom. establishmentinsä establishmentinsä gen. establishmentinsä genitive establishmentinsä establishmentiensä partitive establishmentiään establishmentiänsä establishmentejään establishmentejänsä inessive establishmentissään establishmentissänsä establishmenteissään establishmenteissänsä elative establishmentistään establishmentistänsä establishmenteistään establishmenteistänsä illative establishmentiinsä establishmenteihinsä adessive establishmentillään establishmentillänsä establishmenteillään establishmenteillänsä ablative establishmentiltään establishmentiltänsä establishmenteiltään establishmenteiltänsä allative establishmentilleen establishmentillensä establishmenteilleen establishmenteillensä essive establishmentinään establishmentinänsä establishmenteinään establishmenteinänsä translative establishmentikseen establishmentiksensä establishmenteikseen establishmenteiksensä abessive establishmentittään establishmentittänsä establishmenteittään establishmenteittänsä instructive — — comitative — establishmenteineen establishmenteinensä

Synonyms

• eliitti
• valtaapitävät
• yläluokka

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French

Etymology

From English establishment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ta.bliʃ.mɑ̃/

Proper noun

establishment m

1. establishment (ruling authority)

Related terms

• établissement

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Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English establishment.

Noun

establishment m inan

1. (derogatory, politics) establishment (the ruling class or authority group)

Declension

Declension of establishment

	singular	plural
nominative	establishment	establishmenty
genitive	establishmentu	establishmentów
dative	establishmentowi	establishmentom
accusative	establishment	establishmenty
instrumental	establishmentem	establishmentami
locative	establishmencie	establishmentach
vocative	establishmencie	establishmenty

Further reading

• establishment in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• establishment in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English establishment.

Proper noun

establishment m

1. establishment (ruling authority)

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English establishment. Doublet of establecimiento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /establiʃeˈment/ [es.t̪a.β̞li.ʃeˈmẽn̪t̪]

Proper noun

establishment m

1. establishment (ruling authority)

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Further reading

• “establishment”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014