inauguration

See also: Inauguration

English

Etymology

From Middle French inauguration.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪnɔːɡ(j)ʊˈɹeɪʃən/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

inauguration (countable and uncountable, 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, enterprise, event etc.

   The inauguration of the new bar was a success, with plenty of discounts.

Translations

act of inaugurating

• Azerbaijani: inaqurasiya
• Belarusian: інаўгура́цыя f (inaŭhurácyja)
• Bulgarian: въвеждане в длъжност n (vǎveždane v dlǎžnost)
• Catalan: inauguració (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: inaugurace (cs) f
• Dutch: inhuldiging (nl) f
• Estonian: inauguratsioon
• Finnish: virkaan astuminen
• French: investiture (fr) f, inauguration (fr) f
• Galician: inauguración (gl) f
• German: Amtseinführung (de) f, Inauguration (de) f
• Hungarian: beiktatás (hu)
• Irish: oirniú m
• Italian: inaugurazione (it) f
• Japanese: 就任 (ja) (しゅうにん, shūnin), 就職 (ja) (しゅうしょく, shūshoku)
• Korean: 취임(就任) (chwiim)
• Maori: whakaoatitanga
• Marathi: उद्घाटन n (udghāṭan)
• Polish: inauguracja (pl) f
• Portuguese: inauguração (pt) f
• Romanian: inaugurare (ro) f
• Russian: инаугура́ция (ru) f (inaugurácija), вступле́ние в до́лжность n (vstuplénije v dólžnostʹ)
• Slovak: inaugurácia f
• Spanish: investidura (es) f, toma de posesión f
• Swedish: installation (sv) c
• Tagalog: pagpapasinaya
• Ukrainian: інавгура́ція f (inavhurácija)
• Urdu: اِفْتِتَاح m (iftitāḥ)
• Vietnamese: nhậm chức (vi)

formal beginning

• Bulgarian: откриване (bg) n (otkrivane)
• Finnish: vihkiminen (fi)
• French: inauguration (fr) f
• Portuguese: tomada de posse f, entrância (pt) f
• Russian: торже́ственное откры́тие n (toržéstvennoje otkrýtije)
• Spanish: inauguración (es) f

Further reading

• inauguration on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Latin inaugurātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.no.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

inauguration f (plural inaugurations)

1. inauguration

Related terms

• inaugurer

Further reading

• “inauguration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.