inauguration

See also: Inauguration

English

Etymology

From Middle French inauguration.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪˌnɔːɡ(j)ʊˈɹeɪʃən/
• (General American, non-lot–cloth split) IPA^(key): /ɪˌnɔ.ɡjəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɪˌnɔ.ɡəˈɹeɪʃən/
• (General American, cot–caught merger, dialects of Canada) IPA^(key): /ɪˌnɑ.ɡjəˈɹeɪʃən/, /ɪˌnɑ.ɡəˈɹeɪʃən/

  • Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

inauguration (countable and uncountable, plural inaugurations)

2. The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
4. The formal beginning, initiation, or entry into service of any movement, enterprise, building, event, etc.

   Near-synonym: dedication

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

   • 2025 November 12, Tony Streeting, “All around the world”, in RAIL, number 1048, page 42:

     Not a year goes by without the inauguration of new metros or light rail lines somewhere in the world.

Derived terms

• preinauguration
• reinauguration

Translations

act of inaugurating

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

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

• Czech: inaugurace (cs) f
• Danish: indvielse
• Dutch: inhuldiging (nl) f
• Estonian: inauguratsioon
• Finnish: virkaan astuminen
• French: investiture (fr) f, inauguration (fr) f
• Galician: inauguración (gl) f
• Georgian: ინაუგურაცია (inauguracia)
• German: Amtseinführung (de) f, Inauguration (de) f
• Hindi: उद्घाटन (hi) m (udghāṭan)
• 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)
• Māori: 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
• Hindi: उद्घाटन (hi) m (udghāṭan)
• 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:

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• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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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