instauration

English

Etymology

From Latin instauratio: compare French instauration.

Noun

instauration (countable and uncountable, plural instaurations)

1. Restoration after decay or dilapidation; renewal; repair.
   • 1684-1690, Thomas Burnet, The sacred theory of the earth:

     some great catastrophe or […] instauration

Translations

renewal; repair

• Bulgarian: поправка (bg) f (popravka), възстановяване (bg) n (vǎzstanovjavane)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnstaurātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

instauration f (plural instaurations)

1. establishment (of a government, regime etc.)

Related terms

• instaurer

Further reading

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