inauguration

See also: Inauguration

English

From Middle French inauguration.

inauguration (countable and uncountable, plural inaugurations)

The act of inaugurating, or inducting into office with solemnity; investiture by appropriate ceremonies.
The formal beginning or initiation of any movement, enterprise, event etc.
The inauguration of the new bar was a success, with plenty of discounts.

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)
Vietnamese: nhậm chức (vi)

formal beginning

From Latin inaugurātiō.

inauguration f (plural inaugurations)