initiation

initiation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French initiation, from Latin initiātiō.Morphologically initiate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪ.nɪ.ʃi.ˈeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

initiation (countable and uncountable, plural initiations)

1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced

   initiation into a society

   initiation into business

   initiation into literature

2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order.
3. (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction.

Synonyms

• (act of initiating): beginning, start

Antonyms

• (act of initiating): conclusion, end

Related terms

• initial
• initiate
• initiationism

Translations

act of initiating

Bulgarian: начало (bg) n (načalo), започване (bg) n (započvane) Chinese: Mandarin: 开始 (zh), 发起 (zh) Esperanto: iniciato Finnish: johdatus (fi), alullepano French: initiation (fr) f Galician: iniciación (gl) f Georgian: წამოწყება (c̣amoc̣q̇eba) German: Initiation (de) f, Initiierung (de) f Hebrew: חניכה‎ (he) (h'anikha) Italian: inizio (it) m Japanese: 開始 (ja) (kaishi), 着手 (ja) (chaukushu), 始まり (ja) (hajimari) Portuguese: iniciação (pt) f Spanish: inicio (es) m

form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society

Bulgarian: въвеждане (bg) (vǎveždane) Chinese: Mandarin: 入会仪式 Finnish: jäseneksi ottaminen, jäseneksi vihkiminen French: initiation (fr) f Greek: μύηση (el) f (mýisi) Hebrew: טקס חניכה‎ m (tekes h'anikha) Hungarian: beavatás (hu) Italian: iniziazione (it) f Polish: inicjacja (pl) Portuguese: iniciação (pt) f Russian: инициа́ция (ru) f (iniciácija) Spanish: iniciación (es) f Ukrainian: ініціа́ція f (iniciácija)

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French

Etymology

From Middle French initiation, borrowed from Latin initiātiō, initiātiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ni.sja.sjɔ̃/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

initiation f (plural initiations)

1. initiation

Related terms

• initier

Further reading

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