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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈɡɪn.ɪŋ/
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• India: /ˈbɪ.ɡɪ.nɪŋɡ/
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From Middle English begynnyng, bygynnynge, From Old English *beginnende (attested only as Old English onginnende), from Proto-Germanic *biginnandz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *biginnaną (“to begin”), equivalent to begin + -ing.

From Middle English biginning, beginninge, beginnunge, equivalent to begin + -ing.

277 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Latin: initiālis — being to the first portion of something
• Latin: principiālis — being to the first portion of something
• Tamil: தொடக்க (toṭakka) — being to the first portion of something
• Albanian: nis — act of doing that which begins anything
• Albanian: ze — act of doing that which begins anything
• Arabic: بِدَايَة (bidāya) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Armenian: սկիզբ (skizb) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Asturian: comienzu — act of doing that which begins anything
• Asturian: entamu — act of doing that which begins anything
• Asturian: empiezu — act of doing that which begins anything
• Asturian: aniciu — act of doing that which begins anything
• Avar: авал (awal) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Azerbaijani: əvvəl — act of doing that which begins anything
• Belarusian: пача́так (pačátak) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Bulgarian: нача́ло (načálo) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Burmese: ကနဦး (ka.na.u:) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Burmese: အစ (a.ca.) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Burmese: အာဒိ (adi.) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Catalan: començament — act of doing that which begins anything
• Catalan: inici — act of doing that which begins anything
• Catalan: principi — act of doing that which begins anything
• Chinese Mandarin: 開始 /开始 (kāishǐ) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Czech: začátek — act of doing that which begins anything
• Czech: počátek — act of doing that which begins anything
• Dutch: begin — act of doing that which begins anything
• Estonian: alustamine — act of doing that which begins anything
• Finnish: alkaminen — act of doing that which begins anything
• Finnish: alku — act of doing that which begins anything
• Finnish: aloitus — act of doing that which begins anything
• French: début — act of doing that which begins anything
• French: commencement — act of doing that which begins anything
• Middle French: commencement — act of doing that which begins anything
• Old French: comencement — act of doing that which begins anything
• Galician: comezo — act of doing that which begins anything
• Galician: empezo — act of doing that which begins anything
• Galician: principio — act of doing that which begins anything
• Galician: inicio — act of doing that which begins anything
• Georgian: დაწყება (dac̣q̇eba) — act of doing that which begins anything
• German: Anfang — act of doing that which begins anything
• German: Beginn — act of doing that which begins anything
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌹 (frumisti) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌿𐌼 (frum) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌽𐌰𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌳𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (anastōdeins) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Greek: αρχή (archí) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Ancient Greek: ἀρχή (arkhḗ) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Haitian Creole: kòmansman — act of doing that which begins anything
• Hindi: आरम्भ (ārambh) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Hindi: प्रारम्भ (prārambh) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Hungarian: kezdet — act of doing that which begins anything
• Hungarian: kezdés — act of doing that which begins anything
• Hunsrik: Aanfang — act of doing that which begins anything
• Ido: komenco — act of doing that which begins anything
• Interlingua: comenciamento — act of doing that which begins anything
• Japanese: 開始 (kaishi) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Japanese: 到来 (tōrai) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Japanese: 始まり (hajimari) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Khmer: ការចាប់ផ្ដើម (kaa cap phdaəm) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Korean: 시작 (sijak) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Korean: 처음 (cheo'eum) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Central Kurdish: دەستپێکردن (destpêkirdin) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Northern Kurdish: destpêkirin — act of doing that which begins anything
• Ladino: empesijo — act of doing that which begins anything
• Ladino: impisiju — act of doing that which begins anything
• Ladino: principio (Monastir) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Latin: initium — act of doing that which begins anything
• Latin: principium — act of doing that which begins anything
• Latin: prīmordium — act of doing that which begins anything
• Latin: exordium — act of doing that which begins anything
• Latvian: sākums — act of doing that which begins anything
• Lithuanian: pradžia — act of doing that which begins anything
• Lithuanian: pradėjimas — act of doing that which begins anything
• Lithuanian: debiutas — act of doing that which begins anything
• Macedonian: почеток (početok) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Malayalam: തുടക്കം (tuṭakkaṁ) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Malayalam: ആരംഭം (ārambhaṁ) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Manchu: ᡩᡝᡵᡳᠪᡠᠨ (deribun) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Manchu: ᡶᡠᡴᠵᡳᠨ (fukjin) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Māori: atinga — act of doing that which begins anything
• Māori: tīmatanga — act of doing that which begins anything
• Māori: tīmatatanga — act of doing that which begins anything
• Mauritian Creole: koumansman — act of doing that which begins anything
• Norman: c'menchement — act of doing that which begins anything
• Norwegian Bokmål: begynnelse — act of doing that which begins anything
• Occitan: començament — act of doing that which begins anything
• Occitan: principi — act of doing that which begins anything
• Odia: ଆରମ୍ଭ (ārambha) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Papiamentu: kuminsamentu — act of doing that which begins anything
• Pennsylvania German: Aabeginn — act of doing that which begins anything
• Plautdietsch: Aunfank — act of doing that which begins anything
• Polish: początek — act of doing that which begins anything
• Portuguese: começo — act of doing that which begins anything
• Portuguese: início — act of doing that which begins anything
• Portuguese: princípio — act of doing that which begins anything
• Punjabi: ਸ਼ੁਰੂ (śurū) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romagnol: prinzipi — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romanian: începere — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romanian: început — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romanian: inițiere — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romanian: debut — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romansh: entschatta — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romansh: antscheata — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romansh: antschatta — act of doing that which begins anything
• Romansh: prinzipi — act of doing that which begins anything
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Sanskrit: आद (āda) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Sanskrit: आरम्भ (ārambha) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Sanskrit: आदि (ādi) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Scottish Gaelic: toiseach — act of doing that which begins anything
• Serbo-Croatian: почетак — act of doing that which begins anything
• Serbo-Croatian: početak — act of doing that which begins anything
• Serbo-Croatian: почињање — act of doing that which begins anything
• Serbo-Croatian: počinjanje — act of doing that which begins anything
• Slovak: začiatok — act of doing that which begins anything
• Slovak: počiatok — act of doing that which begins anything
• Slovene: začetek — act of doing that which begins anything
• Spanish: comienzo — act of doing that which begins anything
• Spanish: principio — act of doing that which begins anything
• Spanish: inicio — act of doing that which begins anything
• Spanish: empezamiento — act of doing that which begins anything
• Sranan Tongo: bigin — act of doing that which begins anything
• Swedish: början — act of doing that which begins anything
• Swedish: begynnelse — act of doing that which begins anything
• Swedish: start — act of doing that which begins anything
• Tagalog: simula — act of doing that which begins anything
• Tagalog: umpisa — act of doing that which begins anything
• Tamil: ஆரம்பம் (ārampam) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Tamil: ஆதி (āti) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Tamil: தொடக்கம் (toṭakkam) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Telugu: ప్రారంభం (prārambhaṁ) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Telugu: మొదలు (modalu) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Thai: การเริ่ม (gaan-rə̂əm) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Turkish: başlangıç — act of doing that which begins anything
• Turkish: iptida — act of doing that which begins anything
• Ukrainian: поча́ток (počátok) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Vietnamese: phần đầu — act of doing that which begins anything
• Vietnamese: bắt đầu — act of doing that which begins anything
• Walloon: kimince — act of doing that which begins anything
• Walloon: kiminçmint — act of doing that which begins anything
• Yiddish: אָנהייב (onheyb) — act of doing that which begins anything
• Yucatec Maya: káajbal — act of doing that which begins anything
• Armenian: սկիզբ (skizb) — that which is begun
• Bulgarian: наче́нки (načénki) — that which is begun
• Dutch: begin — that which is begun
• Finnish: alku — that which is begun
• French: début — that which is begun
• French: ébauche — that which is begun
• Galician: comezo — that which is begun
• German: Angefangene — that which is begun
• German: Begonnene — that which is begun
• Hindi: आरम्भ (ārambh) — that which is begun
• Hungarian: kezdemény — that which is begun
• Malayalam: തുടക്കം (tuṭakkaṁ) — that which is begun
• Malayalam: ആരംഭം (ārambhaṁ) — that which is begun
• Pennsylvania German: Aabeginn — that which is begun
• Portuguese: começo — that which is begun
• Portuguese: princípio — that which is begun
• Romanian: început — that which is begun
• Romanian: debut — that which is begun
• Romanian: start — that which is begun
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — that which is begun
• Sanskrit: आरम्भ (ārambha) — that which is begun
• Scottish Gaelic: toiseach — that which is begun
• Spanish: inicio — that which is begun
• Swedish: början — that which is begun
• Tagalog: simula — that which is begun
• Tagalog: umpisa — that which is begun
• Turkish: başlanan — that which is begun
• Albanian: zanafillë — that which begins or originates something
• Arabic: بِدَايَة (bidāya) — that which begins or originates something
• Armenian: սկիզբ (skizb) — that which begins or originates something
• Armenian: սկզբնապատճառ (skzbnapatčaṙ) — that which begins or originates something
• Bulgarian: изто́чник (iztóčnik) — that which begins or originates something
• Chinese Mandarin: 起源 (qǐyuán) — that which begins or originates something
• Czech: začátek — that which begins or originates something
• Czech: počátek — that which begins or originates something
• Dutch: begin — that which begins or originates something
• Dutch: aanvang — that which begins or originates something
• Estonian: algus — that which begins or originates something
• Finnish: alku — that which begins or originates something
• Finnish: alkuperä — that which begins or originates something
• Finnish: alkupiste — that which begins or originates something
• French: début — that which begins or originates something
• French: commencement — that which begins or originates something
• Georgian: დასაწყისი (dasac̣q̇isi) — that which begins or originates something
• German: Beginn — that which begins or originates something
• Greenlandic: aallaqqaat — that which begins or originates something
• Haitian Creole: kòmansman — that which begins or originates something
• Hebrew: התחלה (hatkhala) — that which begins or originates something
• Hindi: प्रारंभिक (prārambhik) — that which begins or originates something
• Hungarian: kezdet — that which begins or originates something
• Hungarian: kezdőpont — that which begins or originates something
• Hungarian: kiindulópont — that which begins or originates something
• Icelandic: byrjun — that which begins or originates something
• Irish: tosach — that which begins or originates something
• Italian: inizio — that which begins or originates something
• Japanese: 起源 (kigen) — that which begins or originates something
• Japanese: 発端 (hottan) — that which begins or originates something
• Central Kurdish: سەرەتایی (seretayî) — that which begins or originates something
• Lithuanian: pradžia — that which begins or originates something
• Malayalam: തുടക്കം (tuṭakkaṁ) — that which begins or originates something
• Malayalam: ആരംഭം (ārambhaṁ) — that which begins or originates something
• Norwegian Bokmål: begynnelse — that which begins or originates something
• Old English: frymþu — that which begins or originates something
• Pennsylvania German: Aabeginn — that which begins or originates something
• Polish: początek — that which begins or originates something
• Portuguese: originador — that which begins or originates something
• Portuguese: gerador — that which begins or originates something
• Quechua: qallariy — that which begins or originates something
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — that which begins or originates something
• Russian: исто́чник (istóčnik) — that which begins or originates something
• Sanskrit: आद (āda) — that which begins or originates something
• Scottish Gaelic: toiseach — that which begins or originates something
• Serbo-Croatian: početak — that which begins or originates something
• Slovene: začetek — that which begins or originates something
• Slovene: izvor — that which begins or originates something
• Spanish: origen — that which begins or originates something
• Spanish: comienzo — that which begins or originates something
• Spanish: inicio — that which begins or originates something
• Spanish: empezamiento — that which begins or originates something
• Swedish: början — that which begins or originates something
• Swedish: upphov — that which begins or originates something
• Swedish: orsak — that which begins or originates something
• Swedish: upprinnelse — that which begins or originates something
• Swedish: ursprung — that which begins or originates something
• Swedish: upptakt — that which begins or originates something
• Tagalog: simula — that which begins or originates something
• Tamil: தொடக்கம் (toṭakkam) — that which begins or originates something
• Telugu: ప్రారంభం (prārambhaṁ) — that which begins or originates something
• Telugu: మొదలు (modalu) — that which begins or originates something
• Turkish: başlangıç — that which begins or originates something
• Albanian: fillim — initial portion of some extended thing
• Arabic: بِدَايَة (bidāya) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Armenian: սկիզբ (skizb) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Basque: hasiera — initial portion of some extended thing
• Bulgarian: нача́ло (načálo) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Czech: začátek — initial portion of some extended thing
• Dutch: begin — initial portion of some extended thing
• Esperanto: komenco — initial portion of some extended thing
• Estonian: algus — initial portion of some extended thing
• Finnish: alku — initial portion of some extended thing
• Finnish: alkuosa — initial portion of some extended thing
• Finnish: koitto — initial portion of some extended thing
• Finnish: alku- — initial portion of some extended thing
• French: début — initial portion of some extended thing
• German: Anfang — initial portion of some extended thing
• Greek: αρχή (archí) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Hindi: प्रारंभिक (prārambhik) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Hungarian: (valami) eleje — initial portion of some extended thing
• Hungarian: kezdet — initial portion of some extended thing
• Central Kurdish: سەرەتایی (seretayî) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Ladino: precipio — initial portion of some extended thing
• Malayalam: തുടക്കം (tuṭakkaṁ) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Malayalam: ആരംഭം (ārambhaṁ) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Norwegian Bokmål: begynnelse — initial portion of some extended thing
• Pennsylvania German: Aabeginn — initial portion of some extended thing
• Polish: początek — initial portion of some extended thing
• Portuguese: começo — initial portion of some extended thing
• Portuguese: início — initial portion of some extended thing
• Portuguese: princípio — initial portion of some extended thing
• Romanian: început — initial portion of some extended thing
• Romanian: debut — initial portion of some extended thing
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Scottish Gaelic: toiseach — initial portion of some extended thing
• Serbo-Croatian: početak — initial portion of some extended thing
• Slovene: začetek — initial portion of some extended thing
• Slovene: pričetek — initial portion of some extended thing
• Spanish: principio — initial portion of some extended thing
• Spanish: introito — initial portion of some extended thing
• Swedish: början — initial portion of some extended thing
• Swedish: inledning — initial portion of some extended thing
• Swedish: start — initial portion of some extended thing
• Tagalog: umpisa — initial portion of some extended thing
• Telugu: ప్రారంభం (prārambhaṁ) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Telugu: మొదలు (modalu) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Turkish: başlangıç — initial portion of some extended thing
• Ukrainian: поча́ток (počátok) — initial portion of some extended thing
• Vietnamese: đầu — initial portion of some extended thing