inaugurate

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɔːɡjʊ.ɹət/
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• Received-Pronunciation: ĭ-nôˈ-gū-rət
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• General-American: /ɪˈnɔ.ɡjə.ɹet/
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• General-American: -nôˈ-gyə-ɹet
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈnɔːɡjʊ.ɹeɪt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /-ɡjə-/
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• Received-Pronunciation: ĭ-nôˈ-gū-rāt
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• Received-Pronunciation: -gyə-
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• British, Southern, Standard: /ɪˈnoːɡjə.ɹɛjt/
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• British, Southern, Standard: ĭ-nôˈ-gyə-rāt
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• cot-caught-merger: /-ɡə-/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ɪˈnoːɡjə.ɹæɪt/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: ĭ-nôˈ-gə-rāt
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• Scotland: /ɪˈnɔ.ɡjəˌɾet/
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Borrowed from Latin inaugurātus (“having been taken as an omen, divined; having been approved, consecrated, or inaugurated on the basis of omens; installed, having been installed”) (the perfect passive participle of inaugurō (verb): see etymology 1). See -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Either: * borrowed from French inaugurer (“to inaugurate”), from Latin inaugurō (“to take omens from the flight of birds, to divine, practise augury; to approve, consecrate, or inaugurate on the basis of omens; to install”) with common assimilation of French -er with English -ate (verb-forming suffix) * or a Learned borrowing from Latin inaugurātus, perfect passive participle of inaugurō, see etymology at -ate; Further from in- (“against; into; on, upon; to, towards”) + augurō (“to act as an augur, interpret omens, augur; to foretell, predict; to conjecture, guess”), from augur (“soothsayer, augur”) + -ō (first conjugation verb-forming suffix) (further etymology uncertain; see the entry).

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Asturian: inaugurar — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Bulgarian: въвеждам в длъжност (vǎveždam v dlǎžnost) — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Dutch: inhuldigen — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Dutch: inwijden — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Dutch: wijden — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Esperanto: inaŭguri — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Esperanto: enoficigi — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Finnish: asettaa virkaan — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Finnish: nimittää virkaan — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• French: inaugurer — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• German: einführen — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Hungarian: avat — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Hungarian: beavat — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Hungarian: beiktat — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Icelandic: vígja — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Italian: inaugurare — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Latin: auspicor — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Maltese: fetaħ — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Māori: whakaoati — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Portuguese: empossar — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Portuguese: investir — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Romanian: inaugura — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Russian: торже́ственно вводи́ть в до́лжность (toržéstvenno vvodítʹ v dólžnostʹ) — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Campidanese Sardinian: incingiài — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Serbo-Croatian: инаугури́рати — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Serbo-Croatian: inaugurírati — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Slovene: otvọ̄riti — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Spanish: investir — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Swedish: inviga — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Turkish: törenle açmak — to induct (someone) into a dignity or office with a formal ceremony
• Arabic: اِفْتَتَحَ (iftataḥa) — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Bulgarian: откривам (otkrivam) — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Chinese Mandarin: 開幕 /开幕 (kāimù) — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Esperanto: inaŭguri — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Finnish: vihkiä — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• German: vereidigen — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Greek: εγκαινιάζω (egkainiázo) — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Hindi: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan) — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Hungarian: felavat — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Latin: auspicor — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Portuguese: inaugurar — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Slovene: otvoriti — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Spanish: inaugurar — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Swedish: inviga — to dedicate (something) for public access or use with a formal ceremony
• Finnish: vihkiä — to initiate or usher in (something) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner
• Hindi: उद्घाटन (udghāṭan) — to initiate or usher in (something) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner
• Hungarian: megnyit — to initiate or usher in (something) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner
• Japanese: 発足する (hossoku suru) — to initiate or usher in (something) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner
• Russian: открыва́ть (otkryvátʹ) — to initiate or usher in (something) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner
• Russian: откры́ть (otkrýtʹ) — to initiate or usher in (something) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner
• Thai: เปิด (bpə̀ət) — to initiate or usher in (something) with a formal ceremony or in a ceremonious manner
• Finnish: tehdä suotuisa — to cause (something) to be auspicious or good-omened