initiate

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

• /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.ət/
  Play
• /ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.ət/
  Play
• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• /ɪˈnɪʃ.i.eɪt/
  Play
• /ɪˈnɪʃ.ɪ.eɪt/
  Play
• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  Play
• rhymes with -ɪʃieɪt
  Play
• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N IH1 SH IY0 EY2 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  Play

Borrowed from Latin initiātus, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.

From a substantivization of the adjective, see -ate (noun-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Cognate with French initié (“an initiate, neophyte”).

Borrowed from Latin initiātus, perfect passive participle of initiō (“to begin, originate”) (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from initium (“a beginning”) + -ō (verb-forming suffix), from initus (“an entrance, coming in, approach”) + -ium, from ineō + -tus, from in- + eō (“to go”). Cognate with French initier.

78 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: عُضْو جَدِيد (ʕuḍw jadīd) — A new member of an organization
• Arabic: مُنْتَسِب (muntasib) — A new member of an organization
• Bulgarian: новопосветен (novoposveten) — A new member of an organization
• Chinese Mandarin: 新成员 — A new member of an organization
• Dutch: beginner — A new member of an organization
• Finnish: tulokas — A new member of an organization
• Finnish: uusi jäsen — A new member of an organization
• German: Eingeweihter — A new member of an organization
• German: Eingeweihte — A new member of an organization
• German: Initiierter — A new member of an organization
• German: Initiierte — A new member of an organization
• Italian: novizio — A new member of an organization
• Spanish: iniciado — A new member of an organization
• Armenian: հաղորդյալ (haġordyal) — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Armenian: միստ (mist) — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Czech: zasvěcenec — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Dutch: ingewijde — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Finnish: tulokas — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• French: initié — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• German: Eingeweihter — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• German: Eingeweihte — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Ancient Greek: μύστης (mústēs) — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Hungarian: beavatott — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Italian: iniziato — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Polish: wtajemniczony — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Spanish: iniciado — One who has been through a ceremony of initiation
• Albanian: nis — to begin; to start
• Bulgarian: запо́чвам (zapóčvam) — to begin; to start
• Bulgarian: поставям начало (postavjam načalo) — to begin; to start
• Czech: iniciovat — to begin; to start
• Dutch: beginnen — to begin; to start
• Dutch: starten — to begin; to start
• Dutch: aanvangen — to begin; to start
• Dutch: initiëren — to begin; to start
• Esperanto: iniciati — to begin; to start
• Finnish: käynnistää — to begin; to start
• Finnish: aloittaa — to begin; to start
• Finnish: panna alulle — to begin; to start
• French: commencer — to begin; to start
• French: démarrer — to begin; to start
• French: initier — to begin; to start
• German: beginnen — to begin; to start
• Ido: iniciar — to begin; to start
• Italian: iniziare — to begin; to start
• Japanese: 始める (hajimeru) — to begin; to start
• Japanese: 取り掛かる (torikakaru) — to begin; to start
• Japanese: 開始する (kaishi suru) — to begin; to start
• Norwegian: sette i gang — to begin; to start
• Persian: آغازیدن — to begin; to start
• Persian: آغازاندن — to begin; to start
• Russian: инициировать (iniciirovatʹ) — to begin; to start
• Swedish: initiera — to begin; to start
• Swedish: inleda — to begin; to start
• Swedish: påbörja — to begin; to start
• Swedish: sätta igång — to begin; to start
• Tagalog: magsimula — to begin; to start
• Tagalog: mag-umpisa — to begin; to start
• Bulgarian: посвещавам (posveštavam) — to instruct in the rudiments
• Finnish: johdattaa — to instruct in the rudiments
• Finnish: opastaa — to instruct in the rudiments
• German: einführen — to instruct in the rudiments
• Italian: introdurre — to instruct in the rudiments
• Polish: wtajemniczać — to instruct in the rudiments
• Polish: wtajemniczyć — to instruct in the rudiments
• Bulgarian: въвеждам (vǎveždam) — to confer membership on
• Bulgarian: лансирам (lansiram) — to confer membership on
• Czech: zasvětit — to confer membership on
• Esperanto: inici — to confer membership on
• Finnish: vihkiä — to confer membership on
• Ancient Greek: μυέω (muéō) — to confer membership on
• Ancient Greek: τελίσκω (telískō) — to confer membership on
• Italian: iniziare — to confer membership on
• Italian: inserire — to confer membership on
• Latin: initiō — to confer membership on
• Swedish: uppta — to confer membership on
• Albanian: nis — To do the first act
• Arabic: بَادَرَ (bādara) — To do the first act
• Kapampangan: panimunan — To do the first act