initiative

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• /ɪˈnɪʃ.ə.tɪv/
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From French initiative, from Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, to initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). By surface analysis, initiate + -ive.

106 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: начален (načalen) — serving to initiate
• Bulgarian: встъпителен (vstǎpitelen) — serving to initiate
• Hebrew: יוזם (yozém) — serving to initiate
• Hebrew: התחלתי (hatkhalatí) — serving to initiate
• Italian: iniziale — serving to initiate
• Italian: preliminare — serving to initiate
• Portuguese: iniciativo — serving to initiate
• Portuguese: iniciador — serving to initiate
• Serbo-Croatian: inicijativno — serving to initiate
• Arabic: مُبَادَرَة (mubādara) — a beginning; a first move
• Armenian: նախաձեռնություն (naxajeṙnutʻyun) — a beginning; a first move
• Azerbaijani: təşəbbüs — a beginning; a first move
• Bashkir: башланғыс (başlanğıs) — a beginning; a first move
• Belarusian: ініцыяты́ва (inicyjatýva) — a beginning; a first move
• Belarusian: пачы́н (pačýn) — a beginning; a first move
• Bulgarian: начало (načalo) — a beginning; a first move
• Bulgarian: инициати́ва (iniciatíva) — a beginning; a first move
• Catalan: iniciativa — a beginning; a first move
• Czech: iniciativa — a beginning; a first move
• Danish: initiativ — a beginning; a first move
• Dutch: initiatief — a beginning; a first move
• Finnish: aloite — a beginning; a first move
• French: initiative — a beginning; a first move
• Galician: iniciativa — a beginning; a first move
• Georgian: ინიციატივა (iniciaṭiva) — a beginning; a first move
• German: Initiative — a beginning; a first move
• Greek: πρωτοβουλία (protovoulía) — a beginning; a first move
• Hebrew: יוזמה (yozmá) — a beginning; a first move
• Hindi: पहल (pahal) — a beginning; a first move
• Hungarian: kezdeményezés — a beginning; a first move
• Indonesian: inisiatif — a beginning; a first move
• Indonesian: prakarsa — a beginning; a first move
• Italian: iniziativa — a beginning; a first move
• Kazakh: бастама (bastama) — a beginning; a first move
• Malayalam: ഉദ്യമം (udyamaṁ) — a beginning; a first move
• Malayalam: തുടക്കം (tuṭakkaṁ) — a beginning; a first move
• Norwegian: initiativ — a beginning; a first move
• Polish: inicjatywa — a beginning; a first move
• Portuguese: iniciativa — a beginning; a first move
• Romanian: inițiativă — a beginning; a first move
• Russian: инициати́ва (iniciatíva) — a beginning; a first move
• Russian: почи́н (počín) — a beginning; a first move
• Serbo-Croatian: inicijatíva — a beginning; a first move
• Slovak: iniciatíva — a beginning; a first move
• Swedish: initiativ — a beginning; a first move
• Turkish: ilk adım — a beginning; a first move
• Ukrainian: ініціати́ва (iniciatýva) — a beginning; a first move
• Ukrainian: почи́н (počýn) — a beginning; a first move
• Yiddish: איניציאַטיוו (initsyativ) — a beginning; a first move
• Arabic: مُبَادَرَة (mubādara) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Bashkir: башланғыс (başlanğıs) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Bulgarian: начинание (načinanie) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Finnish: aloite — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• French: initiative — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Galician: iniciativa — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• German: Initiative — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Greek: πρωτοβουλία (protovoulía) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Hebrew: יוזמה (yozmá) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Indonesian: inisiatif — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Indonesian: prakarsa — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Italian: proposta — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Malayalam: ഉദ്യമം (udyamaṁ) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Russian: инициати́ва (iniciatíva) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Serbo-Croatian: inicijatíva — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Spanish: iniciativa — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Turkish: girişim — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Turkish: teşebbüs — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Ottoman Turkish: تشبث (teşebbüs) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Yiddish: איניציאַטיוו (initsyativ) — a new development; a fresh approach to something; a new way of dealing with a problem
• Arabic: مُبَادَرَة (mubādara) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Bulgarian: предприемчивост (predpriemčivost) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Catalan: iniciativa — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Chinese Mandarin: 主動權 /主动权 (zhǔdòngquán) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Finnish: aloitekyky — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Finnish: aloitteellisuus — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Finnish: oma-aloitteisuus — the ability to act first or on one's own
• French: initiative — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Galician: iniciativa — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Georgian: ინიციატივა (iniciaṭiva) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• German: Initiative — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Greek: πρωτοβουλία (protovoulía) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Hebrew: יוזמה (yozmá) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Hungarian: kezdeményezőkészség — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Hungarian: kezdeményezőképesség — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Hungarian: vállalkozószellem — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Indonesian: inisiatif — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Indonesian: prakarsa — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Italian: intraprendenza — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Korean: 진취력 (jinchwiryeok) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Korean: 진취성 (jinchwiseong) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Persian: ابتکار (ebtekâr) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Portuguese: iniciativa — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Romanian: inițiativă — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Russian: инициати́ва (iniciatíva) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Russian: предприи́мчивость (predpriímčivostʹ) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Serbo-Croatian: inicijatíva — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Turkish: inisiyatif — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Yiddish: איניציאַטיוו (initsyativ) — the ability to act first or on one's own
• Bulgarian: инициатива (iniciativa) — issue to be voted on
• Catalan: iniciativa — issue to be voted on
• Finnish: aloite — issue to be voted on
• Finnish: ehdotus — issue to be voted on
• Finnish: esitys — issue to be voted on
• Galician: iniciativa — issue to be voted on
• Hebrew: משאל עם ביוזמת האזרחים — issue to be voted on
• Italian: iniziativa — issue to be voted on