innovation

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• /ˌɪn.əˈveɪ.ʃən/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N AH0 V EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N OW0 V EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus. Morphologically innovate + -ion.

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: inovacion — act of innovating
• Southern Altai: јаҥырту (ǰaŋïrtu) — act of innovating
• Arabic: اِبْتِكَار (ibtikār) — act of innovating
• Armenian: նորարարություն (norararutʻyun) — act of innovating
• Azerbaijani: innovasiya — act of innovating
• Azerbaijani: yenilik — act of innovating
• Belarusian: інава́цыя (inavácyja) — act of innovating
• Bengali: নবীকরণ (nobikron) — act of innovating
• Bulgarian: нова́торство (novátorstvo) — act of innovating
• Bulgarian: инова́ция (inovácija) — act of innovating
• Catalan: innovació — act of innovating
• Chinese Mandarin: 革新 (géxīn) — act of innovating
• Chinese Mandarin: 創新 /创新 (chuàngxīn) — act of innovating
• Czech: inovace — act of innovating
• Danish: innovation — act of innovating
• Dutch: innovatie — act of innovating
• Dutch: vernieuwing — act of innovating
• Estonian: innovatsioon — act of innovating
• Finnish: innovointi — act of innovating
• Finnish: uudistaminen — act of innovating
• Finnish: keksiminen — act of innovating
• French: innovation — act of innovating
• Georgian: ინოვაცია (inovacia) — act of innovating
• German: Innovation — act of innovating
• Greek: καινοτομία (kainotomía) — act of innovating
• Hindi: नवाचार (navācār) — act of innovating
• Hungarian: innováció — act of innovating
• Icelandic: nýsköpun — act of innovating
• Indonesian: inovasi — act of innovating
• Indonesian: reka baru — act of innovating
• Irish: nuáil — act of innovating
• Irish: nuálaíocht — act of innovating
• Italian: innovazione — act of innovating
• Japanese: イノベーション (inobēshon) — act of innovating
• Japanese: 革新 (kakushin) — act of innovating
• Kazakh: жаңашылдық (jañaşyldyq) — act of innovating
• Kazakh: жаңартпа (jañartpa) — act of innovating
• Kazakh: инновация (innovasiä) — act of innovating
• Korean: 혁신 (hyeoksin) — act of innovating
• Kyrgyz: инновация (innovatsiya) — act of innovating
• Latvian: jaunievedums — act of innovating
• Latvian: jauninājums — act of innovating
• Latvian: inovācija — act of innovating
• Lithuanian: inovacija — act of innovating
• Macedonian: иновација (inovacija) — act of innovating
• Malay: reka baru — act of innovating
• Malay: inovasi — act of innovating
• Mongolian: инновац (innovac) — act of innovating
• Norwegian Bokmål: innovasjon — act of innovating
• Norwegian Nynorsk: innovasjon — act of innovating
• Iranian Persian: نُوآوَری (now'âvari) — act of innovating
• Polish: innowacja — act of innovating
• Portuguese: inovação — act of innovating
• Romanian: inovație — act of innovating
• Russian: нова́торство (novátorstvo) — act of innovating
• Russian: иннова́ция (innovácija) — act of innovating
• Russian: нововведе́ние (novovvedénije) — act of innovating
• Russian: но́вшество (nóvšestvo) — act of innovating
• Serbo-Croatian: инова́ција — act of innovating
• Serbo-Croatian: inovácija — act of innovating
• Slovak: inovácia — act of innovating
• Slovene: inovacija — act of innovating
• Spanish: innovación — act of innovating
• Swedish: innovation — act of innovating
• Tajik: навоварӣ (navovari) — act of innovating
• Tajik: инноватсия (innovatsiya) — act of innovating
• Thai: นวัตกรรม (ná-wát-dtà-gam) — act of innovating
• Turkish: inovasyon — act of innovating
• Turkish: yenilik — act of innovating
• Ukrainian: іннова́ція (innovácija) — act of innovating
• Uzbek: innovatsiya — act of innovating
• Uzbek: yangilik — act of innovating
• Vietnamese: sáng tạo — act of innovating
• Vietnamese: đổi mới — act of innovating
• Armenian: նորարարություն (norararutʻyun) — something new
• Armenian: նորամուծություն (noramucutʻyun) — something new
• Bulgarian: нововъведе́ние (novovǎvedénie) — something new
• Bulgarian: инова́ция (inovácija) — something new
• Catalan: innovació — something new
• Chinese Mandarin: 新方法 (xīn fāngfǎ) — something new
• Czech: inovace — something new
• Dutch: innovatie — something new
• Dutch: nieuwigheid — something new
• Finnish: innovaatio — something new
• Finnish: uudistus — something new
• Finnish: keksintö — something new
• French: innovation — something new
• German: Innovation — something new
• German: Novität — something new
• Hindi: नया (nayā) — something new
• Hindi: नवाचार (navācār) — something new
• Hungarian: innováció — something new
• Irish: nuálaíocht — something new
• Italian: innovazione — something new
• Norwegian Bokmål: innovasjon — something new
• Norwegian Nynorsk: innovasjon — something new
• Portuguese: inovação — something new
• Russian: нововведе́ние (novovvedénije) — something new
• Russian: иннова́ция (innovácija) — something new
• Russian: но́вшество (nóvšestvo) — something new
• Spanish: innovación — something new
• Swedish: novation — something new
• Ukrainian: нововве́дення (novovvédennja) — something new
• Ukrainian: іннова́ція (innovácija) — something new
• Finnish: verso — newly formed shoot of moss