invitation

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• /ɪnvɪˈteɪʃən/
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• [ɪnvɪˈtheɪʃən] ~ [ɪnvɪˈtheɪʃn̩]
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• rhymes with -eɪʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N V IH0 T EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English invitacioun, ynvytacioun, from Latin invītātio, reinforced by Middle French invitation. By surface analysis, invite + -ation. Displaced native Middle English lathinge from Old English laþung (see dialectal English lathing).

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Ambonese Malay: not — act of inviting
• Arabic: دَعْوَة (daʕwa) — act of inviting
• Arabic: عزيمة (ʕazīma) — act of inviting
• Arabic: دَعْوَة (daʕwa) — act of inviting
• Arabic: عزيمة (ʕazīme) — act of inviting
• Arabic: دَعْوَة (daʕwe) — act of inviting
• Armenian: հրավեր (hraver) — act of inviting
• Azerbaijani: dəvət — act of inviting
• Azerbaijani: çağırış — act of inviting
• Basque: gonbidapen — act of inviting
• Basque: gonbit — act of inviting
• Belarusian: запрашэ́нне (zaprašénnje) — act of inviting
• Bengali: নিমন্ত্রণ (nimontron) — act of inviting
• Bengali: দাওয়াত (daōẇat) — act of inviting
• Bulgarian: покана (pokana) — act of inviting
• Chinese Cantonese: 邀請 /邀请 (jiu1 cing2) — act of inviting
• Chinese Mandarin: 邀請 /邀请 (yāoqǐng) — act of inviting
• Ngazidja Comorian: mlaliko — act of inviting
• Czech: pozvání — act of inviting
• Danish: indbydelse — act of inviting
• Danish: invitation — act of inviting
• Dutch: uitnodiging — act of inviting
• Finnish: kutsu — act of inviting
• Finnish: kutsuminen — act of inviting
• French: invitation — act of inviting
• German: Einladung — act of inviting
• German: Einladen — act of inviting
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌸𐍉𐌽𐍃 (laþōns) — act of inviting
• Greek: πρόσκληση (prósklisi) — act of inviting
• Greek: κάλεσμα (kálesma) — act of inviting
• Ancient Greek: πρόσκλησις (prósklēsis) — act of inviting
• Gujarati: નોતરું (notrũ) — act of inviting
• Hebrew: הַזְמָנָה (hazmana) — act of inviting
• Hindi: निमंत्रण (nimantraṇ) — act of inviting
• Hungarian: meghívás — act of inviting
• Italian: invito — act of inviting
• Japanese: 招待 (shōtai) — act of inviting
• Japanese: 招き (maneki) — act of inviting
• Japanese: 誘い (sasoi) — act of inviting
• Kapampangan: agkat — act of inviting
• Kazakh: шақыру (şaqyru) — act of inviting
• Korean: 초대 (chodae) — act of inviting
• Latin: invītātiō — act of inviting
• Laz: ჭანდა (ç̌anda) — act of inviting
• Lithuanian: kvieti̇̀mas — act of inviting
• Malay: jemputan — act of inviting
• Māori: pōwhiritanga — act of inviting
• Norwegian Bokmål: invitasjon — act of inviting
• Norwegian Nynorsk: invitasjon — act of inviting
• Old English: laþung — act of inviting
• Old Norse: lǫð — act of inviting
• Oromo: waamicha — act of inviting
• Polish: zaproszenie — act of inviting
• Portuguese: convite — act of inviting
• Portuguese: invitação — act of inviting
• Russian: приглаше́ние (priglašénije) — act of inviting
• Scottish Gaelic: cuireadh — act of inviting
• Spanish: invitación — act of inviting
• Swedish: inbjudning — act of inviting
• Tagalog: aya — act of inviting
• Tamil: அழைப்பு (aḻaippu) — act of inviting
• Tocharian B: kākalñe — act of inviting
• Turkish: davet — act of inviting
• Turkish: çağrı — act of inviting
• Turkish: çağrıma — act of inviting
• Ottoman Turkish: دعوت (daʼvet) — act of inviting
• Ukrainian: запро́шення (zapróšennja) — act of inviting
• Vietnamese: lời mời — act of inviting
• Ambonese Malay: not — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Armenian: հրավիրատոմս (hraviratoms) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Azerbaijani: dəvət — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Azerbaijani: dəvətnamə — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Azerbaijani: çağırış — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Bulgarian: покана (pokana) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Chinese Mandarin: 邀請函 /邀请函 (yāoqǐnghán) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Chinese Mandarin: 請柬 /请柬 (qǐngjiǎn) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Chinese Mandarin: 請帖 /请帖 (qǐngtiě) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Dutch: uitnodiging — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Finnish: kutsu — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• French: invitation — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• German: Einladung — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Greek: πρόσκληση (prósklisi) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Hebrew: הַזְמָנָה (hazmana) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Hungarian: meghívó — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Indonesian: undangan — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Interlingua: invitation — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Japanese: 招待状 (shōtaijō) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Kazakh: шақыру қағаз (şaqyru qağaz) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Korean: 청첩장 (cheongcheopjang) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Korean: 청첩 (cheongcheop) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Korean: 초대장 (chodaejang) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Malay: jemputan — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Māori: pōwhiri — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Polish: zaproszenie — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Portuguese: convite — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Russian: приглаше́ние (priglašénije) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Scottish Gaelic: cuireadh — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Serbo-Croatian: poziv — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Serbo-Croatian: pozivnica — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Slovene: vabilo — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Spanish: invitación — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Swedish: inbjudan — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Tamil: அழைப்பிதழ் (aḻaippitaḻ) — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Turkish: davetiye — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Vietnamese: giấy mời — document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited
• Arabic: إِغْرَاء (ʔiḡrāʔ) — allurement; enticement
• Bulgarian: съблазън (sǎblazǎn) — allurement; enticement
• Chinese Mandarin: 吸引 (xīyǐn) — allurement; enticement
• Chinese Mandarin: 引誘 /引诱 (yǐnyòu) — allurement; enticement
• Finnish: kutsu — allurement; enticement
• Finnish: houkutus — allurement; enticement
• Finnish: viehätys — allurement; enticement
• Greek: δελεασμός (deleasmós) — allurement; enticement
• Hungarian: felhívás — allurement; enticement
• Russian: приглаше́ние (priglašénije) — allurement; enticement
• Russian: зама́нивание (zamánivanije) — allurement; enticement
• Russian: завлека́ние (zavlekánije) — allurement; enticement
• Scottish Gaelic: tàladh — allurement; enticement
• German: Einladung — fencing: line left open