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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊ.pə.nɪŋ/
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• General-American: /ˈoʊ.pə.nɪŋ/
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From Middle English openynge, openande, openand, from Old English openiende, from Proto-West Germanic *opanōndī, from Proto-Germanic *upanōndz, present participle of *upanōną (“to open”), equivalent to open + -ing. Cognate with West Frisian iepenjend, Dutch openend, German öffnend, Swedish öppnande, Icelandic opnandi.

From Middle English openyng, openynge, openunge, from Old English openung (“an opening”), from Proto-West Germanic *opanungu, from Proto-Germanic *upanungō (“an opening”), equivalent to open + -ing. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Eepenge, Epenge (“an opening”), West Frisian iepening (“an opening”), Dutch opening (“an opening”), German Öffnung (“an opening”), Danish åbning (“an opening”), Swedish öppning (“an opening”).

206 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Spanish: abriente — adjective
• Spanish: de abertura — adjective
• Spanish: de apertura — adjective
• Armenian: բացում (bacʻum) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Azerbaijani: açılış — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Bulgarian: отваряне (otvarjane) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Czech: otevření — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Finnish: avaaminen — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Finnish: avautuminen — act or instance of making or becoming open
• French: ouverture — act or instance of making or becoming open
• German: Öffnung — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Greek: άνοιγμα (ánoigma) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Ancient Greek: ἄνοιξις (ánoixis) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Hebrew: פתיחה (ptikhá) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Hungarian: nyitás — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Hungarian: kinyitás — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Hungarian: felbontás — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Hungarian: nyílás — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Hungarian: kinyílás — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Irish: oscailt — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Northern Kurdish: vekirin — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Northern Kurdish: vebûn — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Norwegian Bokmål: åpning — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Norwegian Bokmål: åp — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Polish: otwarcie — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Portuguese: abertura — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Romanian: deschidere — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Russian: откры́тие (otkrýtije) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Serbo-Croatian: otvaranje — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Spanish: aperción — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Spanish: apertura — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Spanish: abertura — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Spanish: abierta — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Tajik: кушодашавӣ (kušodašavi) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Tajik: ифтитоҳ (iftitoh) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Ukrainian: відкриття́ (vidkryttjá) — act or instance of making or becoming open
• Armenian: բացվածք (bacʻvackʻ) — a gap permitting passage through
• Armenian: անցք (ancʻkʻ) — a gap permitting passage through
• Aromanian: dishcljidzãturã — a gap permitting passage through
• Azerbaijani: açılış — a gap permitting passage through
• Bulgarian: отвор (otvor) — a gap permitting passage through
• Catalan: obertura — a gap permitting passage through
• Czech: otvor — a gap permitting passage through
• Esperanto: malfermaĵo — a gap permitting passage through
• Finnish: aukko — a gap permitting passage through
• Finnish: reikä — a gap permitting passage through
• Finnish: kolo — a gap permitting passage through
• Finnish: rako — a gap permitting passage through
• French: trou — a gap permitting passage through
• French: ouverture — a gap permitting passage through
• Gallurese: abbaltura — a gap permitting passage through
• German: Öffnung — a gap permitting passage through
• Ancient Greek: ὀπή (opḗ) — a gap permitting passage through
• Ancient Greek: ἀνάπτυξις (anáptuxis) — a gap permitting passage through
• Hungarian: nyílás — a gap permitting passage through
• Hungarian: rés — a gap permitting passage through
• Hungarian: hasadék — a gap permitting passage through
• Hungarian: hézag — a gap permitting passage through
• Hungarian: tisztás — a gap permitting passage through
• Hungarian: nyiladék — a gap permitting passage through
• Ido: aperto — a gap permitting passage through
• Italian: apertura — a gap permitting passage through
• Japanese: 隙間 (sukima) — a gap permitting passage through
• Latin: apertūra — a gap permitting passage through
• Latin: forāmen — a gap permitting passage through
• Luxembourgish: Ëffnung — a gap permitting passage through
• Māori: pūaha — a gap permitting passage through
• Māori: angotanga — a gap permitting passage through
• Eastern Mari: аҥ (aŋ) — a gap permitting passage through
• Norwegian Bokmål: åpning — a gap permitting passage through
• Norwegian Bokmål: åp — a gap permitting passage through
• Old Church Slavonic: доупина (dupina) — a gap permitting passage through
• Old English: þȳrel — a gap permitting passage through
• Pohnpeian: wehwe — a gap permitting passage through
• Portuguese: abertura — a gap permitting passage through
• Quechua: kicha — a gap permitting passage through
• Romanian: deschizătură — a gap permitting passage through
• Romanian: apertură — a gap permitting passage through
• Russian: отве́рстие (otvérstije) — a gap permitting passage through
• Russian: прохо́д (proxód) — a gap permitting passage through
• Campidanese Sardinian: calànca — a gap permitting passage through
• Campidanese Sardinian: obertura — a gap permitting passage through
• Sardinian: abberidura — a gap permitting passage through
• Sardinian: calànca — a gap permitting passage through
• Sassarese: abirtura — a gap permitting passage through
• Scottish Gaelic: beul — a gap permitting passage through
• Scottish Gaelic: toll — a gap permitting passage through
• Spanish: porta — a gap permitting passage through
• Swedish: öppning — a gap permitting passage through
• Tocharian B: lyauto — a gap permitting passage through
• Ottoman Turkish: آرا (ara) — a gap permitting passage through
• Ottoman Turkish: آرالق (aralık) — a gap permitting passage through
• Ukrainian: о́твір (ótvir) — a gap permitting passage through
• Zulu: isikhala — a gap permitting passage through
• Bulgarian: начало (načalo) — act or instance of beginning
• Bulgarian: започване (započvane) — act or instance of beginning
• Finnish: avaus — act or instance of beginning
• Finnish: aloitus — act or instance of beginning
• Hungarian: kezdés — act or instance of beginning
• Hungarian: megnyitás — act or instance of beginning
• Hungarian: kinyitás — act or instance of beginning
• Hungarian: nyitás — act or instance of beginning
• Hungarian: felavatás — act or instance of beginning
• Hungarian: avató — act or instance of beginning
• Hungarian: megnyitó — act or instance of beginning
• Māori: whakapuaretanga — act or instance of beginning
• Norwegian Bokmål: åpning — act or instance of beginning
• Norwegian Bokmål: begynnelse — act or instance of beginning
• Norwegian Bokmål: åp — act or instance of beginning
• Norwegian Bokmål: start — act or instance of beginning
• Polish: otwarcie — act or instance of beginning
• Portuguese: abertura — act or instance of beginning
• Romanian: deschidere — act or instance of beginning
• Russian: откры́тие (otkrýtije) — act or instance of beginning
• Slovene: otvoritev — act or instance of beginning
• Finnish: alku — beginning
• Hebrew: התחלה (hatkhalá) — beginning
• Hebrew: ראשית (reshít) — beginning
• Hungarian: kezdet — beginning
• Hungarian: kezdés — beginning
• Hungarian: eleje — beginning
• Hungarian: nyitás — beginning
• Hungarian: nyitány — beginning
• Italian: apertura — beginning
• Norwegian Bokmål: begynnelse — beginning
• Norwegian Bokmål: start — beginning
• Portuguese: início — beginning
• Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — beginning
• Russian: откры́тие (otkrýtije) — beginning
• Bulgarian: премиера (premiera) — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Dutch: première — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Esperanto: premiero — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Finnish: ensi-ilta — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• French: première — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• German: Eröffnungsvorstellung — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Hungarian: bemutató — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Hungarian: premier — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Māori: whakatuwheratanga — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Norwegian Bokmål: åpning — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Norwegian Bokmål: åp — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Norwegian Bokmål: premiere — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Norwegian Bokmål: urpremiere — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Norwegian Bokmål: debut — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Portuguese: abertura — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Russian: дебю́т (debjút) — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Spanish: estreno — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Swedish: premiär — first performance of a show or play by a particular troupe
• Finnish: avajaiset — initial period an art gallery or museum is first opened
• Hungarian: vernisszázs — initial period an art gallery or museum is first opened
• Norwegian Bokmål: åpning — initial period an art gallery or museum is first opened
• Norwegian Bokmål: åp — initial period an art gallery or museum is first opened
• Bulgarian: увертюра (uvertjura) — first few bars of a musical composition
• Finnish: alku — first few bars of a musical composition
• Finnish: avaus — first few bars of a musical composition
• Hebrew: אוברטורה (overtúra) — first few bars of a musical composition
• Italian: sigla — first few bars of a musical composition
• Norwegian Bokmål: ouverture — first few bars of a musical composition
• Norwegian Bokmål: innledning — first few bars of a musical composition
• Russian: увертю́ра (uvertjúra) — first few bars of a musical composition
• Bulgarian: дебют (debjut) — first few moves in a game
• Catalan: obertura — first few moves in a game
• Dutch: opening — first few moves in a game
• Finnish: avaus — first few moves in a game
• French: ouverture — first few moves in a game
• German: Eröffnung — first few moves in a game
• Hebrew: פתיחה (ptikhá) — first few moves in a game
• Hungarian: megnyitás — first few moves in a game
• Icelandic: byrjun — first few moves in a game
• Kazakh: ойынбасы (oiynbasy) — first few moves in a game
• Luxembourgish: Erëffnung — first few moves in a game
• Norwegian Bokmål: åpning — first few moves in a game
• Norwegian Bokmål: åp — first few moves in a game
• Portuguese: abertura — first few moves in a game
• Romanian: deschidere — first few moves in a game
• Russian: дебю́т (debjút) — first few moves in a game
• Spanish: apertura — first few moves in a game
• Swedish: öppning — first few moves in a game
• Swedish: spelöppning — first few moves in a game
• Bulgarian: ваканция (vakancija) — vacant position, in an array
• Finnish: aukko — vacant position, in an array
• Finnish: tyhjä paikka — vacant position, in an array
• Norwegian Bokmål: ledig stilling — vacant position, in an array
• Finnish: aukko — time available in a schedule
• Hungarian: (elérhető) idősáv — time available in a schedule
• Norwegian Bokmål: ledig time — time available in a schedule
• Dutch: vacature — unoccupied employment position
• Finnish: avoin paikka — unoccupied employment position
• German: offene Stelle — unoccupied employment position
• German: freie Stelle — unoccupied employment position
• Hungarian: álláslehetőség — unoccupied employment position
• Hungarian: üresedés — unoccupied employment position
• Hungarian: betöltetlen állás — unoccupied employment position
• Norwegian Bokmål: ledig stilling — unoccupied employment position
• Portuguese: vaga — unoccupied employment position
• Russian: вака́нсия (vakánsija) — unoccupied employment position
• Bulgarian: удобен случай (udoben slučaj) — opportunity
• Finnish: paikka — opportunity
• Finnish: tilaisuus — opportunity
• Finnish: mahdollisuus — opportunity
• Greek: ευκαιρία (efkairía) — opportunity
• Hebrew: הזדמנות (hizdamnút) — opportunity
• Hungarian: lehetőség — opportunity
• Hungarian: alkalom — opportunity
• Hungarian: esély — opportunity
• Hungarian: kilátás — opportunity
• Norwegian Bokmål: mulighet — opportunity