"commencement" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /kəˈmɛnsmənt/ Audio: En-us-commencement.ogg Forms: commencements [plural]
Etymology: From French commencement; analyzable as commence + -ment. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|commencement}} French commencement, {{af|en|commence|-ment}} commence + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} commencement (countable and uncountable, plural commencements)
  1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; the beginning. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: rise, origin, beginning, start, dawn Translations (an act of commencing or beginning): فاتِحَة (fātiḥa) [feminine] (Arabic), սկիզբ (skizb) (Armenian), aanvang [masculine] (Dutch), alku (Finnish), aloitus (Finnish), pembukaan (Malay), permulaan (Malay), ōrokotīmatanga (Maori), tīmatanga (Maori), atinga (Maori), Aunfank [masculine] (Plautdietsch), começo [masculine] (Portuguese), início [masculine] (Portuguese), нача́ло (načálo) [neuter] (Russian), आद (āda) [masculine] (Sanskrit), आरम्भ (ārambha) [masculine] (Sanskrit), inicio [masculine] (Spanish), incoación [feminine] (Spanish), comienzo [masculine] (Spanish)
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  2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (day degrees are conferred): valmistumispäivä (Finnish), wisuda (Indonesian), konvokesyen (Malay), hari konvo (Malay)
    Sense id: en-commencement-en-noun-hHiryyzl Disambiguation of 'day degrees are conferred': 14 84 2
  3. A graduation ceremony, from a school, college or university. Sometimes before the actual graduation. Tags: countable, uncountable Coordinate_terms (graduation ceremony): convocation Translations (graduation ceremony): afsluitceremonie [feminine] (Dutch), valmistujaisseremonia (Finnish), promootio (Finnish), valmistujaiset (Finnish), wisuda (Indonesian), majlis konvokesyen (Malay), istiadat konvokesyen (Malay), upacara konvokesyen (Malay), majlis penyampaian ijazah (Malay), majlis graduasi (Malay), 畢業典禮 (Mandarin), 毕业典礼 (bìyè diǎnlǐ) (Mandarin), formatura [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-commencement-en-noun-grnDiPPL Disambiguation of 'graduation ceremony': 1 2 97 Disambiguation of 'graduation ceremony': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: begincement, noncommencement Related terms: commence

Noun [French]

IPA: /kɔ.mɑ̃s.mɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-commencement.ogg Forms: commencements [plural]
Etymology: From Old French comencement, corresponding to commencer (“to begin”) + -ment. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fro|comencement}} Old French comencement, {{af|fr|commencer|-ment|id2=nominal|t1=to begin}} commencer (“to begin”) + -ment Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} commencement m (plural commencements)
  1. beginning, start Tags: masculine

Noun [Middle French]

Forms: commencemens [plural]
Etymology: Old French comencement, corresponding to commencer + -ment Etymology templates: {{der|frm|fro|comencement}} Old French comencement, {{suffix|frm|commencer|ment<id:nominal>}} commencer + -ment Head templates: {{head|frm|noun|||plural|commencemens||{{{pl2}}}||{{{f}}}||{{{f}}}s|f1accel-form=p|g=m|g2=|head=|sort=}} commencement m (plural commencemens), {{frm-noun|m|commencemens}} commencement m (plural commencemens)
  1. beginning, start Tags: masculine

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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