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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɪˌnɪʃ.iˈeɪ.ʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-initiation.wav [Southern-England] Forms: initiations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French initiation, from Latin initiātiō. Morphologically initiate + -ion Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁ey-}}, {{bor|en|frm|initiation}} Middle French initiation, {{der|en|la|initiātiō}} Latin initiātiō, {{suffix|en|initiate|ion|nocat=1}} initiate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} initiation (countable and uncountable, plural initiations)
  1. The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms (act of initiating): beginning, start Translations (act of initiating): начало (načalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), започване (započvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 开始 (kāishǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 发起 (fāqǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), iniciato (Esperanto), johdatus (Finnish), alullepano (Finnish), initiation [feminine] (French), iniciación [feminine] (Galician), წამოწყება (c̣amoc̣q̇eba) (Georgian), Initiation [feminine] (German), Initiierung [feminine] (German), חניכה (h'anikha) (Hebrew), inizio [masculine] (Italian), 開始 (kaishi) (Japanese), 着手 (chaukushu) (Japanese), 始まり (hajimari) (Japanese), iniciação [feminine] (Portuguese), inicio [masculine] (Spanish), terbiye (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-initiation-en-noun-m030uD5Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 43 20 Disambiguation of 'act of initiating': 89 8 3 Disambiguation of 'act of initiating': 89 8 3
  2. The form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society; mode of entrance into an organized body; especially, the rite of admission into a secret society or order. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society): въвеждане (vǎveždane) (Bulgarian), 入会仪式 (Chinese Mandarin), jäseneksi ottaminen (Finnish), jäseneksi vihkiminen (Finnish), initiation [feminine] (French), μύηση (mýisi) [feminine] (Greek), טקס חניכה (tekes h'anikha) [masculine] (Hebrew), beavatás (Hungarian), iniziazione [feminine] (Italian), inicjacja (Polish), iniciação [feminine] (Portuguese), инициа́ция (iniciácija) [feminine] (Russian), iniciación [feminine] (Spanish), ініціа́ція (iniciácija) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-initiation-en-noun-jDmssY3q Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 43 20 Disambiguation of 'form or ceremony by which a person is introduced into any society': 3 95 1
  3. (chemistry) The first step of transcription or of transduction. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-initiation-en-noun-aedvw1PD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 43 20 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: clutch initiation, initiation ceremony, initiation codon, self-initiation Related terms: initial, initiate, initiationism

Noun [French]

IPA: /i.ni.sja.sjɔ̃/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-initiation.wav Forms: initiations [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Middle French initiation, borrowed from Latin initiātiōnem. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|initiation|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French initiation, {{inh+|fr|frm|initiation}} Inherited from Middle French initiation, {{bor|fr|la|initiātiō|initiātiōnem}} Latin initiātiōnem Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} initiation f (plural initiations)
  1. initiation Tags: feminine Related terms: initier
    Sense id: en-initiation-fr-noun-lsV-Xf7r Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swedish]

Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||g=c|g2=|head=|sort=}} initiation c, {{sv-noun|c}} initiation c Inflection templates: {{sv-infl-noun-c-er}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], initiation [indefinite, nominative, singular], initiationen [definite, nominative, singular], initiationer [indefinite, nominative, plural], initiationerna [definite, nominative, plural], initiations [genitive, indefinite, singular], initiationens [definite, genitive, singular], initiationers [genitive, indefinite, plural], initiationernas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. initiation (ceremony) Tags: common-gender Derived forms: initiationsrit (english: initiation rite)
    Sense id: en-initiation-sv-noun-E0IXFtKv Categories (other): Swedish entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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