"inaugural" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɪˈnɔːɡəɹəl/, /ɪˈnɔːɡɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inaugural.wav
Etymology: From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|inaugural}} French inaugural, {{uder|en|la|augurare||to take omens}} Latin augurare (“to take omens”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} inaugural (not comparable)
  1. Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of inauguration): inaugural (Catalan), 就任的 (Chinese Mandarin), vihkiäiset (Finnish), virkaanastujaiset (Finnish), inaugural (French), inaugural (Galician), Antritts- (German), inaugural (Spanish), agoriadol (Welsh)
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  2. Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc. Tags: not-comparable Translations (marking a beginning): встъпителен (vstǎpitelen) (Bulgarian), inaugural (Catalan), 首次的 (Chinese Mandarin), ensimmäinen (Finnish), ensi- (Finnish), inaugural (French), Eröffnungs- (German), inaugural (Spanish), açılış (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-inaugural-en-adj-MRBliiiP Disambiguation of 'marking a beginning': 14 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: inaugurally

Noun

IPA: /ɪˈnɔːɡəɹəl/, /ɪˈnɔːɡɹəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-inaugural.wav Forms: inaugurals [plural]
Etymology: From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|inaugural}} French inaugural, {{uder|en|la|augurare||to take omens}} Latin augurare (“to take omens”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} inaugural (plural inaugurals)
  1. An inauguration; a formal beginning. Translations (an inauguration): откриване (otkrivane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), vihkiäiset [plural] (Finnish), virkaanastujaiset [plural] (Finnish), investiture [feminine] (French), inauguration [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-inaugural-en-noun-B7j~CC96 Disambiguation of 'an inauguration': 89 11
  2. A formal speech given at the beginning of an office. Translations (formal speech): реч при откриване (reč pri otkrivane) (Bulgarian), 就职演讲 (Chinese Mandarin), virkaanastujaispuhe [plural] (Finnish), discours d’investiture [masculine] (French), discours inaugural [masculine] (French), discurso inaugural [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-inaugural-en-noun-snoKrTNX Disambiguation of 'formal speech': 31 69

Inflected forms

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      "word": "Eröffnungs-"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "formal speech",
      "word": "就职演讲"
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