"opening ceremony" meaning in English

See opening ceremony in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: opening ceremonies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} opening ceremony (plural opening ceremonies)
  1. A ceremony to mark the official opening of a building or event. Wikipedia link: opening ceremony Translations (ceremony to mark the official opening of a building or event): açılış mərasimi (Azerbaijani), cerimònia d'inauguració [feminine] (Catalan), 開幕式 (Chinese Mandarin), 开幕式 (kāimùshì) (Chinese Mandarin), openingsceremonie (Dutch), avajaiset (Finnish), avajaisseremonia (Finnish), cérémonie d’ouverture [feminine] (French), cerimonia de apertura [feminine] (Galician), Eröffnungsfeier [feminine] (German), nyitóünnepség (Hungarian), cerimonia di apertura [feminine] (Italian), 開会式 (kaikaishiki) (alt: かいかいしき) (Japanese), 開會式 (kaikaishiki) (alt: かいかいしき) (Japanese), 開幕式 (kaimakushiki) (alt: かいまくしき) (Japanese), 개회식 (gaehoesik) (alt: 開會式) (Korean), 개막식 (gaemaksik) (alt: 開幕式) (Korean), افتتاحیه (Persian), ceremonia otwarcia [feminine] (Polish), öppningsceremoni [common-gender] (Swedish), invigningsceremoni [common-gender] (Swedish), palatuntunan sa pagbubukas (Tagalog), açılış töreni (Turkish), اِفْتِتَاح (iftitāḥ) [masculine] (Urdu)

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