inaugural

English

Etymology

From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈnɔːɡəɹəl/, /ɪˈnɔːɡɹəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

inaugural (not comparable)

1. Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
   • 2008 August 21, Cape Times, page 21:

     The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott […] on Wednesday at 8pm.

   • 2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎, London, page R11:

     In 1928 [Martin] Heidegger succeeded [Edmund] Husserl to take a chair at Freiburg and in his inaugural lecture made a pronouncement that earned him a reputation as an archetypal metaphysician with his claim that our awareness of people as a whole depends on our experience of dread in the face of nothingness.

2. Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.

   2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.

Derived terms

• inaugurally

Translations

of inauguration

Catalan: inaugural (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 就任的 Finnish: vihkiäiset (fi), virkaanastujaiset French: inaugural (fr) Galician: inaugural (gl) German: Antritts- Spanish: inaugural (es) Welsh: agoriadol

marking a beginning

Bulgarian: встъпителен (bg) (vstǎpitelen) Catalan: inaugural (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 首次的 Finnish: ensimmäinen (fi), ensi- French: inaugural (fr) German: Eröffnungs- Spanish: inaugural (es) Turkish: açılış (tr)

Noun

inaugural (plural inaugurals)

1. An inauguration; a formal beginning.

   The inaugural of the President will take place in March.

2. A formal speech given at the beginning of an office.
   • 2009 March 13, Teddy Davis, ABC News:

     In his inaugural, President Obama proclaimed 'an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas, that for far too long have strangled our politics'.

Translations

an inauguration

Bulgarian: откриване (bg) n (otkrivane) Finnish: vihkiäiset (fi) pl, virkaanastujaiset pl French: investiture (fr) f, inauguration (fr) f

formal speech

Bulgarian: реч при откриване (reč pri otkrivane) Chinese: Mandarin: 就职演讲 Finnish: virkaanastujaispuhe pl French: discours d’investiture m, discours inaugural m Spanish: discurso inaugural m

French

Etymology

From inaugurer +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.no.ɡy.ʁal/

• Audio:

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Adjective

inaugural (feminine inaugurale, masculine plural inauguraux, feminine plural inaugurales)

1. inaugural

Further reading

• “inaugural”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.naw.ɡuˈɾaw/ [i.naʊ̯.ɡuˈɾaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.naw.ɡuˈɾal/ [i.naw.ɣuˈɾaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.naw.ɡuˈɾal/ [i.naw.ɣuˈɾaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.naw.ɡuˈɾa.li/ [i.naw.ɣuˈɾa.li]

Adjective

inaugural m or f (plural inaugurais)

1. being a first occurrence or event
2. occurring during an inauguration

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French inaugural.

Adjective

inaugural m or n (feminine singular inaugurală, masculine plural inaugurali, feminine and neuter plural inaugurale)

1. inaugural

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	inaugural		inaugurală		inaugurali	inaugurale
	definite	inauguralul		inaugurala		inauguralii	inauguralele
genitive- dative	indefinite	inaugural		inaugurale		inaugurali	inaugurale
	definite	inauguralului		inauguralei		inauguralilor	inauguralelor

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inauɡuˈɾal/ [i.nau̯.ɣ̞uˈɾal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: i‧nau‧gu‧ral

Adjective

inaugural m or f (masculine and feminine plural inaugurales)

1. inaugural

Derived terms

• viaje inaugural

 

Further reading

• “inaugural”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10