inaugural en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪˈnɔːɡjərəl/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
- /ɪˈnɔɡəɹəl/ without the cot–caught merger
- /ɪˈnɔːɡjʊrəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /əˈnoːɡɹəl/ (New-Zealand)
- /ɪˈnɔːɡɾəl/ (Wales)
- /ɪˈnɑɡɹəl/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ɪˈnoːɡɹəl/ (Australia, British, Southern, Standard)
- /ɪˈnɑɡəɹəl/ (cot-caught-merger)
- /ɪˈnɔɡɾəl/ (Scotland)
- /ɪˈnɔɡəɾəl/ (Scotland)
- /əˈnoːɡəɹəl/ (New-Zealand)
- /ɪˈnɔːɡəɾəl/ (Wales)
- /ɪˈnɔɡɹəl/ without the cot–caught merger
- /ɪˈnɔːɡjərəl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From French inaugural, from inaugurer, from Latin augurare (“to take omens”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of inauguration; as in a speech or lecture by the person being inaugurated.
The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott […] on Wednesday at 8pm.
2008 August 21, Cape Times, page 21: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.
2014 April 12, Michael Inwood, “Martin Heidegger: the philosopher who fell for Hitler [print version: Hitler's philosopher]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), London, archived from the original on 13 Sep 2014, page R11:
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(not-comparable) Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.
2009 was the inaugural season for New York Yankees' new stadium.
Canada’s men’s hockey team defeated the USA 3-2 in overtime Thursday to capture the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off Championship as the NHL put on a show in the first edition of this midseason international tournament.
2025 February 20, Homero De la Fuente, “Canada beats Team USA in overtime thriller to win hockey’s first-ever 4 Nations Face-off championship”, in CNN:
Deriveds
inaugurally · preinaugural · inaugural address · postinaugural
Translations (20)
cy agoriadol (of inauguration) · tr açılış (marking a beginning) · ca inaugural (marking a beginning) · es inaugural (of inauguration) · fi vihkiäiset (of inauguration) · es inaugural (marking a beginning) · de Antritts- (of inauguration) · ca inaugural (of inauguration) · gl inaugural (of inauguration) · cmn 首次的 (marking a beginning) · fr inaugural (marking a beginning) · it inaugurale (of inauguration) · de Eröffnungs- (marking a beginning) · bg встъпи́телен (marking a beginning) · fr inaugural (of inauguration) · cmn 就任的 (of inauguration) · fi ensi- (marking a beginning) · fi virkaanastujaiset (of inauguration) · fi ensimmäinen (marking a beginning) · pt inaugural (of inauguration)