inauguration
French, noun/i.no.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
inauguration is spelled I-N-A-U-G-U-R-A-T-I-O-N (12 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inauguration is a French feminine noun meaning “inauguration” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action d’inaugurer”.
What does inauguration mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinauguration
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action d’inaugurer. 2. Sacre ; couronnement d'un souverain. 3. Intronisation.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of inauguration
- inaugurations plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inauguration?
- /i.no.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/
- \i.no.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
- \i.nɔ.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to inauguration
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inauguration in French?
inauguration appears 8.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).