engagement

See also: Engagement

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈɡeɪd͡ʒ.mənt/
• Hyphenation: en‧gage‧ment

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EtymologyEdit

French engagement.

NounEdit

engagement (plural engagements)

1. (countable) an appointment, especially to speak or perform

   The lecturer has three speaking engagements this week.

2. (uncountable) connection or attachment

   Check the gears for full engagement before turning the handle.

3. (countable or uncountable) the period of time when marriage is planned or promised

   We are enjoying a long engagement, but haven't yet set a date.

4. In any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities.

   The engagement resulted in many casualties.

5. (fencing) the point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades, or to make an effective attack during an encounter.

   After engagement it quickly became clear which of the fencers was going to prevail.

Derived termsEdit

• engagement ring
• disengagement

Related termsEdit

• engage

TranslationsEdit

an appointment, especially to speak or perform

• Bulgarian: ангажимент (bg) m (angažiment)
• German: Verpflichtung (de) f
• Italian: impegno (it)

• Portuguese: compromisso (pt) m
• Romanian: angajament (ro) n
• Russian: ангажеме́нт (ru) m (angažemént)

connection or attachment

• German: Bindung (de) f

• Russian: сцепле́ние (ru) n (sceplénije), зацепле́ние (ru) n (zaceplénije)

period of time when marriage is planned or promised

• Arabic: خِطْبَة f (ḵiṭba), خُطُوبَة f (ḵuṭūba)
• Aromanian: isozmã f, arãvoanã f
• Bulgarian: годеж m (godež)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 婚約 (zh), 婚约 (zh) (hūnyuē), 訂婚 (zh), 订婚 (zh) (dìnghūn)

• Czech: zasnoubení n
• Danish: forlovelse (da) c
• Esperanto: fianĉiĝo
• Finnish: kihlausaika, kihlaus (fi)
• French: fiançailles (fr) f pl
• German: Verlobung (de) f, Verlöbnis n
• Greek: μνηστεία (el) f (mnisteía), αρραβώνας (el) m (arravónas)
• Hebrew: אֵרוּסִין / אירוסים (he) (erusim)
• Hungarian: eljegyzés (hu)
• Italian: fidanzamento (it) m
• Japanese: 婚約 (ja) (こんやく, kon'yaku)

• Korean: 약혼 (ko) (yakhon) (約婚 (ko)), 혼약 (ko) (honyak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: forlovelse (no) m

• Polish: zaręczyny (pl) f pl
• Portuguese: noivado (pt) m
• Romanian: logodire (ro) f, logodnă (ro) f
• Russian: помо́лвка (ru) f (pomólvka), обруче́ние (ru) n (obručénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: zaruke (sh) f pl

  Cyrillic: веридба f

  Roman: veridba (sh) f

• Spanish: noviazgo (es) m
• Swedish: förlovning (sv) c
• Tagalog: talimbuhol
• Turkish: nişan (tr)
• Vietnamese: sự đính hôn (vi) (sự + 訂婚), hôn ước (vi) (婚約)

in any situation of conflict, an actual instance of active hostilities

• Bulgarian: сраже́ние (bg) n (sražénie)
• German: Gefecht (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: trefning f

• Portuguese: combate (pt) m
• Russian: сраже́ние (ru) n (sražénije), сты́чка (ru) n (stýčka), схва́тка (ru) f (sxvátka), бой (ru) m (boj)

the point at which the fencers are close enough to join blades

• Russian: соедине́ние (ru) n (sojedinénije)

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Translations to be checked

• Norman: ^{(please verify)} engagement m (Jersey)

See alsoEdit

• battle
• campaign

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

engager +‎ -ment.

NounEdit

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. commitment
2. engagement

Further readingEdit

• “engagement” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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NormanEdit

EtymologyEdit

NounEdit

engagement m (plural engagements)

1. (Jersey) engagement