invitation

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French invitation, from Latin invitatio.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɪn.vɪˈteɪ.ʃən/, /ɪn.vɪˈteɪ.ʃn̩/
Audio (US)
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Rhymes: -eɪʃən

NounEdit

invitation (countable and uncountable, plural invitations)

The act of inviting; solicitation; the requesting of a person's company.
an invitation to a party, to a dinner, or to visit a friend
- 1907, Robert William Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
  
  At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
A document or verbal message conveying an invitation.
We need to print off fifty invitations for the party.
Allurement; enticement.
(fencing) A line that is intentionally left open to encourage the opponent to attack.
(Christianity) The brief exhortation introducing the confession in the Anglican communion-office.

SynonymsEdit

(solicitation): invitement (obsolete)

TranslationsEdit

act of inviting

Arabic: دَعْوَة‎ f (daʿwa)
Armenian: հրավեր (hy) (hraver)
Basque: gonbidapen, gonbit
Belarusian: запрашэ́нне n (zaprašénnje)
Bulgarian: покана (bg) f (pokana)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 邀請 (jiu¹ cing²)

Mandarin: 邀请 (zh), 邀请 (zh) (yāoqǐng)
Czech: pozvání (cs) n
Dutch: uitnodiging (nl) f
Finnish: kutsu (fi), kutsuminen (fi)
French: invitation (fr) f
German: Einladung (de) f, Einladen n
Gothic: 𐌻𐌰𐌸𐍉𐌽𐍃 f (laþōns)
Greek: πρόσκληση (el) f (prósklisi), κάλεσμα (el) n (kálesma)
Ancient: πρόσκλησις f (prósklēsis)
Hebrew: הזמנה‎ f (hazmana)
Hindi: निमंत्रण (hi) (nimantraṇ)
Hungarian: meghívás (hu)
Italian: invito (it) m
Japanese: 招待 (ja) (しょうたい, shōtai), 招き (まねき, maneki), 誘い (さそい, sasoi)
Kapampangan: agkat

Korean: 초대 (ko) (chodae)
Latin: invito, advoco, invitatio
Malay: jemputan
Maori: pōwhiritanga
Ngazidja Comorian: mlaliko class 3/4
Norwegian:
Bokmål: invitasjon (no) m

Nynorsk: invitasjon m
Old English: laðung f
Old Norse: lǫð f
Polish: zaproszenie (pl) n
Portuguese: convite (pt) m, invitação (pt) f
Russian: приглаше́ние (ru) n (priglašénije)
Scottish Gaelic: cuireadh m
Spanish: invitación (es) f
Swedish: inbjudning (sv) c
Tagalog: aya
Ukrainian: запро́шення n (zapróšennja)
Vietnamese: lời mời

document or spoken words conveying the message by which one is invited

Armenian: հրավիրատոմս (hy) (hraviratoms)
Bulgarian: покана (bg) f (pokana)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 柬帖 (jiǎntiě), 帖子 (zh) (tiězi)
Dutch: uitnodiging (nl) f
Finnish: kutsu (fi)
French: invitation (fr) f
German: Einladung (de) f
Greek: πρόσκληση (el) f (prósklisi)
Hebrew: הזמנה‎ f (hazmana)
Hungarian: meghívó (hu)
Interlingua: invitation

Japanese: 招待状 (しょうたいじょう, shōtaijō)
Maori: pōwhiri
Polish: zaproszenie (pl) n
Portuguese: convite (pt) m
Russian: приглаше́ние (ru) n (priglašénije)
Scottish Gaelic: cuireadh m
Slovene: vabilo (sl) n
Spanish: invitación (es) f
Swedish: inbjudan (sv) c
Vietnamese: giấy mời

allurement; enticement

Arabic: إِغْرَاء‎ m (ʾiḡrāʾ)
Bulgarian: съблазън (bg) f (sǎblazǎn)
Finnish: kutsu (fi), houkutus (fi)
Greek: δελεασμός (el) m (deleasmós)

Hungarian: felhívás (hu)
Russian: приглаше́ние (ru) n (priglašénije), зама́нивание (ru) n (zamánivanije), завлека́ние (ru) n (zavlekánije)
Scottish Gaelic: tàladh m

fencing: line left open

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