different between inaugural vs maiden

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

inaugural (not comparable)

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

     The University of Cape Town hosts an inaugural lecture by Professor Ian Scott […] on Wednesday at 8pm.
2. Marking the beginning of an operation, venture, etc.

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

Translations

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, Teddy Davis, ABC News on March 13, 2009.

     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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Adjective

inaugural m or f (plural inaugurais, comparable)

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French inaugural

Adjective

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

1. inaugural

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inau?u??al/, [i.nau?.??u??al]

Adjective

inaugural (plural inaugurales)

1. inaugural

Derived terms

English

Etymology

From Middle English mayden, meiden, from Old English mæ?den (“maiden, virgin, girl, maid, servant”), diminutive of mæ?þ, mæ?eþ (“maiden, virgin, girl, woman, wife”) via diminutive suffix -en, from Proto-West Germanic *magaþ, from Proto-Germanic *magaþs (“maid, virgin”). Equivalent to maid +? -en.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?me?d?n/
• Rhymes: -e?d?n

Noun

maiden (plural maidens)

1. (now chiefly literary) A girl or an unmarried young woman.
2. A female virgin.

3. (obsolete, dialectal) A man with no experience of sex, especially because of deliberate abstention.
4. A maidservant.
5. A clothes maiden.
6. (now rare) An unmarried woman, especially an older woman.
7. (horse racing) A racehorse without any victory, i.e. one having a "virgin record".
8. (horse racing) A horse race in which all starters are maidens.
9. (historical) A Scottish counterpart of the guillotine.

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10. (cricket) A maiden over.
11. (obsolete) A machine for washing linen.
12. (Wicca) Alternative form of Maiden

Synonyms

• (unmarried (young) female): bachelorette

Derived terms

Related terms

• maid

Translations

Adjective

maiden (not comparable)

1. Virgin.
   • 1857-1859, William Makepeace Thackeray, The Virginians

     a surprising old maiden lady
2. (of a female, human or animal) Without offspring.
3. Like or befitting a (young, unmarried) maiden.
4. (figuratively) Being a first occurrence or event.
5. (cricket) Being an over in which no runs are scored.
6. Fresh; innocent; unpolluted; pure; hitherto unused.
7. (of a fortress) Never having been captured or violated.

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8. (of a tree) Grown from seed and never pruned

Synonyms

• maidenly

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Damien, Eidman, Manide, Median, Medina, Midean, aidmen, demain, maenid, mained, median, medina, meidan

Finnish

Alternative forms

• maitten

Noun

maiden

1. genitive plural of maa

Anagrams

• median