innovation

English Online Dictionary. What means innovation‎? What does innovation mean?

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, from Late Latin innovatio, innovationem, from Latin innovo, innovatus. Morphologically innovate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnəˈveɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

innovation (countable and uncountable, plural innovations)

1. The act of innovating; the introduction of something new, in customs, rites, etc.
2. A change effected by innovating; a change in customs
3. Something new, and contrary to established customs, manners, or rites.
4. A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses.

Antonyms

• exnovation

Derived terms

• lexical innovation
• necessity is the mother of innovation

Descendants

• → Turkish: inovasyon

Translations

Danish

Pronunciation

Noun

innovation c (singular definite innovationen, plural indefinite innovationer)

1. innovation

Declension

Related terms

• innovativ
• innovatør
• innovere

Further reading

• “innovation” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “innovation” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French innovation, from Old French innovacion, borrowed from Late Latin innovātiōnem, from Latin innovāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃/, /in.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃/

Noun

innovation f (plural innovations)

1. innovation

Related terms

• innover
• innovateur

Further reading

• “innovation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Swedish

Noun

innovation c

1. innovation

Declension

Related terms

• innovativ
• innovatör
• innovera

See also

• uppfinning (“invention”)

Further reading

• innovation in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)