incipient

English

WOTD – 1 November 2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/
Rhymes: -ɪpiənt
Hyphenation: in‧cip‧i‧ent
Audio (US) (file)

Adjective

incipient (not comparable)

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.

Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.

Synonyms

(beginning): beginning, commencing, emerging, starting, inchoate, nascent

Translations

beginning, starting

Bulgarian: начален (bg) m (načalen)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 初期的 (chūqí de)
Dutch: beginnend (nl)
Finnish: alkava (fi), orastava (fi)
French: incipient (fr) m, incipiente (fr) f, commençant (fr)
German: einsetzend (de)

Japanese: 初期の (しょきの, shoki no)
Latin: incipiēns
Polish: początkowy (pl)
Portuguese: incipiente (pt)
Russian: начина́ющийся (ru) (načinájuščijsja), появля́ющийся (ru) (pojavljájuščijsja), зарожда́ющийся (ru) (zaroždájuščijsja), нача́льный (ru) (načálʹnyj)
Spanish: incipiente (es)
Turkish: başlangıç (tr) aşamasında, halinde, başlayan (medicine)

Noun

incipient (countable and uncountable, plural incipients)

(countable, obsolete) beginner
(uncountable, grammar) A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

Synonyms

(beginner): beginner, inceptor

Related terms

Anagrams

Picentini

Latin

Verb

incipient

third-person plural future active indicative of incipiō

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