precursor

English

Alternative forms

• præcursor (chiefly obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin praecursor (“forerunner”)

Noun

precursor (plural precursors)

1. That which precurses, a forerunner, a predecessor, an indicator of approaching events.
2. (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.

Translations

forerunner, predecessor

Czech: předchůdce (cs) m. Dutch: voorloper (nl) m. French: précurseur (fr) m. German: Vorzeichen

Hungarian: előfutár (hu) Japanese: 前兆 (ぜんちょう, zenchō), 先駆者 (せんくしゃ, senkusha) Polish: prekursor (pl) m.

chemical compound

Finnish: esiaste (fi) French: réactif (fr) m., précurseur (fr) m. German: Edukt (de)

Hungarian: prekurzor (hu) Japanese: 前駆物質 (ぜんくぶっしつ, zenku-busshitu), 前駆体 (ぜんくたい, zenku-tai)

Anagrams

• procurers

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Spanish

Adjective

precursor m. (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)

1. precursory, preceding

Noun

precursor m. (plural precursores, feminine singular precursora, feminine plural precursoras)

1. precursor