starter

English

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈstɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈstɑɹtɚ/, [ˈstɑɹɾɚ]

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Etymology

start +‎ -er

Noun

starter (plural starters)

1. Someone who starts something.

   a starter on a journey

   1. The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag
   2. (baseball) A starting pitcher.
2. Something that starts something.
   1. An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine
   2. A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp
   3. A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process
3. The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
4. (sports) A player in the starting lineup
5. A dog that rouses game.

Synonyms

• (first course of a meal) hors d’oeuvre

Translations

first course of a meal

• Czech: předkrm (cs)
• Danish: forret (da) c
• Dutch: voorgerecht (nl) n, voorafje (nl) n
• Finnish: alkupala (fi)
• French: hors d'œuvre (fr) m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Vorspeise (de) f, Vorgericht (de) n

• Greek: ορεκτικό (el) (orektikó) n
• Italian: antipasto (it) m
• Portuguese: entradas (pt) f pl
• Russian: первое блюдо (ru) (pérvoje bljúdo) n
• Spanish: entrada (es) f, entrante (es) m
• Swedish: förrätt (sv) c, entré (sv) c, entrérätt (sv) c

electric motor that starts an internal-combustion engine

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 起動機 (cmn), 启动机 (cmn) (qǐdòngjī), 啟動器 (cmn), 启动器 (cmn) (qǐdòngqì)

• Czech: startér (cs)
• Finnish: käynnistysmoottori (fi), starttimoottori (fi), startti (fi)
• French: starter (fr) m

• German: Anlasser (de) m, Starter (de) m
• Greek: εκκινητήρας (el) (ekinitíras) m
• Japanese: スターター (ja) (sutātā)
• Romanian: demaror (ro) n
• Russian: стартер (ru) (stárter) m, стартёр (ru) (startjór) m
• Spanish: estárter (es) m, cebador (es) m (Argentina)

Anagrams

• ratters
• restart

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Danish

Noun

starter c (singular definite starteren, plural indefinite startere)

1. starter

Inflection

    Inflection of starter

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	starter	starteren	startere	starterne
genitive	starters	starterens	starteres	starternes

Noun

starter c

1. plural indefinite of start

Verb

starter

1. present of starte

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

starter m (invariable)

1. starter (sports; car engine)

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

starter m (Cyrillic spelling стартер)

1. A device that starts an engine or a machine.

Synonyms

• anlaser

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Swedish

Noun

starter

1. indefinite plural of start