incipient
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -ɪpiənt
- Hyphenation: in‧cip‧i‧ent
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Adjective
incipient (not comparable)
- In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
- 1834, Letitia Elizabeth Landon, Francesca Carrara, volume 1, page 141:
- How many more places might have been distributed by her incipient majesty it is impossible to say, for the thread of her meditation was broken by the sudden termination of the path.
- 2020, N. K. Jemisin, The City We Became, Orbit, page 405:
- Aislyn presses back against her house’s front door, panting a little with an incipient panic attack.
- After 500 years, incipient towns appeared.
- Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting.
Synonyms
Translations
beginning, starting
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Noun
incipient (countable and uncountable, plural incipients)
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Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) incipient
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin incipiens or Italian incipiente.
Adjective
incipient m or n (feminine singular incipientă, masculine plural incipienți, feminine and neuter plural incipiente)
Declension
Declension of incipient
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | incipient | incipientă | incipienți | incipiente | ||
definite | incipientul | incipienta | incipienții | incipientele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | incipient | incipiente | incipienți | incipiente | ||
definite | incipientului | incipientei | incipienților | incipientelor |
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