pioneering

English

Verb

pioneering

1. present participle and gerund of pioneer

Adjective

pioneering (not comparable)

1. Involving accomplishments or activities that have not been done before, or developing or using new methods or techniques.

   Norway as a polar nation would not have been what it is today without their tireless pioneering efforts.

   [(Can we date this quote by Roald Amundsen and Fridtjof Nansen and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)]

   • 2016 November 30, “IUPAC Announces the Names of the Elements 113, 115, 117, and 118”, in IUPAC‎^[1]:

     Lastly, and in line with the tradition of honoring a scientist, the name oganesson and symbol Og for element 118 was proposed by the collaborating teams of discoverers at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna (Russia) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (USA) and recognizes Professor Yuri Oganessian (born 1933) for his pioneering contributions to transactinoid elements research.

Derived terms

• pioneeringly

Translations

involving new ideas or methods

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 開拓性的 / 开拓性的 (kāituòxìng de), 開創性的 / 开创性的 (kāichuàngxìng de)

• Danish: banebrydende
• Dutch: wegbereidend, baanbrekend (nl), toonaangevend (nl)
• Faroese: slóðbrótandi
• Finnish: uraauurtava (fi), mullistava (fi)
• French: novateur (fr), pionnier (fr)
• German: bahnbrechend (de), wegweisend (de), richtungsweisend (de)
• Hungarian: úttörő (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: banebrytende

• Polish: pionierski (pl), nowatorski (pl)
• Spanish: pionero (es)
• Swedish: banbrytande (sv)

Noun

pioneering (uncountable)

1. The activity of the verb pioneer.
2. A scoutcraft skill that involves building structures using staves and knots.

Anagrams

• pigeonnier