trendsetter

See also: Trendsetter

English

Alternative forms

• trend-setter, trend setter

Etymology

Etymology tree

English trend

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti

Proto-Germanic *satjaną

Proto-West Germanic *sattjan

Old English settan

Middle English setten

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

Middle English settere

English setter

English trendsetter

From trend + setter.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛn(d)ˌsetə/

Noun

trendsetter (plural trendsetters)

1. Someone who starts a trend, or makes something more popular.

   Near-synonyms: influencer, thought leader

   • 2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 31:

     "We are very optimistic. Network Rail has certainly been the trendsetter. It has been the champion of this, because it spotted the merit.

Related terms

• trendsetting

Descendants

• → German: Trendsetter
• → Polish: trensetter
• → Russian: трендсе́ттер (trɛndsɛ́ttɛr)
• → Swedish: trendsetter

Translations

someone who starts a trend, or makes one more popular

• Finnish: edelläkävijä (fi), muotisuuntauksen luoja
• French: tendanceur (fr) m, lanceur de mode (fr)
• German: Trendsetter (de) m
• Japanese: トレンドセッター (torendosettā)
• Polish: trendsetter m, trendsetterka f
• Russian: законода́тель мо́ды m (zakonodátelʹ módy), законода́тельница мо́ды f (zakonodátelʹnica módy), трендсе́ттер (ru) m (trɛndsɛ́ttɛr)
• Spanish: iniciador de modas m, pionero de tónicas m, creador de tendencias m, establecedor de corrientes m
• Swedish: trendsättare (sv) c, trendskapare (sv) c

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

English trend

Proto-Indo-European *sed-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *sodéyeti

Proto-Germanic *satjaną

Proto-West Germanic *sattjan

Old English settan

Middle English setten

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

Middle English settere

English setter

English trendsetterubor.

Polish trendsetter

Unadapted borrowing from English trendsetter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /trɛntˈsɛ.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɛr
• Syllabification: trend‧se‧tter

Noun

trendsetter m pers (female equivalent trendsetterka)

1. trendsetter

Declension

Declension of trendsetter

	singular	plural
nominative	trendsetter	trendsetterzy/trendsettery (deprecative)
genitive	trendsettera	trendsetterów
dative	trendsetterowi	trendsetterom
accusative	trendsettera	trendsetterów
instrumental	trendsetterem	trendsetterami
locative	trendsetterze	trendsetterach
vocative	trendsetterze	trendsetterzy

Further reading

• “trendsetter”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “trendsetter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trendsetter.

Noun

trendsetter c

1. trendsetter

   Synonyms: trändskapare, trändsättare

   • 2016 May 2, Malin Randeniye, “Mat med Malin om det svenska fikat som internationell trend [Food with Malin about Swedish fika as an international trend]”, in SR P4:

     Vem hade kunnat tro att mormor skulle vara en global trendsetter?

     Who would have thought that grandma would become a global trendsetter?