English Explanatory Dictionary

incipient

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
noun
  1. A beginner.
  2. A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/ En-us-incipient.ogg en-au-incipient.ogg

Word forms

incipient incipients

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipiēns, present participle of incipiō (“begin”).

Synonyms

beginning commencing emerging starting inchoate nascent beginner inceptor

Related words

inception incipience incipiency incipiently incipit
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