incipiente

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in.t͡ʃiˈpjɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: in‧ci‧pièn‧te

Adjective

incipiente (plural incipienti)

1. incipient

   Synonyms: incombente, imminente

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.ki.piˈen.te/, [ɪŋkɪpiˈɛn̪t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.t͡ʃi.piˈen.te/, [in̠ʲt͡ʃipiˈɛn̪t̪e]

Participle

incipiente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of incipiēns

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipientem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.si.pɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.siˈpjẽ.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈẽ.t͡ʃi/ [ĩ.si.pɪˈẽ.t͡ʃi], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.siˈpjẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.si.piˈẽ.te/ [ĩ.si.pɪˈẽ.te], (faster pronunciation) /ĩ.siˈpjẽ.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.siˈpjẽ.tɨ/

• Homophone: insipiente

Adjective

incipiente m or f (plural incipientes, not comparable)

1. incipient; beginning; starting

   Synonyms: principiante, inicial

   Antonym: final

Related terms

• princípio

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /inθiˈpjente/ [ĩn̟.θiˈpjẽn̪.t̪e]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /insiˈpjente/ [ĩn.siˈpjẽn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ente
• Syllabification: in‧ci‧pien‧te

Adjective

incipiente m or f (masculine and feminine plural incipientes)

1. beginning

Derived terms

• incipientemente

 

Further reading

• “incipiente”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014