incipiente

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipientem.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

incipiente m or f by sense (plural incipienti)

1. incipient

   Synonyms: incombente, imminente

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɪŋ.kɪ.piˈɛn.tɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [in̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.piˈɛn.te]

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

Further reading

• “incipiente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin incipientem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inθiˈpjente/ [ĩn̟.θiˈpjẽn̪.t̪e] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /insiˈpjente/ [ĩn.siˈpjẽn̪.t̪e] (Latin America, Philippines)
• 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 [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024