Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

incipient

/ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: in-cip-i-ent
IPA: /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.

noun

Obsolete

noun

A verb tense of the Hebrew language.

Example Sentences

"After 500 years, incipient towns appeared."
"Employees shall be familiarized with the use of a fire extinguisher in incipient stage fire fighting."
"How many more places might have been distributed by her incipient majesty it is impossible to say, for the thread of her meditation was broken by the sudden termination of the path."
"It need not be supposed that all varieties or incipient species necessarily attain the rank of species."
"It may even be that because of incipient satiation, the shares of the marginal dollar display consumption propensities that are the reverse of the ones exhibited by the average dollar."
"Aislyn presses back against her house’s front door, panting a little with an incipient panic attack."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: *keh₂p-, incipiēns

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/
British English: /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

incipients (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

inception incipience incipiency incipiently incipit

Synonyms

beginning commencing emerging starting inchoate nascent embryonic beginner inceptor

Homonyms

insipient

Rhymes With

recipient percipient insipient

Questions

How do you pronounce incipient?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈsɪp.i.ənt/.
What does incipient mean?: In an initial stage; beginning, starting, coming into existence.
Where does incipient come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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