adj
Meaning 1
Initial; as yet unformed; inchoate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inchoative
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
UK: /ɪnˈkəʊ.ə.tɪv/
-
Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
US: /ɪnˈkoʊətɪv/
adj
Meaning 2
Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
In Catalan, being a member of a class of third-conjugation verbs (e.g. servir) in which a syllable -eix- (or otherwise depending on dialect), derived from the Latin inchoative but now without meaning, is inserted into certain conjugations (e.g. serveixo).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
An inchoative construction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
beginning to develop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- inchoative stages
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 6
aspect with regard to the beginning of the action of the verb
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inchoative aspect
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: aspect
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin inchoātīvus, formed by metathesis from incohātīvus, from incohō (“to begin”). Compare French inchoatif.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: inchoatief — as yet unformed
- Finnish: aloitteleva — as yet unformed
- Finnish: alku- — as yet unformed
- German: inchoativ — as yet unformed
- Latin: inchoativus — as yet unformed
- Spanish: incoativo — as yet unformed
- Dutch: inchoatief — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
- Finnish: inkoatiivinen — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
- Greek: αρκτικός (arktikós) — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
- Greek: εναρκτικός (enarktikós) — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
- Hungarian: inchoatív — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
- Japanese: 起動相 (kidōsō) — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
- Norwegian Bokmål: inkoativ — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
- Portuguese: incoativo — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin
- Spanish: incoativo — grammar: aspectually indicating that an action is to begin