inchoate

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Adj

1. Recently started but not fully formed yet; just begun; only elementary or immature.
2. Chaotic, disordered, confused; also, incoherent, rambling.
3. Of a crime, imposing criminal liability for an incompleted act.

Noun

A beginning, an immature start.

Verb

1. (transitive) To begin or start (something).
2. (transitive) To cause or bring about. In the field of criminology, to encourage, assist, conspire, aid and abet, incite, etc.
3. (intransitive) To make a start.

Έννοιες

ατελής

μόλις αρχίσας

ανοργάνωτος

νεοφανής

Συνώνυμα

incipient

inchoative

inceptive

rudimentary

imperfect

incomplete

initiate

sketchy

starting

begin

half baked

beginning

commence

deficient

elementary

Μεταφράσεις

inchoatif

incipiente

incipiente

incoativo

incipiente

yeni başlamış

incoativo

unausgereift

gelişmemiş

unvollständig

commençant

inchoativ

embryonnaire

naissant

anfangend

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ɪnˈkəʊət/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Συγγενές με Ισπανικά: incoar

In summary

The adjective is first attested in 1534, the verb circa 1631; borrowed from Latin incohātus (“begun, unfinished”), perfect passive participle of incohō (“to begin”), see -ate (etymology 1, 2 and 3). Cognate with Spanish incoar (“to initiate, commence, begin”).