inceptive

Meaning

Adj

1. Beginning; of or relating to inception.
2. Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.

Noun

An inceptive construction.

Synonyms

inchoative

initial

inchoate

get

inaugural

incipient

initialization

initiatory

introductory

original

originative

primal

primary

primitive

primordial

pristine

become

begin to do something

beginning

commencing

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪnˈsɛptɪv/

Etymology

Borrowed from French inceptif, from the Latin inceptīvus, from incipiō (“I begin”).