inchoate

Significado (Inglês)

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.

Conceitos

incipiente

rudimentar

Sinônimos

incipient

inchoative

inceptive

rudimentary

imperfect

incomplete

initiate

sketchy

starting

begin

half baked

beginning

commence

deficient

elementary

Traduções

inchoatif

incipiente

incoativo

incipiente

yeni başlamış

gelişmemiş

ατελής

unausgereift

incoativo

unvollständig

ανοργάνωτος

μόλις αρχίσας

νεοφανής

débutant

inchoativ

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ɪnˈkəʊət/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Cognato com espanhol: 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”).