starter

See also: Starter

English

Etymology

start +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɑːtə(ɹ)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈstɑɹtɚ/, [ˈstɑɹɾɚ]
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

starter (plural starters)

  1. Someone who starts something.
    a starter on a journey
    1. The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag
    2. (baseball) A starting pitcher.
  2. Something that starts something.
    It's small, but it's a good starter house.
    1. An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine
    2. A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp
    3. A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process
  3. The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
  4. (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
  5. A dog that rouses game.
  6. (historical, Britain) A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.

Synonyms

Translations
starting pitcher — see starting pitcher

Anagrams

Danish

Noun

starter c (singular definite starteren, plural indefinite startere)

  1. starter

Inflection
Declension of starter
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative starter starteren startere starterne
genitive starters starterens starteres starternes

Noun

starter c

  1. plural indefinite of start

Verb

starter

  1. present of starte

Dutch

Etymology

From starten +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑr.tər/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: star‧ter

Noun

starter m (plural starters, diminutive startertje n)

  1. starter, one who starts; in particular
    1. first-time home buyer
    2. start-up

French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English starter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /staʁ.tœʁ/

Noun

starter m (plural starters)

  1. starter (person or device)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English start.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /staʁ.te/

Verb

starter

  1. (Canada) Synonym of démarrer
Conjugation
Conjugation of starter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle startant
/staʁ.tɑ̃/
past participle starté
/staʁ.te/
infinitive
simple starter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple startant
/staʁ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present starte
/staʁt/		 startes
/staʁt/		 starte
/staʁt/		 startons
/staʁ.tɔ̃/		 startez
/staʁ.te/		 startent
/staʁt/
imperfect startais
/staʁ.tɛ/		 startais
/staʁ.tɛ/		 startait
/staʁ.tɛ/		 startions
/staʁ.tjɔ̃/		 startiez
/staʁ.tje/		 startaient
/staʁ.tɛ/
past historic2 startai
/staʁ.te/		 startas
/staʁ.ta/		 starta
/staʁ.ta/		 startâmes
/staʁ.tam/		 startâtes
/staʁ.tat/		 startèrent
/staʁ.tɛʁ/
future starterai
/staʁ.tə.ʁe/		 starteras
/staʁ.tə.ʁa/		 startera
/staʁ.tə.ʁa/		 starterons
/staʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/		 starterez
/staʁ.tə.ʁe/		 starteront
/staʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional starterais
/staʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 starterais
/staʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 starterait
/staʁ.tə.ʁɛ/		 starterions
/staʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 starteriez
/staʁ.tə.ʁje/		 starteraient
/staʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present starte
/staʁt/		 startes
/staʁt/		 starte
/staʁt/		 startions
/staʁ.tjɔ̃/		 startiez
/staʁ.tje/		 startent
/staʁt/
imperfect2 startasse
/staʁ.tas/		 startasses
/staʁ.tas/		 startât
/staʁ.ta/		 startassions
/staʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 startassiez
/staʁ.ta.sje/		 startassent
/staʁ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — starte
/staʁt/		 — startons
/staʁ.tɔ̃/		 startez
/staʁ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English starter.

Noun

starter m (invariable)

  1. starter (sports; car engine)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

starter m

  1. indefinite plural of start

Etymology 2

From starte +‎ -er

Noun

starter m (definite singular starteren, indefinite plural startere, definite plural starterne)

  1. a starter (person who gives a starting signal)
  2. a starter (starter motor)
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Verb

starter

  1. present of starte

See also

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English starter.

Noun

starter m (Cyrillic spelling стартер)

  1. A device that starts an engine or a machine.

Synonyms

Swedish

Noun

starter

  1. indefinite plural of start
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