fledgeling vs starter what difference
what is difference between fledgeling and starter
English
Noun
fledgeling (plural fledgelings)
- Alternative spelling of fledgling
English
Etymology
start + -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈstɑːtə(ɹ)/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈstɑɹtɚ/, [ˈstɑɹɾɚ]
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)
Noun
starter (plural starters)
- Someone who starts, or who starts something.
- 1982, Hugh Stephenson, Claret and Chips: The Rise of the SDP (page 158)
- The most charitable view taken of them by their colleagues was that, as late starters on the journey away from their Labour past, they had not fully understood that the SDP intended to be something new and not just a Mark II Labour Party […]
- The person who starts a race by firing a gun or waving a flag.
- (baseball) A starting pitcher.
- (golf) A person employed to take new players to the first tee at suitable intervals, and to provide them with caddies and equipment.
- 1982, Hugh Stephenson, Claret and Chips: The Rise of the SDP (page 158)
- Something that starts something.
- An electric motor that starts an internal combustion engine.
- A device that initiates the flow of high voltage electricity in a fluorescent lamp.
- A yeast culture used to start a fermentation process.
- Something with which to begin; a first property, etc.
- The first course of a meal, consisting of a small, usually savoury, dish.
- Synonyms: entrée, hors d’oeuvre, appetizer
- Coordinate terms: main, main course, dessert
- (team sports) A player in the lineup of players that a team fields at the beginning of a game.
- A dog that rouses game.
- (historical, Britain) A short length of rope formerly used for casual chastisement in the Navy.
- (rail transport) A railway signal controlling the starting of trains from a station or some other location, more fully called a starter signal or starting signal.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- “starter”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- Tarters, ratters, restart
Danish
Noun
starter c (singular definite starteren, plural indefinite startere)
- starter
Inflection
Noun
starter c
- indefinite plural of start
Verb
starter
- present of starte
Dutch
Etymology
From starten + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈstɑr.tər/
- Hyphenation: star‧ter
Noun
starter m (plural starters, diminutive startertje n)
- starter, one who starts; in particular
- first-time home buyer
- start-up
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English starter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /staʁ.tœʁ/
Noun
starter m (plural starters)
- starter (person or device)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English start.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /staʁ.te/
Verb
starter
- (Canada) Synonym of démarrer
Conjugation
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English starter.
Noun
starter m (invariable)
- starter (sports; car engine)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
Noun
starter m
- indefinite plural of start
Etymology 2
From starte + -er
Noun
starter m (definite singular starteren, indefinite plural startere, definite plural starterne)
- a starter (person who gives a starting signal)
- a starter (starter motor)
Synonyms
- startmotor
Etymology 3
Verb
starter
- present tense of starte
See also
- startar (Nynorsk)
References
- “starter” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
From French starter.
Noun
starter n (plural starteri)
- starter
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English starter.
Noun
starter m (Cyrillic spelling стартер)
- A device that starts an engine or a machine.
Synonyms
- anlaser
Swedish
Noun
starter
- indefinite plural of start
Anagrams
- rastret, stretar
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