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inceptive

US/ɪnˈsɛptɪv/

inceptive adjective: beginning; of or relating to inception.

Adjective

inceptive (comparative more inceptive, superlative most inceptive)

  1. Beginning; of or relating to inception.
  2. Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.
    • The inceptive aspect is often translated into English as "to start [doing something]".

Noun

inceptive (plural inceptives)

  1. An inceptive construction.

inceptive meaning in Tamil and Bengali

inceptive in Tamil

தொடக்கம் சார்ந்த

inceptive in Bengali

শুরু, সূচনা সংক্রান্ত, একটি ইনসেপ্টিভ, সূচনামূলক গঠন

Forms of inceptive

Adjective
comparativemore inceptive
superlativemost inceptive
Noun
pluralinceptives

Origin of inceptive

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

Words formed from inceptive

Questions about inceptive

What does inceptive mean?
Inceptive means beginning; of or relating to inception.
What is inceptive in Tamil?
Inceptive in Tamil is தொடக்கம் சார்ந்த. See Inceptive meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inceptive?
Inceptive can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce inceptive?
Inceptive is pronounced /ɪnˈsɛptɪv/ (US).

Words near inceptive in the dictionary

  1. inceptionally
  2. inceptions
  3. inceptisol
  4. inceptisolic
  5. inceptisols
  6. inceptive
  7. inceptively
  8. inceptives
  9. inceptor
  10. inceptors
  11. inceptosol

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inceptive (page history and authors); inceptive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inceptive (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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