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incipit

/ˈɪnsɪpɪt/

incipit noun: the first few words of a text, especially its first line.

Noun

incipit (plural incipits)

  1. The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
    Antonyms:
    explicit
  2. The first few bars of a piece of music.

incipit meaning in Tamil and Bengali

incipit in Tamil

தோற்றுவாய்

incipit in Bengali

টেক্সটের প্রথম কয়েকটি শব্দ

Antonyms of incipit

Forms of incipit

pluralincipits

Origin of incipit

Borrowed from Latin incipit (“it begins”).

Questions about incipit

What does incipit mean?
Incipit means the first few words of a text, especially its first line.
What is incipit in Tamil?
Incipit in Tamil is தோற்றுவாய். See Incipit meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is incipit?
Incipit is a noun.
How do you pronounce incipit?
Incipit is pronounced /ˈɪnsɪpɪt/.
What is the plural of incipit?
The plural of incipit is incipits.

Words near incipit in the dictionary

  1. incipiencies
  2. incipiency
  3. incipient
  4. incipiently
  5. incipients
  6. incipit
  7. incipits
  8. incircle
  9. incircled
  10. incircles
  11. incircling

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Adapted from Wiktionary: incipit (page history and authors); incipit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); incipit (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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