self-starter
English
noun
Definitions
- A person who shows initiative and resourcefulness.
- A mechanism (usually one operated by electricity, compressed air, a spring, or an explosive gas), attached to an internal-combustion engine, as on an automobile, and used as a means of starting the engine without cranking it by hand.
Etymology
Prefix from English starter.
Origin
English
starter
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bungstarter English
- dynostarter English
- heart starter English
- non-starter English
- nonstarter English
- start English
- starter English
- starter Italian
- starter French
- стартер Russian
- стартёр Russian
- starter Serbo-Croatian