start
English
/stɑːt/, /stɑɹt/
noun
Definitions
- The beginning of an activity.
- A sudden involuntary movement.
- The beginning point of a race, a board game, etc.
- An appearance in a sports game, horserace, etc., from the beginning of the event.
- (horticulture) A young plant germinated in a pot to be transplanted later.
- An initial advantage over somebody else; a head start.
Etymology
Derived from Middle English stert.
Origin
Middle English
stert
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- astart English
- autostart English
- black English
- blackstart English
- box English
- bungstarter English
- dead English
- deadstart English
- dynostarter English
- forestart English
- heart starter English
- kick English
- kick start English
- line English
- misstart English
- multi-start English
- non-starter English
- nonstarter English
- outstart English
- prestart English
- quick English
- quickstart English
- red English
- redstart English
- rerestart English
- restart English
- restartable English
- restarter English
- scum English
- self-starter English
- startable English
- startbox English
- starter English
- startest English
- starteth English
- startful English
- startfulness English
- startish English
- startle English
- startlement English
- startler English
- startline English
- startlish English
- startness English
- startscum English
- startscummer English
- startword English
- tostart English
- unstart English
- unstartable English
- upstart English
- upstartle English
- white English
- whitestart English
- word English
- jalkastartti Finnish
- startata Finnish
- starttaus Finnish
- startti Finnish
- starttimoottori Finnish
- starttipistooli Finnish
- starttiraha Finnish
- sähköstartti Finnish
- starten German
- startklar German
- starter Italian
- doorstart Dutch, Flemish
- start Dutch, Flemish
- startbaan Dutch, Flemish
- starten Dutch, Flemish
- startpijn Dutch, Flemish
- startpunt Dutch, Flemish
- starter French
- старт Russian
- стартер Russian
- стартовый Russian
- стартёр Russian
- omstart Norwegian Bokmål
- start Norwegian Bokmål
- starte Norwegian Bokmål
- startmotor Norwegian Bokmål
- startsted Norwegian Bokmål
- masstart Swedish
- start Swedish
- startbana Swedish
- startsnöre Swedish
- tjuvstart Swedish
- スタート Japanese
- restart Polish
- start Polish
- startować Polish
- omstart Norwegian Nynorsk
- start Norwegian Nynorsk
- starta Norwegian Nynorsk
- asterten Middle English
- startlen Middle English
- stert Middle English
- tosterten Middle English
- upstarten Middle English
- start Danish
- startbane Danish
- starte Danish
- startkomma Danish
- styrte Danish
- restartovat Czech
- start Czech
- starter Serbo-Croatian
- sturta Icelandic
- start Turkish
- r'stèrter Norman
- stèrter Norman
- storten Middle Low German
- störten Middle Low German
- štart Slovak
- start Crimean Tatar
- box
- red
- dead
- scum
- kick
- word
- line
- white
- black
- quick
- astart
- unstart
- startle
- tostart
- starter
- restart
- upstart
- starteth
- prestart
- startbox
- misstart
- startish
- startler
- redstart
- startest
- startful
- outstart
- rerestart
- startscum
- startline
- restarter
- upstartle
- deadstart
- autostart
- startword
- forestart
- startable
- startlish
- startness
- blackstart
- kick start
- whitestart
- nonstarter
- quickstart
- bungstarter
- restartable
- dynostarter
- multi-start
- non-starter
- startlement
- unstartable
- startfulness
- startscummer
- self-starter
- heart starter