incipient

adj.
Beginning to exist or appear: detecting incipient tumors; an incipient personnel problem.

[Latin incipiēns, incipient-, present participle of incipere, to begin. See inception.]

incipiency in·cip'i·en·cy or in·cip'i·ence n.
incipiently in·cip'i·ent·ly adv.

adjective

Of, relating to, or occurring at the start of something: beginning, inceptive, initial, initiatory, introductory, leadoff. See start/end.

adj

Definition: developing
Antonyms: developed, full-blown, grown, mature

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(insip'ē-ent)
adj

Beginning, initial, commencing.

Beginning to exist; coming into existence.

IN BRIEF: adj. - Only partly in existence.

Tutor's tip: This word was used in the 2006 Scripps National Spelling Bee finals.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - begyndende, spirende, gryende

Nederlands (Dutch)
beginnend, tevoorschijn komend

Français (French)
adj. - à ses débuts, naissant

Deutsch (German)
adj. - anfänglich, einsetzend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αρχόμενος

Italiano (Italian)
incipiente

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - incipiente

Русский (Russian)
зарождающийся

Español (Spanish)
adj. - incipiente, naciente

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - begynnande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
起初的, 初期的, 发端的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 起初的, 初期的, 發端的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 시초의, 발단의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 始まりの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) أولي, ابتدائي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בשלב התחלתי, מתחיל‬

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