Start

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See also: start and START

English

A Sega Mega Drive controller, with the Start button in the middle.

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.

Noun

Start (plural Starts)

  1. A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
Quotations

Etymology 2

From Old English steort (“tail, promontory”).

Proper noun

Start

  1. A habitational surname from Old English

Anagrams

German

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Etymology

From English start.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtaʁt/ Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "standard" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
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  • Audio (Austria):(file)
  • Homophone: Staat (nonstandard)
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Start m (genitive Starts or Startes, plural Starts or Starte)

  1. start (beginning of a project)
  2. start (beginning point of a race)
  3. takeoff (begin of a flight)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Start” in Duden online
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