precursor
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːˌkɜː.sə(ɹ)/, /pɹɪˈkɜː.sə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) Audio (Brisbane): (file)
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹiːˌkɜɹ.səɹ/, /pɹɪˈkɜɹ.səɹ/
Etymology 1
[edit]Borrowed from Latin praecursor (“forerunner”). See precurse, and refer to -or.
Alternative forms
[edit]- (obsolete) præcursor
Noun
[edit]precursor (plural precursors)
- That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.
- (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
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Etymology 2
[edit]Adjective
[edit]precursor (not comparable)
- (telecommunications, of intersymbol interference) Caused by the following symbol.
- Antonym: postcursor
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- “precursor”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “precursor”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
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[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursors, feminine plural precursores)
Noun
[edit]precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora)
Further reading
[edit]- “precursor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “precursor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “precursor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “precursor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin praecursor.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]precursor m (plural precursors or precursoren, diminutive precursortje n)
Further reading
[edit]- “precursor” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
Occitan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]precursor m (plural precursors, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
Further reading
[edit]- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 552.
Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: pre‧cur‧sor
Noun
[edit]precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursor; forerunner (something that led to the development of another)
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
- precursory (pertaining to events that will follow)
Further reading
[edit]- “precursor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French précurseur.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]precursor m (plural precursori, feminine equivalent precursoare)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) precursor | precursorul | (niște) precursori | precursorii |
genitive/dative | (unui) precursor | precursorului | (unor) precursori | precursorilor |
vocative | precursorule | precursorilor |
Further reading
[edit]- precursor in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]precursor (feminine precursora, masculine plural precursores, feminine plural precursoras)
Noun
[edit]precursor m (plural precursores, feminine precursora, feminine plural precursoras)
Related terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “precursor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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