Start
English
Etymology 1
The verb start, with initial uppercase letter.
Noun
Start (plural Starts)
- A typical button for video games, originally used to start a game, now also often to pause or choose an option.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:Start.
Etymology 2
Topographic surname, from Old English steort (“tail, promontory”).
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Start is the 35721st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 629 individuals. Start is most common among White (94.59%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Start”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtaʁt/ (standard)
- IPA(key): /ʃtaːt/ (common; especially northern and central Germany)
Audio (Austria) (file) - Homophone: Staat (nonstandard)
Audio (file)
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- Starthilfe
- Startkapital
- Startknopf
- Startlauf
- Startrampe
- Startschuss
- Startseite
- startbereit
- am Start sein
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