Start

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
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Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Start

  1. A habitational surname​.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʃtaʁt/ (standard)
  • IPA(key): /ʃtaːt/ (common; especially northern and central Germany)
  • Audio (Austria)(file)
  • Homophone: Staat (nonstandard)
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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

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

Derived terms

Further reading
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