Borrowed fromLatinincipit(“it begins”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɪpɪt/

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incipit (pluralincipits)

1. The first few words of a text, especially its first line.

   Antonym:explicit

2. (music) The first few bars of a piece of music.

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• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): /ˈin.ki.pit/,[ˈɪŋkɪpɪt̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): /ˈin.t͡ʃi.pit/,[ˈin̠ʲt͡ʃipit̪]

incipit

1. third-personsingularpresentactiveindicative ofincipiō

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