incipit

Borrowed from Latin incipit (“it begins”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsɪpɪt/

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incipit (plural incipits)

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): [ˈɪŋ.kɪ.pɪt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈin̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.pit̪]

incipit

1. third-person singular present active indicative of incipiō