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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin praecursor ( “ forerunner ” ) . See precurse , and refer to -or .
Noun
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.
Derived terms
Translations
forerunner, predecessor
Albanian: pris
Bengali: অগ্রদূত (bn) ( ogrodut )
Bulgarian: предшественик (bg) m ( predšestvenik ) , предвестник (bg) m ( predvestnik )
Catalan: precursor m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 先驅 / 先驱 (zh) ( xiānqū )
Czech: předchůdce (cs) m
Dutch: voorloper (nl) m
French: précurseur (fr) m , précurseuse (fr) f
Georgian: წინამორბედი ( c̣inamorbedi )
German: Vorläufer (de) m , Vorgänger (de) m , Wegbereiter (de) m , Vorbote (de) m , Anzeichen (de) n , Vorreiter (de) m , Präkursor (de) m , Amtsvorgänger (de) m
Greek:
Ancient Greek: πρόδρομος m ( pródromos )
Hungarian: előfutár (hu)
Japanese: 前兆 (ja) ( ぜんちょう , zenchō) , 先駆者 (ja) ( せんくしゃ , senkusha)
Kazakh: ізашар ( ızaşar )
Korean: 선구자 (ko) ( seon'guja )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: pêşeng (ku) m or f , pêşrew (ku) m or f
Macedonian: претходник m ( prethodnik ) , предвесник m ( predvesnik )
Polish: prekursor (pl) m , prekursorka (pl) f
Portuguese: precursor (pt) m
Russian: предше́ственник (ru) m ( predšéstvennik ) , предше́ственница (ru) f ( predšéstvennica ) , предве́стник (ru) m ( predvéstnik ) , предве́стница (ru) f ( predvéstnica )
Spanish: precursor (es) m
Swedish: förelöpare (sv) , föregångare (sv) c
Turkish: öncül (tr)
Ukrainian: попере́дник m ( poperédnyk ) , попере́дниця f ( poperédnycja ) , предте́ча (uk) m or f ( predtéča )
Zulu: imvula (zu) class 9 /10
chemical compound
Bulgarian: изходно вещество n ( izhodno veštestvo )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 前體 / 前体 (zh) ( qiántǐ )
Dutch: precursor (nl) m
Finnish: esiaste
French: réactif (fr) m , précurseur (fr) m
German: Edukt (de) n , Vorläufer (de) m , Präkursor (de) m , Vorform f , Vorprodukt n , Vorläuferverbindung f , Vorläufersubstanz f , Vorstufe (de) f
Hungarian: prekurzor
Italian: precursore (it)
Japanese: 前駆物質 ( ぜんくぶっしつ , zenku-busshitu) , 前駆体 ( ぜんくたい , zenku-tai)
Korean: 전구체 ( jeon'guche )
Polish: prekursor (pl) m
Portuguese: precursor (pt)
Russian: предше́ственник (ru) m ( predšéstvennik ) , реакти́в (ru) m ( reaktív )
Spanish: precursor (es)
Etymology 2
From pre- + cursor .
Adjective
precursor (not comparable )
( telecommunications , of intersymbol interference ) Caused by the following symbol .
Antonym: postcursor
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem .
Pronunciation
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora , masculine plural precursors , feminine plural precursores )
precursory , preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors , feminine precursora )
precursor
Further reading
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin praecursor .
Pronunciation
Noun
precursor m (plural precursors or precursoren , diminutive precursortje n )
precursor , forerunner
Further reading
“precursor ” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling , Nederlandse Taalunie.
Occitan
Pronunciation
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Noun
precursor m (plural precursors , feminine precursora , feminine plural precursoras )
forerunner , precursor
Further reading
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem .
Pronunciation
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores , feminine precursora , feminine plural precursoras )
precursor ; forerunner ( something that led to the development of another )
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora , masculine plural precursores , feminine plural precursoras )
precursory ( pertaining to events that will follow )
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French précurseur .
Pronunciation
Noun
precursor m (plural precursori , feminine equivalent precursoare )
precursor
Declension
Further reading
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin praecursōrem .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /pɾekuɾˈsoɾ/
Rhymes: -oɾ
Syllabification: pre‧cur‧sor
Adjective
precursor (feminine precursora , masculine plural precursores , feminine plural precursoras )
precursory , preceding
Noun
precursor m (plural precursores , feminine precursora , feminine plural precursoras )
precursor , forerunner
Further reading