"upstart" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈʌp.stɑːt/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌp.stɑɹt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upstart.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more upstart [comparative], most upstart [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English upstarten, upsterten, equivalent to up- + start. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upstarten}} Middle English upstarten, {{m|enm|upsterten}} upsterten, {{af|en|up-|start}} up- + start Head templates: {{en-adj}} upstart (comparative more upstart, superlative most upstart)
  1. Acting like a parvenu. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-upstart-en-adj-8GppVVm6 Disambiguation of People: 70 1 26 2 1
  2. self-important and presumptuous. Translations (self-important and presumptuous): парвенюшки (parvenjuški) (Bulgarian), parvenuachtig (Dutch), nousukasmainen (Finnish), Angeber [masculine] (German), arricchito (Italian), parvenu (Italian), advenedizo (Spanish), arribista (english: unscrupulous upstart) (Spanish), uppkomling (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-upstart-en-adj-a5Y6d177 Disambiguation of 'self-important and presumptuous': 1 99

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʌp.stɑːt/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌp.stɑɹt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upstart.wav [Southern-England] Forms: upstarts [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English upstarten, upsterten, equivalent to up- + start. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upstarten}} Middle English upstarten, {{m|enm|upsterten}} upsterten, {{af|en|up-|start}} up- + start Head templates: {{en-noun}} upstart (plural upstarts)
  1. One who has suddenly gained wealth, power, or other prominence, but either has not received social acceptance or has become arrogant or presumptuous.
    Sense id: en-upstart-en-noun-4BM1zoBI
  2. The meadow saffron. Categories (lifeform): Liliales order plants Translations (newly rich or prominent): парвеню́ (parvenjú) [neuter] (Bulgarian), nou-ric [masculine] (Catalan), 暴發戶 (Chinese Mandarin), 暴发户 (bàofāhù) (Chinese Mandarin), povýšenec [masculine] (Czech), nieuwkomeling [masculine] (Dutch), parvenu [masculine] (Dutch), nousukas (Finnish), uusrikas (Finnish), parvenu [masculine] (French), arriviste [masculine] (French), nouveau riche [masculine] (French), Emporkömmling [masculine] (German), Parvenü [masculine] (German), Neureicher [masculine] (German), αριβίστας (arivístas) [masculine] (Greek), uppskafningur [masculine] (Icelandic), sotaire [masculine] (Irish), sárachán [masculine] (Irish), 成り金 (narikin) (alt: なりきん) (Japanese), 成り上がり者 (nariagari-mono) (alt: なりあがりもの) (Japanese), 出来星 (dekiboshi) (alt: できぼし) (Japanese), novus homo [masculine] (Latin), hoetere (Maori), oppkomling [masculine] (Norwegian), arrivista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), novo-rico [masculine] (Portuguese), emergente (Portuguese), вы́скочка (výskočka) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), нувори́ш (nuvoríš) [masculine] (Russian), парвеню́ (parvenjú) [masculine] (Russian), из грязи в князи (iz grjazi v knjazi) (Russian), skorojević [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), skorojevićka [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), advenedizo [masculine] (Spanish), advenediza [feminine] (Spanish), arribista (english: unscrupulous upstart) [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), nuevo rico [masculine] (Spanish), uppkomling [common-gender] (Swedish), sonradan görme (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-upstart-en-noun-VqSid1ZG Disambiguation of Liliales order plants: 6 20 16 41 17 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms prefixed with up- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 19 15 49 16 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 12 11 65 10 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with up-: 10 21 16 36 18 Disambiguation of 'newly rich or prominent': 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: arriviste, nouveau riche, parvenu

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈʌp.stɑːt/ [General-Australian, Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌp.stɑɹt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-upstart.wav [Southern-England] Forms: upstarts [present, singular, third-person], upstarting [participle, present], upstarted [participle, past], upstarted [past]
Etymology: From Middle English upstarten, upsterten, equivalent to up- + start. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|upstarten}} Middle English upstarten, {{m|enm|upsterten}} upsterten, {{af|en|up-|start}} up- + start Head templates: {{en-verb}} upstart (third-person singular simple present upstarts, present participle upstarting, simple past and past participle upstarted)
  1. to rise suddenly, to spring
    Sense id: en-upstart-en-verb-0mbEQN0n

Inflected forms

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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "upstarted",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to rise suddenly, to spring"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "rise",
          "rise"
        ],
        [
          "spring",
          "spring"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌp.stɑːt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-Australian",
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌp.stɑɹt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "upstart"
}

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