précurseur — meaning in English
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English meaning
- precursor noun Something or someone that comes before and leads to, or signals, what follows.
- progenitor noun A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
Senses
précurseur is used for these senses in English:
- precursor That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events.
- precursor (chemistry) One of the compounds that participates in the chemical reaction that produces another compound.
- precursory Being or relating to a precursor; relating to events that will follow.
progenitor — full definition
- noun A forefather, any of a person's direct ancestors.
- noun A person from whom one or more people (dynasty, tribe, nation…) are descended.
- noun An ancestral form of a species.
- noun A predecessor of something, especially if also a precursor or model.