French word

initiateur

Pronunciation

IPA/inisjatœʁ/

Meaning

  • masculine nouninitiator

Example

L'initiateur de la réunion n'est pas encore arrivé.

The initiator of the meeting has not arrived yet.

Illustration for initiateur (initiator)

More examples

L'initiateur du projet a présenté son plan.

The initiator of the project presented his plan.

Core concept

A person at the front of a project, turning its first idea into a launched action.

Common phrases

  • initiateur de projet

    initiator of a project

  • initiateur de la réunion

    initiator of the meeting

Similar words

organisateur: The person who coordinates an event or meeting's preparation and operation.
fondateur: The person who creates a new organization or company.
promoteur: The person who presents a plan or venture to attract support or funding.
instigateur: The person who urges others to act, usually in a harmful or improper way.

Definition in French

Personne qui propose l'idée initiale d'une action ou d'un projet et en assume le lancement.

Word origin

French initiateur continues Latin initiator, an agent noun from initiare, 'to begin'; English initiator comes from the same Latin family.

Usage tips

  • Initiateur is masculine, so the standard form is un initiateur; the feminine form is initiatrice.

Other meanings

  • originatornoun
  • instigatornoun

Opposites

  • suiveurfollowernoun

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