onset

== English == === Etymology === From on- +‎ set. Compare Old English onsettan (“to impose; oppress, bear down”). For semantic parallels for the meaning to assault, compare cognate Russian насе́сть pf (naséstʹ), наседа́ть impf (nasedátʹ). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɒnˌsɛt/ (General American, Midland US, Southern US) IPA(key): /ˈɔnˌsɛt/ (Northern US or cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈɑnˌsɛt/ Hyphenation: on‧set === Noun === onset (plural onsets) (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent. (phonology) The initial portion of a syllable, preceding the syllable nucleus. Hypernym: anlaut Holonym: syllable Coordinate terms: nucleus, coda, rhyme (acoustics) The beginning of a musical note or other sound, in which the amplitude rises from zero to an initial peak. A setting about; a beginning. Synonyms: start, beginning; see also Thesaurus:beginning (obsolete) Anything added, such as an ornament or as a useful appendage. (archaic) An attack; an assault especially of an army. Synonym: storming ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === onset (third-person singular simple present onsets, present participle onsetting, simple past and past participle onset) (obsolete) To assault; to set upon. (obsolete) To set about; to begin. === References === “onset”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === 'onest, ETNOs, Eston, SONET, Stone, notes, onest, set on, seton, steno, steno-, stone, tones == Aragonese == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /onˈset/ Syllabification: on‧set Rhymes: -et === Noun === onset m (plural onsetz) bear cub, bearlet ==== Related terms ====