trendsetter

See also: Trendsetter

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From trend +‎ setter.

Pronunciation

Noun

trendsetter (plural trendsetters)

  1. Someone who starts a trend, or makes something more popular.
    Near-synonyms: influencer, thought leader
    • 2025 July 23, Paul Clifton, “Air force: drones' developing railway role”, in RAIL, number 1040, page 31:
      "We are very optimistic. Network Rail has certainly been the trendsetter. It has been the champion of this, because it spotted the merit.

Descendants

  • German: Trendsetter
  • Polish: trensetter
  • Russian: трендсе́ттер (trɛndsɛ́ttɛr)
  • Swedish: trendsetter

Translations

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trendsetter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /trɛntˈsɛ.tɛr/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɛr
  • Syllabification: trend‧se‧tter

Noun

trendsetter m pers (female equivalent trendsetterka)

  1. trendsetter

Declension

Further reading

  • trendsetter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • trendsetter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English trendsetter.

Noun

trendsetter c

  1. trendsetter
    Synonyms: trändskapare, trändsättare