initiale

Meaning

Adj

feminine singular of initial

Noun

1. (feminine) initial (first letter of a word, of a name, of a first name)
2. (feminine) initial, onset (first consonantal phoneme in a syllable. Often used in the study of Chinese languages)

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Concepts

initial

initial letter

initially

initial sound

onset

original

originally

primal

primary

primordial

aboriginal

pristine

at the beginning

Synonyms

lettrine

initial

première

à l’origine

au début

parafer

lettre initiale

première lettre

premier

1st

Translations

Anfangsbuchstabe

iniziale

Initiale

voorletter

beginletter

inicial

inicial

inicials

archikós

αρχικό γράμμα

αρχικό

Anfang

original

Initial

Pronounced as (IPA)

/i.ni.sjal/

Etymology

* (noun sense 1): Ellipsis of lettre initiale.
* (noun sense 2): Ellipsis of consonne initiale.