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• /ɪˈnɪʃ.əl/
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From Middle French initial or directly from its Latin etymon initiālis (“of the beginning, incipient, initial”), from initium (“a going in, entrance, beginning”), from inire (“to go in, enter upon, begin”), from in (“in”) + ire (“to go”).

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: أَوَّلِيّ (ʔawwaliyy) — chronologically first
• Arabic: أَوَّل (ʔawwal) — chronologically first
• Azerbaijani: ilkin — chronologically first
• Azerbaijani: ibtidai — chronologically first
• Bashkir: тәүге (təwge) — chronologically first
• Bashkir: беренсе (berense) — chronologically first
• Bulgarian: първоначален (pǎrvonačalen) — chronologically first
• Catalan: inicial — chronologically first
• Chinese Mandarin: 初始 (chūshǐ) — chronologically first
• Chinese Mandarin: 最初 (zuìchū) — chronologically first
• Czech: počáteční — chronologically first
• Czech: výchozí — chronologically first
• Dutch: aanvankelijk — chronologically first
• Finnish: alku- — chronologically first
• Finnish: alkuperäinen — chronologically first
• Finnish: varhainen — chronologically first
• Finnish: esi- — chronologically first
• Finnish: alustava — chronologically first
• French: initial — chronologically first
• German: anfänglich — chronologically first
• German: ursprünglich — chronologically first
• Greek: αρχικός (archikós) — chronologically first
• Ancient Greek: ἀρκτικός (arktikós) — chronologically first
• Hungarian: kezdeti — chronologically first
• Italian: iniziale — chronologically first
• Japanese: 初期の (shoki no) — chronologically first
• Japanese: 始めの (hajime no) — chronologically first
• Kazakh: тұңғыш (tūñğyş) — chronologically first
• Latin: initiālis — chronologically first
• Latin: principiālis — chronologically first
• Lithuanian: pradinis — chronologically first
• Polish: początkowy — chronologically first
• Portuguese: inicial — chronologically first
• Russian: нача́льный (načálʹnyj) — chronologically first
• Russian: исхо́дный (isxódnyj) — chronologically first
• Russian: первонача́льный (pervonačálʹnyj) — chronologically first
• Russian: перви́чный (pervíčnyj) — chronologically first
• Russian: оригина́льный (originálʹnyj) — chronologically first
• Scottish Gaelic: tùsail — chronologically first
• Slovak: počiatočný — chronologically first
• Spanish: inicial — chronologically first
• Spanish: a quo — chronologically first
• Turkish: ilk — chronologically first
• Ukrainian: перви́нний (pervýnnyj) — chronologically first
• Ukrainian: початко́вий (počatkóvyj) — chronologically first
• Uyghur: دەسلەپكى (deslepki) — chronologically first
• Uyghur: باشتىكى (bashtiki) — chronologically first
• Arabic: أَوَّل (ʔawwal) — spatially first
• Azerbaijani: qabaq — spatially first
• Azerbaijani: ön — spatially first
• Azerbaijani: ilk — spatially first
• Azerbaijani: birinci — spatially first
• Bashkir: алғы (alğı) — spatially first
• Bashkir: алдағы (aldağı) — spatially first
• Bashkir: беренсе (berense) — spatially first
• Bashkir: баштағы (baştağı) — spatially first
• Bulgarian: начален (načalen) — spatially first
• Catalan: inicial — spatially first
• Czech: počáteční — spatially first
• Finnish: ensimmäinen — spatially first
• French: initial — spatially first
• German: anfänglich — spatially first
• German: erster — spatially first
• Hungarian: kezdő- — spatially first
• Italian: iniziale — spatially first
• Japanese: 最初の (saisho no) — spatially first
• Japanese: 始めの (hajime no) — spatially first
• Kazakh: тұңғыш (tūñğyş) — spatially first
• Portuguese: inicial — spatially first
• Russian: нача́льный (načálʹnyj) — spatially first
• Russian: пе́рвый (pérvyj) — spatially first
• Turkish: ön — spatially first
• Turkish: ilk — spatially first
• Arabic: حَرْف أَوَّلِيّ (ḥarf ʔawwaliyy) — first letter of a word
• Armenian: սկզբնատառ (skzbnataṙ) — first letter of a word
• Bashkir: баш хәреф (baş xəref) — first letter of a word
• Bulgarian: начална буква (načalna bukva) — first letter of a word
• Catalan: inicial — first letter of a word
• Chinese Mandarin: 首字母 (shǒuzìmǔ) — first letter of a word
• Dutch: beginletter — first letter of a word
• Dutch: initiaal — first letter of a word
• Dutch: voorletter — first letter of a word
• Esperanto: ĉeflitero — first letter of a word
• Finnish: alkukirjain — first letter of a word
• French: lettrine — first letter of a word
• French: initiale — first letter of a word
• French: première lettre — first letter of a word
• German: Anfangsbuchstabe — first letter of a word
• German: Initiale — first letter of a word
• Greek: αρχικό γράμμα (archikó grámma) — first letter of a word
• Hungarian: kezdőbetű — first letter of a word
• Icelandic: upphafsstafur — first letter of a word
• Irish: túslitir — first letter of a word
• Irish: ceannlitir — first letter of a word
• Japanese: 頭文字 (kashiramoji) — first letter of a word
• Korean: 두문자 (dumunja) — first letter of a word
• Portuguese: inicial — first letter of a word
• Russian: нача́льная бу́ква (načálʹnaja búkva) — first letter of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: иницѝја̄л — first letter of a word
• Serbo-Croatian: inicìjāl — first letter of a word
• Swedish: initial — first letter of a word
• Swedish: initialbokstav — first letter of a word
• Swedish: begynnelsebokstav — first letter of a word
• Turkish: başlak — first letter of a word
• Turkish: baş harf — first letter of a word
• Ukrainian: початко́ва лі́тера (počatkóva lítera) — first letter of a word
• Bulgarian: инициал (inicial) — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Catalan: inicials — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Esperanto: inicialo — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Esperanto: inicialoj — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Esperanto: ĉeflitero — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Finnish: nimikirjaimet — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• French: initiale — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Galician: iniciais — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• German: Initiale — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Greek: μονογραφή (monografí) — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Hungarian: monogram — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Icelandic: fangamark — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Icelandic: upphafsstafir — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Japanese: イニシャル (inisharu) — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Macedonian: иниција́л (inicijál) — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Malay: inisial — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Russian: инициа́л (iniciál) — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Spanish: iniciales — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Swedish: initial — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Swedish: monogram — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Turkish: başlak — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Turkish: başlaklar — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Ukrainian: ініціа́л (iniciál) — first letters of a person's name as a unit
• Catalan: caplletra — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Chinese Mandarin: 首字放大 (shǒuzì fàngdà) — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Czech: iniciála — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Esperanto: ĉeflitero — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Finnish: anfangi — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• French: lettrine — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• German: Initiale — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• German: Initial — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Greek: πρωτόγραμμα (protógramma) — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Hungarian: iniciálé — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Irish: túslitir — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Irish: ceannlitir — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Irish: iniseal — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Japanese: イニシャル (inisharu) — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Macedonian: иниција́л (inicijál) — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Polish: inicjał — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Russian: бу́квица (búkvica) — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Russian: инициа́л (iniciál) — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Swedish: anfang — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Turkish: başlak — calligraphy: distinguished initial letter
• Catalan: obertura — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Chinese Mandarin: 聲母 /声母 (shēngmǔ) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Chinese Mandarin: 聲紐 /声纽 (shēngniǔ) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Chinese Mandarin: 音紐 /音纽 (yīnniǔ) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Chinese Mandarin: 紐 /纽 (niǔ) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Finnish: aloke — first part of a syllable (onset)
• French: initiale — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Japanese: 声母 (seibo) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Korean: 성모 (seongmo) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Korean: 초성 (choseong) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Korean: 첫소리 (cheotsori) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Russian: инициа́ль (iniciálʹ) — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Vietnamese: thanh mẫu — first part of a syllable (onset)
• Chinese Mandarin: 草簽 /草签 (cǎoqiān) — to sign one's initial(s)
• Dutch: paraferen — to sign one's initial(s)
• Finnish: vahvistaa nimikirjaimilla — to sign one's initial(s)
• Finnish: parafoida — to sign one's initial(s)
• French: parapher — to sign one's initial(s)
• German: paraphrasieren — to sign one's initial(s)
• German: abzeichnen — to sign one's initial(s)
• Greek: μονογραφώ (monografó) — to sign one's initial(s)
• Hungarian: parafál — to sign one's initial(s)
• Hungarian: kézjeggyel ellát — to sign one's initial(s)
• Hungarian: szignál — to sign one's initial(s)
• Portuguese: rubricar — to sign one's initial(s)
• Russian: парафи́ровать (parafírovatʹ) — to sign one's initial(s)
• Turkish: parafe etmek — to sign one's initial(s)
• Turkish: parafelemek — to sign one's initial(s)
• Turkish: paraflamak — to sign one's initial(s)