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• /ɪˈnɪʃəlaɪz/
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From initial + -ize.

57 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: инициализирам (inicializiram) — to assign initial values to something
• Catalan: inicialitzar — to assign initial values to something
• Czech: inicializovat — to assign initial values to something
• Dutch: initialiseren — to assign initial values to something
• Finnish: asettaa alkuarvo — to assign initial values to something
• French: initialiser — to assign initial values to something
• German: initialisieren — to assign initial values to something
• Greek: αρχικοποιώ (archikopoió) — to assign initial values to something
• Hungarian: inicializál — to assign initial values to something
• Latin: initiālizō — to assign initial values to something
• Norwegian: initialisere — to assign initial values to something
• Polish: inicjalizować — to assign initial values to something
• Portuguese: inicializar — to assign initial values to something
• Russian: инициализи́ровать (inicializírovatʹ) — to assign initial values to something
• Turkish: ilklendirmek — to assign initial values to something
• Ukrainian: ініціалізува́ти (inicializuváty) — to assign initial values to something
• Welsh: ymgychwyn — to assign initial values to something
• Bulgarian: инициализирам (inicializiram) — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Catalan: inicialitzar — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Chinese Mandarin: 初始化 (chūshǐhuà) — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Czech: inicializovat — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Finnish: alustaa — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Finnish: asettaa alkuarvo — to assign an initial value to a variable
• French: initialiser — to assign an initial value to a variable
• German: initialisieren — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Greek: αρχικοποιώ (archikopoió) — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Hebrew: אִתְחֵל (itkhél) — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Hungarian: inicializál — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Icelandic: frumstilla — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Icelandic: frumgilda — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Japanese: 初期化する (shokika suru) — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Māori: arawhiti — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Māori: whakaarawhiti — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Polish: inicjalizować — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Portuguese: inicializar — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Romanian: a inițializa — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Russian: инициализи́ровать (inicializírovatʹ) — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Spanish: inicializar — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Ukrainian: ініціалізува́ти (inicializuváty) — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Vietnamese: khởi tạo — to assign an initial value to a variable
• Bulgarian: форматирам (formatiram) — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Catalan: inicialitzar — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Danish: initialisere — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Finnish: alustaa — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Finnish: formatoida — to format a storage medium prior to use
• German: initialisieren — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Greek: αρχικοποιώ (archikopoió) — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Romanian: formata — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Romanian: inițializa — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Russian: инициализи́ровать (inicializírovatʹ) — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Ukrainian: ініціалізува́ти (inicializuváty) — to format a storage medium prior to use
• Catalan: inicialitzar — to prepare any hardware for use
• Finnish: alustaa — to prepare any hardware for use
• German: initialisieren — to prepare any hardware for use
• Māori: arawhiti — to prepare any hardware for use
• Russian: настра́ивать (nastráivatʹ) — to prepare any hardware for use
• Russian: настро́ить (nastróitʹ) — to prepare any hardware for use