inicial

Borrowed from Latin initiālis.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [i.ni.siˈal]

inicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural inicials)

1. initial

• inicialment

• inici
• iniciar

• “inicial”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Learned borrowing from Latin initiālis.

inicial m or f (plural iniciais)

1. initial

inicial f (plural iniciais)

1. initial (first letter of a name or word)

• “inicial”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from Latin initiālis.

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧al

inicial m or f (plural iniciais)

1. initial
2. primitive

• inicialmente

From Latin initiālis.

• IPA^(key): /iniˈθjal/ [i.niˈθjal] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /iniˈsjal/ [i.niˈsjal] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: i‧ni‧cial

inicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural iniciales)

1. initial

inicial f (plural iniciales)

1. initial (first letter of a name or word)

• “inicial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024