inicialo

See also: inícialo

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately borrowed from Latin 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).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /init͡siˈalo/
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Hyphenation: i‧ni‧ci‧a‧lo

Noun

inicialo (accusative singular inicialon, plural inicialoj, accusative plural inicialojn)

  1. (typography, calligraphy, in the plural) initial (first letters of a person's name as a unit)
    Synonym: ĉeflitero
    • 1997, Michael Ende, translated by Diestel, Wolfram, La senĉesa rakonto [The Neverending Story] (fiction), Berlino: Germana Esperanto-Asocio; Inter-kulturo, published 1997, →ISBN, →OCLC:
      bildoj ŝajne ne ekzistis, sed mirinde belaj grandaj inicialoj
      there were apparently no images, but wonderfully beautiful large initials
    • 2002 September 19, "Paul Ebermann" et al. kontribuintoj de Vikipedio, “ABBA”, in Vikipedio : La libera enciklopedio[1] (encyclopedia), Fondaĵo Vikimedio, retrieved 13 March 2025:
      La nomo ABBA estis formita el la inicialoj de la antaŭnomoj de la membroj:
      The name ABBA was formed from the initials of the members' first names:
    • 2004 July, Franz-Georg Rössler, “Fiere foire”, in Monato: internacia magazino[2], Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 8 December 2022:
      MMM (germanaj inicialoj de Mai-Markt Mannheim, Manhajma Maja Foiro)
      MMM (German initials of Mai-Markt Mannheim, Mannheim May Fair)
    • 2010, Franz-Georg Rössler, “JJB-breco”, in Monato: internacia magazino[3], Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 26 May 2021:
      li aldonis la inicialojn de la antaŭnomoj (J kaj J)
      he added the initials of the first names (J and J)

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /iniˈθjalo/ [i.niˈθja.lo] (Spain)
  • IPA(key): /iniˈsjalo/ [i.niˈsja.lo] (Latin America, Philippines)
  • Rhymes: -alo
  • Syllabification: i‧ni‧cia‧lo

Verb

inicialo

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of iniciar combined with lo