Initial
Translations of "initial" (39 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ancient Greek | ἀρκτικός(chronologically first) | arktikós | |
| Arabic | حَرْف أَوَّلِيّ(first letter of a word) | ḥarf ʔawwaliyy | |
| Armenian | սկզբնատառ(first letter of a word) | skzbnataṙ | |
| Azerbaijani | birinci(spatially first), ibtidai(chronologically first), ilk(spatially first), ilkin(chronologically first), qabaq(spatially first), ön(spatially first) | — | |
| Bashkir | алдағы(spatially first), алғы(spatially first), баштағы(spatially first), беренсе(chronologically first), беренсе(spatially first), тәүге(chronologically first), баш хәреф(first letter of a word) | aldağı, alğı, baştağı, berense, berense, təwge, baş xəref | |
| Bulgarian | начален(spatially first), първоначален(chronologically first), инициал(first letters of a person's name as a unit), начална буква(first letter of a word) | načalen, pǎrvonačalen, inicial, načalna bukva | |
| Catalan | inicial(chronologically first), inicial(spatially first), caplletra(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), inicial(first letter of a word), inicials(first letters of a person's name as a unit), obertura(first part of a syllable (onset)) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 初始(chronologically first), 最初(chronologically first), 紐 /纽(first part of a syllable (onset)), 聲母 /声母(first part of a syllable (onset)), 聲紐 /声纽(first part of a syllable (onset)), 音紐 /音纽(first part of a syllable (onset)), 首字放大(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), 首字母(first letter of a word), 草簽 /草签(to sign one's initial(s)) | chūshǐ, zuìchū, niǔ, shēngmǔ, shēngniǔ, yīnniǔ, shǒuzì fàngdà, shǒuzìmǔ, cǎoqiān | |
| Czech | počáteční(chronologically first), počáteční(spatially first), výchozí(chronologically first), iniciála(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter) | — | |
| Dutch | aanvankelijk(chronologically first), beginletter(first letter of a word), initiaal(first letter of a word), voorletter(first letter of a word), paraferen(to sign one's initial(s)) | — | |
| Esperanto | inicialo(first letters of a person's name as a unit), inicialoj(first letters of a person's name as a unit), ĉeflitero(first letter of a word), ĉeflitero(first letters of a person's name as a unit), ĉeflitero(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter) | — | |
| Finnish | alku(chronologically first), alkuperäinen(chronologically first), alustava(chronologically first), ensimmäinen(spatially first), esi(chronologically first), varhainen(chronologically first), alkukirjain(first letter of a word), aloke(first part of a syllable (onset)), anfangi(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), nimikirjaimet(first letters of a person's name as a unit), parafoida(to sign one's initial(s)), vahvistaa nimikirjaimilla(to sign one's initial(s)) | — | |
| French | initial(chronologically first), initial(spatially first), initiale(first letter of a word), initiale(first letters of a person's name as a unit), initiale(first part of a syllable (onset)), lettrine(first letter of a word), lettrine(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), première lettre(first letter of a word), parapher(to sign one's initial(s)) | — | |
| Galician | iniciais(first letters of a person's name as a unit) | — | |
| German | anfänglich(chronologically first), anfänglich(spatially first), erster(spatially first), ursprünglich(chronologically first), Anfangsbuchstabe(first letter of a word), Initial(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), Initiale(first letter of a word), Initiale(first letters of a person's name as a unit), Initiale(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), abzeichnen(to sign one's initial(s)), paraphrasieren(to sign one's initial(s)) | — | |
| Greek | αρχικός(chronologically first), αρχικό γράμμα(first letter of a word), μονογραφή(first letters of a person's name as a unit), πρωτόγραμμα(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), μονογραφώ(to sign one's initial(s)) | archikós, archikó grámma, monografí, protógramma, monografó | |
| Hungarian | kezdeti(chronologically first), kezdő(spatially first), iniciálé(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), kezdőbetű(first letter of a word), monogram(first letters of a person's name as a unit), kézjeggyel ellát(to sign one's initial(s)), parafál(to sign one's initial(s)), szignál(to sign one's initial(s)) | — | |
| Icelandic | fangamark(first letters of a person's name as a unit), upphafsstafir(first letters of a person's name as a unit), upphafsstafur(first letter of a word) | — | |
| Irish | ceannlitir(first letter of a word), ceannlitir(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), iniseal(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), túslitir(first letter of a word), túslitir(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter) | — | |
| Italian | iniziale(chronologically first), iniziale(spatially first) | — | |
| Japanese | 初期の(chronologically first), 始めの(chronologically first), 始めの(spatially first), 最初の(spatially first), イニシャル(first letters of a person's name as a unit), イニシャル(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), 声母(first part of a syllable (onset)), 頭文字(first letter of a word) | shoki no, hajime no, hajime no, saisho no, inisharu, inisharu, seibo, kashiramoji | |
| Kazakh | тұңғыш(chronologically first), тұңғыш(spatially first) | tūñğyş, tūñğyş | |
| Korean | 두문자(first letter of a word), 성모(first part of a syllable (onset)), 첫소리(first part of a syllable (onset)), 초성(first part of a syllable (onset)) | dumunja, seongmo, cheotsori, choseong | |
| Latin | initiālis(chronologically first), principiālis(chronologically first) | — | |
| Lithuanian | pradinis(chronologically first) | — | |
| Macedonian | иниција́л(first letters of a person's name as a unit), иниција́л(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter) | inicijál, inicijál | |
| Malay | inisial(first letters of a person's name as a unit) | — | |
| Polish | początkowy(chronologically first), inicjał(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter) | — | |
| Portuguese | inicial(chronologically first), inicial(spatially first), inicial(first letter of a word), rubricar(to sign one's initial(s)) | — | |
| Russian | исхо́дный(chronologically first), нача́льный(chronologically first), нача́льный(spatially first), оригина́льный(chronologically first), пе́рвый(spatially first), перви́чный(chronologically first), первонача́льный(chronologically first), бу́квица(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), инициа́л(first letters of a person's name as a unit), инициа́л(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), инициа́ль(first part of a syllable (onset)), нача́льная бу́ква(first letter of a word), парафи́ровать(to sign one's initial(s)) | isxódnyj, načálʹnyj, načálʹnyj, originálʹnyj, pérvyj, pervíčnyj, pervonačálʹnyj, búkvica, iniciál, iniciál, iniciálʹ, načálʹnaja búkva, parafírovatʹ | |
| Scottish Gaelic | tùsail(chronologically first) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | inicìjāl(first letter of a word), иницѝја̄л(first letter of a word) | — | |
| Slovak | počiatočný(chronologically first) | — | |
| Spanish | a quo(chronologically first), inicial(chronologically first), iniciales(first letters of a person's name as a unit) | — | |
| Swedish | anfang(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), begynnelsebokstav(first letter of a word), initial(first letter of a word), initial(first letters of a person's name as a unit), initialbokstav(first letter of a word), monogram(first letters of a person's name as a unit) | — | |
| Turkish | ilk(chronologically first), ilk(spatially first), ön(spatially first), baş harf(first letter of a word), başlak(first letter of a word), başlak(first letters of a person's name as a unit), başlak(calligraphy: distinguished initial letter), başlaklar(first letters of a person's name as a unit), parafe etmek(to sign one's initial(s)), parafelemek(to sign one's initial(s)), paraflamak(to sign one's initial(s)) | — | |
| Ukrainian | перви́нний(chronologically first), початко́вий(chronologically first), початко́ва лі́тера(first letter of a word), ініціа́л(first letters of a person's name as a unit) | pervýnnyj, počatkóvyj, počatkóva lítera, iniciál | |
| Uyghur | باشتىكى(chronologically first), دەسلەپكى(chronologically first) | bashtiki, deslepki | |
| Vietnamese | thanh mẫu(first part of a syllable (onset)) | — |
birinci, ibtidai, ilk, ilkin, qabaq, ön
алдағы, алғы, баштағы, беренсе, беренсе, тәүге, баш хәреф
aldağı, alğı, baştağı, berense, berense, təwge, baş xəref
inicial, inicial, caplletra, inicial, inicials, obertura
初始, 最初, 紐 /纽, 聲母 /声母, 聲紐 /声纽, 音紐 /音纽, 首字放大, 首字母, 草簽 /草签
chūshǐ, zuìchū, niǔ, shēngmǔ, shēngniǔ, yīnniǔ, shǒuzì fàngdà, shǒuzìmǔ, cǎoqiān
počáteční, počáteční, výchozí, iniciála
aanvankelijk, beginletter, initiaal, voorletter, paraferen
inicialo, inicialoj, ĉeflitero, ĉeflitero, ĉeflitero
alku, alkuperäinen, alustava, ensimmäinen, esi, varhainen, alkukirjain, aloke, anfangi, nimikirjaimet, parafoida, vahvistaa nimikirjaimilla
initial, initial, initiale, initiale, initiale, lettrine, lettrine, première lettre, parapher
iniciais
anfänglich, anfänglich, erster, ursprünglich, Anfangsbuchstabe, Initial, Initiale, Initiale, Initiale, abzeichnen, paraphrasieren
αρχικός, αρχικό γράμμα, μονογραφή, πρωτόγραμμα, μονογραφώ
archikós, archikó grámma, monografí, protógramma, monografó
kezdeti, kezdő, iniciálé, kezdőbetű, monogram, kézjeggyel ellát, parafál, szignál
fangamark, upphafsstafir, upphafsstafur
ceannlitir, ceannlitir, iniseal, túslitir, túslitir
iniziale, iniziale
初期の, 始めの, 始めの, 最初の, イニシャル, イニシャル, 声母, 頭文字
shoki no, hajime no, hajime no, saisho no, inisharu, inisharu, seibo, kashiramoji
initiālis, principiālis
pradinis
inisial
początkowy, inicjał
inicial, inicial, inicial, rubricar
исхо́дный, нача́льный, нача́льный, оригина́льный, пе́рвый, перви́чный, первонача́льный, бу́квица, инициа́л, инициа́л, инициа́ль, нача́льная бу́ква, парафи́ровать
isxódnyj, načálʹnyj, načálʹnyj, originálʹnyj, pérvyj, pervíčnyj, pervonačálʹnyj, búkvica, iniciál, iniciál, iniciálʹ, načálʹnaja búkva, parafírovatʹ
tùsail
inicìjāl, иницѝја̄л
počiatočný
a quo, inicial, iniciales
anfang, begynnelsebokstav, initial, initial, initialbokstav, monogram
ilk, ilk, ön, baş harf, başlak, başlak, başlak, başlaklar, parafe etmek, parafelemek, paraflamak
перви́нний, початко́вий, початко́ва лі́тера, ініціа́л
pervýnnyj, počatkóvyj, počatkóva lítera, iniciál
thanh mẫu
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