initial
The first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full nameThe first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
» Tom and Mary carved their initials into the tree.
Том и Мария вырезали свои инициалы на дереве.
Том та Мері вирізали на дереві свої ініціали.
Meaning
3 sensesThe first letter of a word or a name, especially of a person's full name (their initials).
Anfangsbuchstabe, Initiale, Initiale
нача́льная бу́кваnačálʹnaja búkva, инициа́лiniciál
початко́ва лі́тераpočatkóva lítera, ініціа́лiniciál
the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
A distinguished initial letter of a chapter or section of a document.
Initiale, Initial
бу́квицаbúkvica, инициа́лiniciál
Onset, part of a syllable that precedes the syllable nucleus in phonetics and phonology.
инициа́льiniciálʹ
Examples
82 sentencesTom and Mary carved their initials into the tree.
Том та Мері вирізали на дереві свої ініціали.
ruТом и Мария вырезали свои инициалы на дереве.
That was my initial question, too.
That was my initial concern, too.
deDas war auch meine erste Sorge.
Your initial order is subject to a special discount of 5%.
ruК вашему первоначальному заказу добавляется скидка в 5%.
We're still in the initial stage.
deWir sind noch in der Anfangsphase.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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Origin
From Middle French initial or directly from its Latin etymon initiālis (“of the beginning,From Middle French initial or directly from its Latin etymon initiālis (“of the beginning, incipient, initial”), from initium (“a going in, entrance”), from inīre (“to go into, enter”), from in (“in”) + ire (“to go”).
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