inicial

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

inicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural inicials)

1. initial

Derived terms

• inicialment

Related terms

• inici
• iniciar

Further reading

• “inicial” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin initiālis.

Adjective

inicial m or f (plural iniciais)

1. initial

Noun

inicial f (plural iniciais)

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

Related terms

• iniciar
• inicio

 

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiālis.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /i.ni.siˈaw/ [i.ni.sɪˈaʊ̯], (faster pronunciation) /i.niˈsjaw/ [i.niˈsjaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.niˈsjal/ [i.niˈsjaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.niˈsjal/ [i.niˈsjaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /i.niˈsja.li/

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

Adjective

inicial m or f (plural iniciais)

1. initial
2. primitive

Derived terms

• inicialmente

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin initiālis.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

inicial m or f (masculine and feminine plural iniciales)

1. initial

Derived terms

• abono inicial
• inicialmente
• saque inicial

 

Noun

inicial f (plural iniciales)

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

Related terms

• iniciar
• inicio

 

Further reading

• “inicial”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014