"voorletter" meaning in Dutch

See voorletter in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: Nl-voorletter.ogg Forms: voorletters [plural], voorlettertje [diminutive, neuter]
Etymology: From voor (“before, pre-”) + letter. Etymology templates: {{compound|nl|voor|letter|t1=before, pre-}} voor (“before, pre-”) + letter Head templates: {{nl-noun|f|-s|+|g2=m}} voorletter f or m (plural voorletters, diminutive voorlettertje n)
  1. initial, first letter, notably in an abbreviated full name
    first initial
    Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-voorletter-nl-noun-5Pw0Y4Dj Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch nouns with f+m gender, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Dutch nouns with f+m gender: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. initial, first letter, notably in an abbreviated full name
    middle initial
    Tags: feminine, masculine
    Sense id: en-voorletter-nl-noun-8U7u-aJd Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header, Dutch nouns with f+m gender, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Dutch nouns with f+m gender: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: initiaal Related terms: voornaam

Inflected forms

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