"inicialo" meaning in Esperanto

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Noun

IPA: [init͡siˈalo] Forms: inicialon [accusative, singular], inicialoj [plural], inicialojn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -alo 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”). Etymology templates: {{root|eo|ine-pro|*h₁ey-}}, {{bor+|eo|la|initiālis<t:of the beginning, incipient, initial>|nocap=1}} borrowed from Latin initiālis (“of the beginning, incipient, initial”) Head templates: {{eo-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) Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Calligraphy, Typography Synonyms: ĉeflitero

Inflected forms

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    "i‧ni‧ci‧a‧lo"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "english": "there were apparently no images, but wonderfully beautiful large initials",
          "ref": "1997, Michael Ende, translated by Diestel, Wolfram, La senĉesa rakonto [The Neverending Story] (fiction), Berlino: Germana Esperanto-Asocio; Inter-kulturo, published 1997, →ISBN, →OCLC:",
          "text": "bildoj ŝajne ne ekzistis, sed mirinde belaj grandaj inicialoj",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The name ABBA was formed from the initials of the members' first names:",
          "ref": "2002 September 19, \"Paul Ebermann\" et al. kontribuintoj de Vikipedio, “ABBA”, in Vikipedio : La libera enciklopedio (encyclopedia), Fondaĵo Vikimedio, retrieved 2025-03-13:",
          "text": "La nomo ABBA estis formita el la inicialoj de la antaŭnomoj de la membroj:",
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        },
        {
          "english": "MMM (German initials of Mai-Markt Mannheim, Mannheim May Fair)",
          "ref": "2004 July, Franz-Georg Rössler, “Fiere foire”, in Monato: internacia magazino, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 2022-12-08:",
          "text": "MMM (germanaj inicialoj de Mai-Markt Mannheim, Manhajma Maja Foiro)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "he added the initials of the first names (J and J)",
          "ref": "2010, Franz-Georg Rössler, “JJB-breco”, in Monato: internacia magazino, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 2021-05-26:",
          "text": "li aldonis la inicialojn de la antaŭnomoj (J kaj J)",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "initial (first letters of a person's name as a unit)"
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      ],
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        {
          "word": "ĉeflitero"
        }
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        "communications",
        "journalism",
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      "ipa": "[init͡siˈalo]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-alo"
    }
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        "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
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          "text": "bildoj ŝajne ne ekzistis, sed mirinde belaj grandaj inicialoj",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "The name ABBA was formed from the initials of the members' first names:",
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          "text": "La nomo ABBA estis formita el la inicialoj de la antaŭnomoj de la membroj:",
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        },
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          "english": "MMM (German initials of Mai-Markt Mannheim, Mannheim May Fair)",
          "ref": "2004 July, Franz-Georg Rössler, “Fiere foire”, in Monato: internacia magazino, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 2022-12-08:",
          "text": "MMM (germanaj inicialoj de Mai-Markt Mannheim, Manhajma Maja Foiro)",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "he added the initials of the first names (J and J)",
          "ref": "2010, Franz-Georg Rössler, “JJB-breco”, in Monato: internacia magazino, Belgio: Flandra Esperanto-Ligo, archived from the original on 2021-05-26:",
          "text": "li aldonis la inicialojn de la antaŭnomoj (J kaj J)",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "initial (first letters of a person's name as a unit)"
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        {
          "word": "ĉeflitero"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "in-plural"
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        "calligraphy",
        "communications",
        "journalism",
        "literature",
        "media",
        "publishing",
        "typography",
        "writing"
      ]
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    {
      "ipa": "[init͡siˈalo]"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-alo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inicialo"
}

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