"initial" meaning in French

See initial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /i.ni.sjal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-initial.wav [France, Lyon] Forms: initiale [feminine], initiaux [masculine, plural], initiales [feminine, plural]
Rhymes: -al Etymology: Inherited from Middle French initial, from Latin initiālis, from initium (“a going in, entrance”). Etymology templates: {{ety|fr|:inh|frm:initial<ety:lbor<la:initiālis>>}} [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "in", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁én", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*en", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*en-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*ejō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "go", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁ey-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₁éyti", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*eō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*eneō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "ineō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "abstract suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "nom.", "keyword_label" : "Nominalization of", "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "suffix forming adjectives", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjective suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-ijos", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-(i)yós", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-yós", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ios", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old Latin", "term" : "-ios", "lang" : "itc-ola" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ius", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "nominalization" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ium", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "initium", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" }, { "id" : "adjectivizing suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*h₂élis", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "grow", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂el-", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-is", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ālis", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "initiālis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "initial", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "initial", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" }" data-lang="fr" data-title="initial">, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|initial|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French initial, {{inh+|fr|frm|initial}} Inherited from Middle French initial, {{der|fr|la|initiālis}} Latin initiālis Head templates: {{fr-adj}} initial (feminine initiale, masculine plural initiaux, feminine plural initiales)
  1. initial Related terms: initiale, initialement, initialiser

Inflected forms

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        "French terms derived from Old Latin",
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        "French terms derived from Proto-Italic",
        "French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁ey-",
        "French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂el- (grow)",
        "French terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *h₁én",
        "French terms inherited from Middle French",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
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        "Rhymes:French/al"
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          "initial",
          "initial#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-al"
    }
  ],
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}

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