"initiale" meaning in French

See initiale in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /i.ni.sjal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-initiale.wav
Etymology: * (Meaning 1 from the noun) From French lettre initiale. * (Meaning 2 from the noun) From French consonne initiale. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fr|lettre initiale}} French lettre initiale, {{der|fr|fr|consonne initiale}} French consonne initiale Head templates: {{head|fr|adjective form}} initiale
  1. feminine singular of initial Tags: feminine, form-of, singular Form of: initial
    Sense id: en-initiale-fr-adj-Ah-606UY

Noun

IPA: /i.ni.sjal/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-initiale.wav Forms: initiales [plural]
Etymology: * (Meaning 1 from the noun) From French lettre initiale. * (Meaning 2 from the noun) From French consonne initiale. Etymology templates: {{der|fr|fr|lettre initiale}} French lettre initiale, {{der|fr|fr|consonne initiale}} French consonne initiale Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} initiale f (plural initiales)
  1. initial (first letter of a word, of a name, of a first name) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-initiale-fr-noun-ypfEesZL Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 7 82 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 2 66 6 4 2 16 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 72 4 2 1 18 2
  2. (linguistics) initial, onset (first consonantal phoneme in a syllable. Often used in the study of Chinese languages) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-initiale-fr-noun-kTIml5Lp Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: attaque

Inflected forms

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          "english": "To get back to the original drop height (2.5 m), it was necessary to get rid of de-alluvialize the tailrace by 1 m, to maintain the town road that ran along it, and to reinforce the walls of the mill to fix the structure that would support the turbines.",
          "ref": "2009 April 24, Michel Mortier, “Nous avons vu la Normandie … Congrès annuel 2009 (24, 25 et 26 avril 2009) [We Have Seen Normandy…Annual Conference 2009 (24, 25 and 26 April 2009)]”, in Fédération des Moulins de France [Federation of the Mills of France], SB, archived from the original on 2024-08-24:",
          "text": "Pour retrouver la hauteur de chute initiale (2m50), il a fallu désalluvionner de 1m le canal de fuite, soutenir le chemin communal qui le longeait, renforcer les murs du moulin pour fixer la structure qui supporterait les turbines.",
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          "text": "J’avais oublié le cran d’arrêt : je pèse sur cette languette amovible qui poussée en arrière découvre une lettre majuscule gravée, une esse, initiale du mot sûreté.",
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