"initiative" meaning in French

See initiative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /i.ni.sja.tiv/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-initiative.wav Forms: initiatives [plural]
Etymology: From Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), from Late Latin initiare (“to begin, Latin initiate”), from Latin initium (“beginning”), from ineo (“enter, begin”). Etymology templates: {{der|fr|ML.||*initiativus|serving to initiate}} Medieval Latin *initiativus (“serving to initiate”), {{cog|la|-}} Latin, {{der|fr|LL.|initiare||to begin, Latin initiate}} Late Latin initiare (“to begin, Latin initiate”), {{der|fr|la|initium||beginning}} Latin initium (“beginning”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} initiative f (plural initiatives)
  1. initiative Tags: feminine Derived forms: syndicat d’initiative
    Sense id: en-initiative-fr-noun-Bj~kvzYz Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms with collocations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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