initial letter in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for initial letter in the English»French Dictionary

initial letter N

initial letter

initiale f

Translations for initial letter in the French»English Dictionary

lettrine

initial letter

Translations for initial letter in the English»French Dictionary

I.initial [Brit ɪˈnɪʃ(ə)l, Am ɪˈnɪʃəl] N

initial

initiale f

to sign one's initials

signer de ses initiales

II.initial [Brit ɪˈnɪʃ(ə)l, Am ɪˈnɪʃəl] ADJ

initial symptoms, shock, reaction

initial, premier/-ière

initial shyness, reticence

initial, du début

in the initial stages

au début

III.initial <pres part etc Brit initialling, initialled Am initialing, initialed> [Brit ɪˈnɪʃ(ə)l, Am ɪˈnɪʃəl] VB trans

initial (gen) document

parapher or parafer

initial (authorize)

viser et parapher

I.letter [Brit ˈlɛtə, Am ˈlɛdər] N

1. letter (item of correspondence):

letter

lettre f (to pour, from de)

a letter of apology/resignation

une lettre d'excuse/de démission

to inform sb by letter

informer qn par lettre

he receives a lot of letters

il reçoit beaucoup de courrier

letters to the editor JOURN

courrier des lecteurs

the letters of Virginia Woolf

la correspondance de Virginia Woolf

2. letter:

letter (of alphabet)

lettre f

letter (character)

caractère m

the letter A

la lettre A

to write sth in big letters

écrire qc en gros caractères

to have a lot of letters after one's name inf

être bardé de titres inf

3. letter Am SPORTS:

letter

récompense sportive décernée par une école sous la forme de son monogramme

II.letters N

letters npl (literature):

letters

belles-lettres fpl

academy of letters

société des belles-lettres

a man/woman of letters

un homme/une femme de lettres

III.letter [Brit ˈlɛtə, Am ˈlɛdər] VB trans

letter photograph, diagram:

letter

marquer [qc] d'une lettre

the rows are lettered from A to P

les rangées portent des lettres allant de A à P

to be lettered in gold/ink

porter des lettres en or/inscrites à l'encre

IV.letter [Brit ˈlɛtə, Am ˈlɛdər] VB intr Am UNIV

to letter in baseball

gagner une récompense en base-ball

V.letter [Brit ˈlɛtə, Am ˈlɛdər]

to respect the letter, if not the spirit, of the law

suivre la lettre, sinon l'esprit, de la loi

to follow instructions to the letter

suivre des instructions à la lettre

initial letter in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for initial letter in the English»French Dictionary

I.initial [ɪˈnɪʃəl] N

initial

initiale f

II.initial [ɪˈnɪʃəl] ADJ

initial

initial(e)

III.initial <Brit -ll- [or Am, Aus -l-]> [ɪˈnɪʃəl] VB trans

initial

parapher

letter [ˈletəʳ, Am ˈlet̬ɚ] N

letter

lettre f

Phrases:

to the letter

à la lettre

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

The court determined that the initial letter was an interim contract, and that the more detailed contract was a contract variation.

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Under current practice, the first letter must match the initial letter of the railroad name.

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Capitalization is writing a word with its initial letter in uppercase and remaining letters in lowercase.

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