initialement
French, adverb/i.ni.sjal.mɑ̃/
initialement is spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-E-M-E-N-T (12 letters) and appears 12 times per million words in written French, the 5,743rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Initialement is a French adverb meaning “initially” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “En initiale, au commencement”.
What does initialement mean in English?
adverb
- 1
initially
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adverb: 1. En initiale, au commencement.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce initialement?
- /i.ni.sjal.mɑ̃/
- \i.ni.sjal.mɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to initialement
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is initialement in French?
initialement appears 12 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).