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No. 4,462 in French

initial

The French word "initial" means "original" or "first."

In a sentence

  • L'idée initiale était de partir tôt.

    The initial idea was to leave early.

    Here the word 'initiale' is used as an adjective to describe the 'idea', indicating it is the original or starting point idea.

  • Nous avons sauvegardé nos fichiers sous leurs formes initiales.

    We saved our files in their initial forms.

    In this sentence, 'initiales' is an adjective modifying 'formes', referring to the original state or condition of the files.

  • Son initiale est gravée sur le pendentif.

    Her initial is engraved on the pendant.

    Here, 'initiale' acts as a noun indicating the first letter of her name, as used in inscriptions or monograms.

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