Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

i18n

/ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.19 in modern English

Syllables: i18n
IPA: /ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Abbreviation of internationalization.

Uncountable

noun

Alternative letter-case form of i18n.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Don't convert between Unicode and other code pages/character sets. If you follow these two rules, you'll run into few I18N-related security issues; in fact, you can jump to the next chapter if these two rules hold true for your application!"
"After our tour through the translation components we can now make our Python code “i18n-aware”. A typical task is identifying all the places where a (Unicode) string needs to be turned into an i18n message or where the appropriate TAL […]"
"AngularJS comes with support for I18n and L10n for date, number, and currency. No surprises here!"

Etymology

A numeronym representation of internationalization as i followed by 18 more letters, followed by n.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/
British English: /ɪntəˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/

Usage

Uncountable

Frequently Paired Words

a11y c14n g11n k8s L10n p13n t9n

Homonyms

internationalization

Questions

How do you pronounce i18n?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/.
What does i18n mean?: Abbreviation of internationalization.
Where does i18n come from?: A numeronym representation of internationalization as i followed by 18 more letters, followed by n.

How to pronounce i18n

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