| Part of speech | common noun |
|---|
| Afrikaans | voorletter |
|---|---|
| Danish | forbogstav |
| Dutch | beginletter; initiaal; voorletter |
| Esperanto | komenclitero; inicialo; komenca litero |
| German | Initial; Anfangsbuchstabe; Initiale |
| Norwegian | forbokstav |
| Saterland Frisian | Initioal |
| Spanish | inicial |
| Swedish | initialbokstav |