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i18n

/ɪntəˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/US/ɪntɚˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/

i18n is the abbreviation of internationalization.

Meaning of internationalization

Noun

internationalization (countable and uncountable, plural internationalizations)

  1. The conversion of something in order to make it international.
    • Before the union of the Scottish Crown with that of England, it had for a brief period been united with that of France. On this occasion, a complete legal internationalization was effected.1860, The North British Review, volume 33
  2. The act or process of making a product suitable for international markets, typically by making text messages easily translatable and ensuring support of non-Latin character sets, languages, and regions.

Noun capitalized: I18N

I18N (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of i18n.

Forms of i18n

alternative formI18N
alternative formI18n

Origin of i18n

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

Questions about i18n

What is i18n the abbreviation of?
I18n is the abbreviation of internationalization.
What part of speech is i18n?
I18n is a noun.
How do you pronounce i18n?
I18n is pronounced /ɪntəˌnæʃ(ə)n(ə)ləˈzeɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near i18n in the dictionary

  1. I.W.
  2. I/DD
  3. i/o
  4. I/O bound
  5. I/Os
  6. i18n
  7. I2
  8. I3
  9. i386
  10. I3A
  11. IA

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Adapted from Wiktionary: i18n (page history and authors); I18N (page history and authors); internationalization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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