i18n

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

A form of internationalization — The conversion of something in order to make it international.

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Meanings

i18n1

nouni18n (uncountable)

alternative I18N · alternative I18n

  1. abbreviationuncountablecomputingAbbreviation of internationalization.

    AngularJS comes with support for I18n and L10n for date, number, and currency. No surprises here!

    2015, Chandermani, AngularJS by Example, Packt Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 389
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    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!

    2002, David LeBlanc, Michael Howard, Writing Secure Code, Pearson Education, →ISBN, page 440

    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 […]

    2008, Philipp Weitershausen, Web Component Development with Zope 3, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 145

I18N2

nounI18N (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAlternative letter-case form of i18n.

Origin

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

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Cite this entry
APA

i18n. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i18n

MLA

“i18n.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i18n. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “i18n,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/i18n.

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