foreword

Betekenis (Engels)

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).

Teenoorgestelde van

afterword, epilogue, endsay, conclusion, last word, postamble, foreword

Sinonieme

preface

introduction

prologue

preamble

prolusion

opening

exordium

prefatory note

postscript

premise

proem

prolegomenon

opening statement

Vertalings

Vorwort

préface

Vorrede

Geleitwort

voorwoord

prefazione

avant-propos

prefácio

prefacio

voorbericht

prólogo

voorrede

Einleitung

Einführung

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈfɔːwɜːd/

Etimologie (Engels)

Verwante met Nederlands: voorwoord

Verwante met Fries: foarwurd

Verwante met Deens: forord

Verwante met Sweeds: förord

Verwante met Old English: forword

In summary

Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).