prologue

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

1. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
2. One who delivers a prologue.
3. A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
4. An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
5. A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.

Verb

To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

Έννοιες

πρόλογος

εισάγω

εισαγωγή

pralogos esipuhe

Απέναντι από

epilogue, foreword

Συνώνυμα

preface

foreword

introduction

preamble

prolog

prelude

opening

beginning

outset

curtain-raiser

prolog

premise

proem

commencement

origin

start

opening statement

prolusion

loosely

Μεταφράσεις

prologue

prólogo

Prolog

prólogo

proloog

voorrede

prologo

önsöz

Vorspiel

antelogium

başlangıç

pròleg

preludio

inleiding

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: prologue

In summary

From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.