prologue

Senso (Inglese)

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.

Concetti

prologo

preludio

prolago

Opposto di

epilogue, foreword

sinonimi

preface

foreword

introduction

preamble

prolog

prelude

opening

beginning

outset

curtain-raiser

prolog

premise

proem

commencement

origin

start

opening statement

prolusion

loosely

Traduzioni

prologue

prólogo

Prolog

proloog

prólogo

voorrede

πρόλογος

önsöz

başlangıç

Vorspiel

pròleg

antelogium

preludio

inleiding

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: prologue

In summary

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