prelude

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. An introductory or preliminary performance or event.
2. A short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece.
3. A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
4. (figuratively) A forerunner to anything.

Verb

1. To introduce something, as a prelude.
2. To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.

Concepten

voorspel

prelude

inleiden

inleiding

het vorige

inluiden

Synoniemen

overture

introduction

preface

preamble

prologue

intro

preliminary

prelusion

proem

beginning

outset

forebode

import

opening

initiate

input

insert

insertion

institute

intake

introduce

lead

leader

lead-in

omen

opportunity

origination

precede

presage

pretext

prolegomenon

prolog

prologize

prolusion

star

⭐

toccata

usher

go before

lede

procedure heading

prologue

admit

prolog

adumbration

antecedent

begin

chance

🎲

cue

enter

exordium

Vertalingen

prélude

preludio

preludio

Präludium

Vorspiel

preludi

prelúdio

εισαγωγή

preludi

prolusio

εισάγω

ouverture

giriş

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/

Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere.