exordium

Meaning

1. (formal) A beginning.
2. The introduction to an essay or discourse.

Synonyms

introduction

preamble

preface

overture

intro

lead

lead-in

opening

prelude

proem

prolegomenon

beginning

lede

foreword

intonation

intoning

Translations

aanhef

exordio

exórdio

önsöz

προοίμιο

exorde

esordio

intonazione

mukaddeme

preàmbul

preambolo

Beschreibungseinleitung

preambule

preambul

preâmbulo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“I begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“I begin”).