prefácio

Meaning

preface, foreword

Concepts

foreword

preface

introduction

preamble

prolusion

Translations

préface

Vorwort

prefazione

voorwoord

prefacio

Vorrede

avant-propos

voorbericht

voorrede

prólogo

πρόλογος

prefaci

inleiding

pròleg

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɾeˈfa.si.u/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin: praefātiō

In summary

Learned borrowing from Latin praefātiō (“a saying beforehand”), from praefor (“to speak beforehand”), from prae- (“before”) + for (“to speak”, archaic). Doublet of prefação.