foreword
An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other documentAn introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
» Who wrote the foreword to his book?
Wer hat das Vorwort zu seinem Buch verfasst?
Кто написал предисловие к его книге?
Значение
значений: 1An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced).
Vorwort, Vorrede
предисло́виеpredislóvije
передмоваperedmova
a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
Примеры
предложений: 11Who wrote the foreword to his book?
Кто написал предисловие к его книге?
deWer hat das Vorwort zu seinem Buch verfasst?
He stated it in the foreword.
Who composed the foreword to his book?
This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
ukУ цьому словнику є передмова, а не вступ.
deDieses Wörterbuch hat eine Vorbemerkung, kein Vorwort.
Tom is writing the foreword to my book.
deTom schreibt das Vorwort zu meinem Buch.
Переводы
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Происхождение
Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatioMorphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).
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