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).
» This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
Dieses Wörterbuch hat eine Vorbemerkung, kein Vorwort.
У цьому словнику є передмова, а не вступ.
Значення
значень: 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
Приклади
речень: 11This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.
У цьому словнику є передмова, а не вступ.
deDieses Wörterbuch hat eine Vorbemerkung, kein Vorwort.
He stated it in the foreword.
Who composed the foreword to his book?
Who wrote the foreword to his book?
ruКто написал предисловие к его книге?
deWer hat das Vorwort zu seinem Buch verfasst?
Tom is writing the foreword to my book.
deTom schreibt das Vorwort zu meinem Buch.
Переклади
мов: 8За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
За значеннями 1
Походження
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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