prelude
An introductory or preliminary performance or eventAn introductory or preliminary performance or event.
» They came early so they wouldn't miss the prelude.
Sie kamen zeitig, um das Präludium nicht zu verpassen.
Meaning
4 sensesAn introductory or preliminary performance or event.
вступле́ниеvstuplénije, прелю́дияpreljúdija
прелю́діяpreljúdija
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.
Präludium, Vorspiel
прелю́дияpreljúdija
прелю́діяpreljúdija
A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program.
(figuratively)A forerunner to anything.
- music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
Examples
4 sentencesThey came early so they wouldn't miss the prelude.
deSie kamen zeitig, um das Präludium nicht zu verpassen.
This silence can't be the prelude to anything good.
deDiese Stille kann nur der Vorbote von nichts Gutem sein.
Sami's yelling was just a prelude to what was going to happen later.
Capitalism has triumphed all over the world, but this triumph is only the prelude to the triumph of labour over capital.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin pFrom Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere.
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