prologue
A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novelA speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
» A book without a prologue is like a body without a soul.
Ein Buch ohne Vorwort ist wie ein Körper ohne Seele.
Meaning
5 senses(rhetoric)A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
Prolog
проло́гprológ, предисло́виеpredislóvije
проло́гprolóh
an introduction to a play
One who delivers a prologue.
A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
Examples
4 sentencesA book without a prologue is like a body without a soul.
deEin Buch ohne Vorwort ist wie ein Körper ohne Seele.
Victor's editor insisted that he cut out the prologue from his novel draft.
They say this novel is a classic, but I gave up at the prologue.
This movie is divided into six chapters, and it even has a prologue before the title screen.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, fromFrom Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.
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