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 Definitions of prologue  [ˈproʊ lɔg, -lɒg]  

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Definition of 'prologue' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) prologue
a preface or introductory part of a discourse, poem, or novel.

2.  prologue
an introductory speech or scene in a play or opera.

3.  prologue
the person or persons who perform this.

4.  prologue
anything that serves as a preamble or introduction.

5. (v.t.) prologue
to introduce with or as if with a prologue.

Etymology:  (1250–1300; ME prolog(u)e (< OF) < L prōlogus < Gk prólogos. See pro -2, -logue)

Definition of 'prologue' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) prologue
an introduction to a play


Definition of 'prologue' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) prologue
the preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales;" esp., a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

2. (noun) prologue
one who delivers a prologue

3. (verb) prologue
to introduce with a formal preface, or prologue


Translation of 'prologue' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: an introduction, especially to a play.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: proloog, voorwoord Arabic flag Arabic: تَمْهيد، مُقَدِّمَه Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: пролог
Brazilian flag Brazilian: prólogo Czech flag Czech: prolog German flag German: der Prolog
Danish flag Danish: prolog Greek flag Greek: πρόλογος (θεατρικού έργου Spanish flag Spanish: prólogo
Estonian flag Estonian: proloog Farsi flag Farsi: مقدمه Finnish flag Finnish: prologi
French flag French: prologue Hebrew flag Hebrew: פֶּתָח-דָבָר Hindi flag Hindi: प्रस्तावना
Hungarian flag Hungarian: prológus Indonesian flag Indonesian: pengantar Icelandic flag Icelandic: formáli, aðfaraorð
Italian flag Italian: prologo Japanese flag Japanese: 序幕 Korean flag Korean: 프롤로그
Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: prologas Latvian flag Latvian: prologs Malay flag Malay: prolog
Dutch flag Dutch: proloog Norwegian flag Norwegian: innledning, forord, prolo Polish flag Polish: prolog
Persian flag Persian: مقدمه Pashto flag Pashto: سر ليكنه Portuguese flag Portuguese: prólogo
Romanian flag Romanian: prolog Russian flag Russian: пролог Slovak flag Slovak: prológ
Slovenian flag Slovenian: prolog Serbian flag Serbian: uvod Swedish flag Swedish: prolog, inledning
Thai flag Thai: บทนำ Turkish flag Turkish: önsöz, giriş Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 開場白,序言
Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: пролог Urdu flag Urdu: ڈرامہ کا افتتاحيہ Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: phần mở đầu
Chinese flag Chinese: 开场白,序言

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