Foreword

//ˈfɔɹwɝd//

Synonyms for "foreword" (110 found)

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Translations

72 translations across 44 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries
  • առաջաբան noun (an introductory section)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • предговор noun (an introductory section)
  • предисловие noun (an introductory section)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pròleg noun (an introductory section)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • pasiuna noun (an introductory section)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 前言 noun (an introductory section)
  • noun (an introductory section)

Czech

1 entries
  • předmluva noun (an introductory section)

Danish

2 entries
  • forord noun (an introductory section)
  • fortale noun (an introductory section)

Dutch

2 entries
  • inleiding noun (an introductory section)
  • voorwoord noun (an introductory section)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • antaŭparolo noun (an introductory section)

Estonian

1 entries
  • eessõna noun (an introductory section)

Finnish

3 entries
  • alkusanat noun (an introductory section)
  • esipuhe noun (an introductory section)
  • esisana noun (an introductory section)

French

1 entries
  • avant-propos noun (an introductory section)

Galician

2 entries
  • limiar noun (an introductory section)
  • prefacio noun (an introductory section)

German

2 entries
  • Vorrede noun (an introductory section)
  • Vorwort noun (an introductory section)

Greek

1 entries
  • πρόλογος noun (an introductory section)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अवतरणिका noun (an introductory section)
  • आमुख noun (an introductory section)
  • दीबाचा noun (an introductory section)
  • दो शब्द noun (an introductory section)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • előszó noun (an introductory section)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • formáli noun (an introductory section)
  • forspjall noun (an introductory section)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • kata pengantar noun (an introductory section)
  • prakata noun (an introductory section)

Ingrian

3 entries
  • alkujutto noun (an introductory section)
  • esisana noun (an introductory section)
  • toimitussana noun (an introductory section)

Irish

1 entries
  • réamhrá noun (an introductory section)

Italian

1 entries
  • prefazione noun (an introductory section)

Kankanaey

1 entries
  • panangiam-ammo noun (an introductory section)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಮುನ್ನುಡಿ noun (an introductory section)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • алғы сөз noun (an introductory section)
  • алғысөз noun (an introductory section)
  • кіріспе noun (an introductory section)

Latvian

1 entries
  • priekšvārds noun (an introductory section)

Livonian

1 entries
  • eḑḑisõnā noun (an introductory section)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • предговор noun (an introductory section)

Māori

1 entries
  • kupu whakataki noun (an introductory section)

Norwegian

2 entries
  • forord noun (an introductory section)
  • fortale noun (an introductory section)

Polish

2 entries
  • przedmowa noun (an introductory section)
  • przedsłowie noun (an introductory section)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • prefácio noun (an introductory section)

Romanian

1 entries
  • cuvânt înainte noun (an introductory section)

Russian

1 entries
  • предисло́вие noun (an introductory section)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ro-ràdh noun (an introductory section)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • predgovor noun (an introductory section)

Slovak

2 entries
  • predhovor noun (an introductory section)
  • predslov noun (an introductory section)

Spanish

1 entries
  • prefacio noun (an introductory section)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förord noun (an introductory section)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • bungadsabi noun (an introductory section)
  • paunang salita noun (an introductory section)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • передмова noun (an introductory section)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مۇقەددىمە noun (an introductory section)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • lời nói đầu noun (an introductory section)
  • lời tựa noun (an introductory section)

Welsh

1 entries
  • rhagair noun (an introductory section)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.

Source: tatoeba (58861)

A book without a foreword is like a body without a soul.

Source: tatoeba (9589191)

Tom is writing the foreword to my book.

Source: tatoeba (10352300)

In a foreword, the author defends herself against anticipated critics.

Source: tatoeba (12314689)

Showing 4 of 11 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.