Preface

//ˈpɹɛfəs//

Synonyms for "preface" (130 found)

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Strong matches (39)

Noun(2 words)
exordforeword

Related words (65)

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More general

4 entries

Synonyms

3 entries

Related terms

2 entries

coordinate

8 entries

derived

4 entries

has context

1 entries

related to

12 entries

Translations

117 translations across 68 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • parathënie noun (introduction before the main text)

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • προοίμιον noun (introduction before the main text)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُقَدِّمَة noun (introduction before the main text)

Armenian

1 entries
  • առաջաբան noun (introduction before the main text)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • müqəddimə noun (introduction before the main text)
  • önsöz noun (introduction before the main text)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • прадмо́ва noun (introduction before the main text)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • пре́дговор noun (introduction before the main text)
  • предисло́вие noun (introduction before the main text)

Burmese

1 entries
  • နိဒါန်း noun (introduction before the main text)

Catalan

1 entries
  • prefaci noun (introduction before the main text)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 前言 noun (introduction before the main text)
  • 序文 noun (introduction before the main text)
  • 序言 noun (introduction before the main text)
  • 緒言 /绪言 noun (introduction before the main text)

Czech

2 entries
  • předmluva noun (introduction before the main text)
  • úvod noun (introduction before the main text)

Danish

1 entries
  • forord noun (introduction before the main text)

Dari

2 entries
  • دِیبَاچَه noun (introduction before the main text)
  • مُقَدَّمَه noun (introduction before the main text)

Dutch

2 entries
  • voorrede noun (introduction before the main text)
  • voorwoord noun (introduction before the main text)

Estonian

1 entries
  • eessõna noun (introduction before the main text)

Finnish

2 entries
  • alkusanat noun (introduction before the main text)
  • johdanto noun (introduction before the main text)

French

3 entries
  • préface noun (introduction before the main text)
  • préface noun (prayer before the canon of the Mass)
  • préfacer verb (to introduce a text)

Galician

1 entries
  • prefacio noun (introduction before the main text)

Georgian

1 entries
  • წინასიტყვაობა noun (introduction before the main text)

German

3 entries
  • Präfation noun (prayer before the canon of the Mass)
  • Vorrede noun (introduction before the main text)
  • Vorwort noun (introduction before the main text)

Greek

2 entries
  • πρόλογος noun (introduction before the main text)
  • προλογίζω verb (to introduce a text)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • દીબાચો noun (introduction before the main text)
  • પ્રસ્તાવના noun (introduction before the main text)

Hindi

1 entries
  • प्रस्तावना noun (introduction before the main text)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • előszó noun (introduction before the main text)
  • prefáció noun (prayer before the canon of the Mass)

Ido

2 entries
  • prefaco noun (introduction before the main text)
  • prefacizar verb (to introduce a text)

Indonesian

4 entries
  • kata pengantar noun (introduction before the main text)
  • mukadimah noun (introduction before the main text)
  • prefasi noun (prayer before the canon of the Mass)
  • sekapur sirih noun (introduction before the main text)

Iranian Persian

2 entries
  • دیباچِه noun (introduction before the main text)
  • مُقَدَّمِه noun (introduction before the main text)

Irish

1 entries
  • réamhrá noun (introduction before the main text)

Italian

4 entries
  • introduzione noun (introduction before the main text)
  • prefazio noun (prayer before the canon of the Mass)
  • prefazione noun (introduction before the main text)
  • proemio noun (introduction before the main text)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 前書き noun (introduction before the main text)
  • 序文 noun (introduction before the main text)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • кіріспе noun (introduction before the main text)

Khmer

1 entries
  • បុព្វកថា noun (introduction before the main text)

Korean

3 entries
  • 머리말 noun (introduction before the main text)
  • 발간사 noun (introduction before the main text)
  • 서문 noun (introduction before the main text)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • сөз башы noun (introduction before the main text)

Latin

3 entries
  • praefātiō noun (introduction before the main text)
  • praefātiō noun (prayer before the canon of the Mass)
  • prohoemium noun (introduction before the main text)

Latvian

1 entries
  • priekšvārds noun (introduction before the main text)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • pratarmė noun (introduction before the main text)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • предговор noun (introduction before the main text)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᠶᠠᡵᡠᠨ noun (introduction before the main text)

Māori

2 entries
  • kupu takamua noun (introduction before the main text)
  • kupu whakataki noun (introduction before the main text)

Norman

2 entries
  • préfache noun (introduction before the main text)
  • préfachi verb (to introduce a text)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • forord noun (introduction before the main text)

Occitan

1 entries
  • prefaci noun (introduction before the main text)

Old English

1 entries
  • fōresæġdnes noun (introduction before the main text)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Väaräd noun (introduction before the main text)

Polish

2 entries
  • przedmowa noun (introduction before the main text)
  • wstęp noun (introduction before the main text)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • prefácio noun (introduction before the main text)
  • prefaciar verb (to introduce a text)

Romanian

1 entries
  • prefață noun (introduction before the main text)

Russian

4 entries
  • введе́ние noun (introduction before the main text)
  • вступле́ние noun (introduction before the main text)
  • предисло́вие noun (introduction before the main text)
  • проло́г noun (introduction before the main text)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ro-ràdh noun (introduction before the main text)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • prȅdgovōr noun (introduction before the main text)
  • пре̏дгово̄р noun (introduction before the main text)

Slovak

3 entries
  • predhovor noun (introduction before the main text)
  • predslov noun (introduction before the main text)
  • úvod noun (introduction before the main text)

Slovene

1 entries
  • predgovor noun (introduction before the main text)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • кире сӧс noun (introduction before the main text)

Spanish

4 entries
  • prefacio noun (introduction before the main text)
  • prefacio noun (prayer before the canon of the Mass)
  • introducir verb (to introduce a text)
  • prologar verb (to introduce a text)

Swedish

1 entries
  • förord noun (introduction before the main text)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pambungad noun (introduction before the main text)

Tajik

1 entries
  • муқаддима noun (introduction before the main text)

Telugu

1 entries
  • పీఠిక noun (introduction before the main text)

Thai

1 entries
  • คำนำ noun (introduction before the main text)

Turkish

1 entries
  • önsöz noun (introduction before the main text)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • передмо́ва noun (introduction before the main text)

Urdu

3 entries
  • تَمْہِید noun (introduction before the main text)
  • دِیباچَہ noun (introduction before the main text)
  • مُقَدَّمَہ noun (introduction before the main text)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • مۇقەددىمە noun (introduction before the main text)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • muqaddima noun (introduction before the main text)
  • soʻzboshi noun (introduction before the main text)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • lời tựa noun (introduction before the main text)

Welsh

1 entries
  • rhagair noun (introduction before the main text)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • האַגדאָמע noun (introduction before the main text)
  • הקדמה noun (introduction before the main text)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

This dictionary has a preface, not a foreword.

Source: tatoeba (58861)

How does the preface run?

Source: tatoeba (267340)

He wrote a fine preface to the play.

Source: tatoeba (290673)

He said a few words by way of preface.

Source: tatoeba (300721)

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