They came early so they wouldn't miss the prelude.
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Prelude
//ˈpɹɛljuːd//
Synonyms for "prelude" (62 found)
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Closest matches (13)
Strong matches (18)
Related words (31)
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More general
8 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
4 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
24 entriesShowing 16 of 24 words.
Translations
50 translations across 28 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- προοίμιον noun (introductory event)
Belarusian
1 entries- прэлю́дыя noun (short piece of music)
Bulgarian
3 entries- въведение noun (introductory event)
- прелюдия noun (short piece of music)
- увод noun (introductory event)
Catalan
2 entries- preludi noun (introductory event)
- preludi noun (short piece of music)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 前奏 noun (short piece of music)
- 前奏曲 noun (short piece of music)
- 序幕 noun (introductory event)
- 过门 noun (short piece of music)
Czech
1 entries- předehra noun (short piece of music)
Esperanto
1 entries- preludo noun (short piece of music)
Finnish
2 entries- alkusoitto noun (short piece of music)
- preludi noun (short piece of music)
French
1 entries- prélude noun (introductory event)
German
2 entries- Präludium noun (short piece of music)
- Vorspiel noun (short piece of music)
Greek
1 entries- πρελούδιο noun (short piece of music)
Hungarian
3 entries- előjáték noun (short piece of music)
- prelúdium noun (short piece of music)
- prelűd noun (short piece of music)
Indonesian
1 entries- pendahuluan noun (introductory event)
Italian
3 entries- ouverture noun (short piece of music)
- preludio noun (introductory event)
- preludio noun (short piece of music)
Japanese
1 entries- プレリュード noun (short piece of music)
Latin
2 entries- praelūdium noun (short piece of music)
- praelūsiō noun (introductory event)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- preludium noun (short piece of music)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- preludium noun (short piece of music)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Väaspell noun (short piece of music)
Polish
2 entries- preludium noun (introductory event)
- preludium noun (short piece of music)
Portuguese
2 entries- prelúdio noun (introductory event)
- prelúdio noun (short piece of music)
Romanian
1 entries- preludiu noun (short piece of music)
Russian
3 entries- вступле́ние noun (introductory event)
- прелю́дия noun (introductory event)
- прелю́дия noun (short piece of music)
Spanish
3 entries- antesala noun (introductory event)
- preludio noun (introductory event)
- preludio noun (short piece of music)
Turkish
2 entries- giriş noun (introductory event)
- prelüd noun (short piece of music)
Ukrainian
2 entries- прелю́дія noun (introductory event)
- прелю́дія noun (short piece of music)
Uyghur
1 entries- مۇقەددىمە noun (introductory event)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dạo đầu noun (short piece of music)
- khúc dạo dầu noun (short piece of music)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Debussy's Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun and the poem which it is based on share a dreamy, ethereal, but nonetheless passionate feel.
Source: tatoeba (817014)
Sami's yelling was just a prelude to what was going to happen later.
Source: tatoeba (6717753)
The prelude to summer rain is always the same: dark clouds, a warm, humid wind, an open window and curtains which begin to sway in the breeze.
Source: tatoeba (9140009)
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