The newest Hunger Games book is actually a prequel.
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Prequel
//ˈpɹiːkwəl//
Synonyms for "prequel" (2 found)
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4 entriescoordinate
1 entriesderived
3 entriesderived from
2 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- preqüela noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 前傳 /前传 noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Esperanto
1 entries- antaŭdaŭrigo noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Finnish
2 entries- esiosa noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- etko-osa noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
French
3 entries- antépisode noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- prequel noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- préquelle noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Galician
1 entries- precuela noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
German
4 entries- Prequel noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- Vorgeschichte noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- Vorgänger noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- Vorläufer noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Italian
1 entries- prequel noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Japanese
1 entries- 前編 noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Macedonian
1 entries- ретропродолжение noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Polish
1 entries- prequel noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Portuguese
3 entries- prelúdio noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- prequela noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- prequência noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Russian
2 entries- предысто́рия noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- при́квел noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
Spanish
2 entries- precuela noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
- protosecuela noun (in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor)
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'Prequels' are sequels that relate the story that preceded the original film.
Source: wiktionary
2008, 26 February, Andrew Pierce, "JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits, in The Daily Telegraph They are also threatening to block the production of the long-awaited prequel, The Hobbit, which may now be cancelled.
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