epilogue

Etymology
From, from , from , from. Eclipsed borrowed ultimately from Old French.

Noun

 * 1) A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
 * 2) The performer who gives this speech
 * 3) A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
 * 4)  A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.

Synonyms

 * , ; see also Thesaurus:afterword
 * , ; see also Thesaurus:afterword

Antonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:foreword
 * ; see also Thesaurus:foreword

Derived terms

 * epilogical

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 收場白
 * Finnish: loppusanat, jälkisanat,, loppunäytös
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἐπίλογος
 * Icelandic: lokaorð, niðurlagsorð
 * Japanese: 閉幕辞, 納め口上,
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Maori: turukitanga, whakatepenga
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:, ,


 * Armenian: ,
 * Bulgarian: послеслов
 * Catalan: epíleg
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 後記, 結語
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , loppusanat, jälkipuhe
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: lokaorð,, niðurlagsorð
 * Irish: iarfhocal
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Kazakh: қырғы сөз, соңғы сөз
 * Maori: turukitanga
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: pamuod
 * Turkish:, ,
 * Vietnamese: phần kết (份結), (𠳒跋)
 * Yiddish: עפּילאָג


 * Irish: iarfhocal


 * Hausa:
 * Interlingua:

Verb

 * 1)  To conclude with an epilogue.