preface

Etymology
Late 14th century, from, , from (from which derives the modern 🇨🇬), from , for classical , from , from  +.

Noun

 * 1) A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions.
 * 2) An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
 * 3)  A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the  or canon  of the Mass, following the  dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.
 * 4) A title or epithet.
 * 1)  A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the  or canon  of the Mass, following the  dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.
 * 2) A title or epithet.
 * 1)  A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the  or canon  of the Mass, following the  dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.
 * 2) A title or epithet.
 * 1) A title or epithet.
 * 1) A title or epithet.

Translations

 * Arabic: مُقَدِّمَة
 * Armenian:
 * Azerbaijani: ,
 * Belarusian: прадмо́ва
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan: prefaci
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, , ,
 * Czech: předmluva,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:, voorrede
 * Estonian: eessõna
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician: prefacio
 * Georgian: წინასიტყვაობა
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: προοίμιον
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:, ,
 * Irish: réamhrá
 * Italian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kazakh: кіріспе
 * Khmer: បុព្វកថា
 * Korean:, , 발간사
 * Latin: praefātiō, prohoemium
 * Latvian: priekšvārds
 * Lithuanian: pratarmė
 * Macedonian: предговор
 * Manchu: ᠶᠠᡵᡠᠨ
 * Maori: kupu takamua, kupu whakataki
 * Norman: préfache
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Occitan: prefaci
 * Old English: fōresæġdnes
 * Persian: ,
 * Plautdietsch: Väaräd
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ro-ràdh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре̏дгово̄р
 * Roman:
 * Slovak: predhovor, predslov,
 * Slovene: predgovor
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: pambungad
 * Tajik: муқаддима
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: передмо́ва
 * Uyghur: مۇقەددىمە
 * Uzbek: ,
 * Vietnamese:
 * Yiddish: הקדמה, האַגדאָמע


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 頌謝詞
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hungarian: prefáció
 * Italian:
 * Latin: praefātiō
 * Spanish:

Verb

 * 1)  To introduce or make a comment before (the main point).
 * 2)  To give a preface to.
 * 1)  To give a preface to.

Translations

 * French:
 * Greek:
 * Ido:
 * Norman: préfachi
 * Portuguese: prefaciar
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:

Etymology
From.

Verb

 * 1) to change
 * 2)  to pretend