prologue

Etymology
From, , from , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
 * 2) One who delivers a prologue.
 * 3)  A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
 * 4)  An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
 * 5)  A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
 * 1)  A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.
 * 2)  An individual time trial before a stage race, used to determine which rider wears the leader's jersey on the first stage.
 * 3)  A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.
 * 1)  A liturgical book containing daily readings, including hagiography.

Antonyms

 * epilogue, epilog

Translations

 * Bengali: প্রাক্ কথন
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: pròleg
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: prolog
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: πρόλογος
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Japanese: ,
 * Latin: praefātiō
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: prolog
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ro-ràdh
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пре̏дгово̄р, про̀лог,
 * Roman: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uyghur: مۇقەددىمە
 * Yiddish: פּראָלאָג

Verb

 * 1) To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue.

Etymology
, a borrowing from, itself borrowed from.