propaedeutic

Etymology
From the, from +.

Adjective

 * 1)  Preparatory or introductory.
 * 2) * 1868, Mark Pattison, Suggestions on Academical Organisation with Especial Reference to Oxford, section VI: “Of the Studies Preliminary to the Degree”, § 4: ‘Liberal Studies (Arts) and Special Studies (Science)’, pages 261–262:
 * On the other hand, the German university exhibits a system in which the university course is almost wholly special; the liberal and propædeutic studies are relegated to the grammar-school.

Translations

 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: propedeŭtika
 * Finnish: propedeuttinen
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 調製用
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) An introductory course of instruction.

Translations

 * Czech: propedeutika
 * Esperanto: propedeŭtiko
 * French:
 * German:
 * Irish: réamheolaíocht
 * Italian:
 * Polish: