epilogue

See also: épilogue and épilogué

English

Alternative forms

• epilog

Etymology

From French épilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/
• (US, cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɛpɪlɑɡ/

Noun

epilogue (plural epilogues)

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. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.

Synonyms

• (short speech at the end of a play): endspeech
• (brief script at the end of a literary piece): afterword, endspeech; see also Thesaurus:afterword

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “short speech at the end of a play”): prologue
• (antonym(s) of “brief script at the end of a literary piece”): prologue; see also Thesaurus:foreword

Derived terms

• epilogical

Translations

short speech at the end of a play

• Bulgarian: епилог (bg) m (epilog)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 收場白／收场白 (shōuchǎngbái)

• Finnish: loppusanat pl, jälkisanat pl, epilogi (fi), loppunäytös
• German: Epilog (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: ἐπίλογος m (epílogos)

• Icelandic: lokaorð n pl, niðurlagsorð n pl
• Japanese: 閉幕辞 (へいまくじ, heimakuji), 納め口上 (おさめこうじょう, osamekōjō), エピローグ (ja) (epirōgu)
• Kyrgyz: эпилог (ky) (epilog)
• Maori: turukitanga, whakatepenga
• Portuguese: epílogo (pt) m
• Russian: эпило́г (ru) m (epilóg)
• Serbo-Croatian: pogovor (sh) m
• Spanish: epílogo (es) m
• Swedish: efterord (sv) n, epilog (sv) c
• Turkish: bağlak (tr), son söz (tr), epilog (tr)

the performer who gives this speech

brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece

• Armenian: վերջաբան (hy) (verǰaban), վերջերգ (hy) (verǰerg)
• Bulgarian: послеслов m (posleslov)
• Catalan: epíleg m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 後記／后记 (hau⁶ gei³), 結語／结语 (git³ jyu⁵)

  Mandarin: 後記／后记 (zh) (hòujì), 跋文 (zh) (báwén)

• Dutch: epiloog (nl) n, nawoord (nl) n
• Finnish: epilogi (fi), jälkikirjoitus (fi), loppusanat, jälkipuhe
• French: épilogue (fr) m
• German: Epilog (de) m, Nachwort (de) n
• Hebrew: אפילוג (he) m
• Hungarian: utószó (hu)
• Icelandic: lokaorð n pl, eftirmáli (is) m, niðurlagsorð n pl
• Irish: iarfhocal m
• Japanese: 結語 (ja) (けつご, ketsugo), 跋 (ja) (ばつ, batsu), エピローグ (ja) (epirōgu)
• Kazakh: қырғы сөз (qyrğy söz), соңғы сөз (soñğy söz)
• Maori: turukitanga
• Polish: epilog (pl) m, posłowie (pl) n
• Portuguese: epílogo (pt) m
• Russian: эпило́г (ru) m (epilóg), послесло́вие (ru) n (posleslóvije)
• Serbo-Croatian: pogovor (sh) m
• Spanish: epílogo (es) m
• Tagalog: pamuod
• Turkish: bağlak (tr), son söz (tr), epilog (tr)
• Vietnamese: phần kết (份結), lời bạt (vi) (𠳒跋)
• Yiddish: עפּילאָג m (epilog)

component of a computer program

• Irish: iarfhocal m

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• Hausa: ^{(please verify)} tàmat f
• Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} epilogo

Verb

epilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued)

1. (transitive) To conclude with an epilogue.

References

• “epilogue”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “epilogue”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “epilogue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.