preludium

See also: prelúdium

English

Alternative forms

• praeludium, præludium (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin praeludium.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈluːdiəm/, /-ˈljuːdiəm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəˈluːdiəm/

Noun

preludium (plural preludiums or preludia)

1. (now rare) prelude, portent
   • 1563, Iohn Foxe, “Book 5”, in Actes and Monuments of theſe latter and perillous dayes […] ‎^[1], London: Iohn Day, page 1006:

     […] and ſo the dyſputation beganne, ſette a woꝛke by the Prolocutor with a verye ſhoꝛte pꝛæludium.

   • 1624 (first performance), John Fletcher, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. A Comoedy. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Leonard Lichfield […], published 1640, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 3:

     Maybe they would learn to raiſe the picke. / I am for 'um. They are very modeſt; tis a fine preludium. […]

   • 1717, Catcott, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Nicholas Rowe, Temple Stanyan, “Book XIII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 445:

     This Menelaus knows, expos'd to ſhare / With me the rough Preludium of the War.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Probably from Latin praeludium

Noun

preludium n (definite singular preludiet, indefinite plural preludier, definite plural preludia or preludiene)

1. (music) a prelude

References

• “preludium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Probably from Latin praeludium

Noun

preludium n (definite singular preludiet, indefinite plural preludium, definite plural preludia)

1. (music) a prelude

References

• “preludium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Präludium, from Italian preludio, from Latin prae-ludo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛˈlu.djum/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -udjum
• Syllabification: pre‧lu‧dium

Noun

preludium n

1. (music) prelude (short, free-form piece of music, serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece)
2. (music) prelude (short, stand-alone piece of music)
3. prelude (introductory or preliminary performance or event)

Declension

Declension of preludium

	singular	plural
nominative	preludium	preludia
genitive	preludium	preludiów
dative	preludium	preludiom
accusative	preludium	preludia
instrumental	preludium	preludiami
locative	preludium	preludiach
vocative	preludium	preludia

Derived terms

adjective

• preludiowy

 

Further reading

• preludium in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• preludium in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin praeludium, cognate with German Präludium, based on praeludere, used in Swedish since 1734 (or perhaps 1615).

Noun

preludium n

1. a prelude, an opening, an introduction (in music and literature)
2. a preparation, a sign of things to come

   Såsom ett preludium till jul ingår ju första adventssöndagen.

   As a prelude to Christmas comes the first Sunday of Advent.

Declension

Declension of preludium
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	preludium	preludiet	preludier	preludierna
Genitive	preludiums	preludiets	preludiers	preludiernas

Synonyms

• förspel
• upptakt

Related terms

• preludiera
• preludiespel

References

• preludium in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• preludium in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)