prologue

English

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Alternative forms

• prolog

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος

Noun

prologue (plural prologues)

1. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
2. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

Antonyms

• (speech or section...): epilogue

Translations

speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel

Catalan: pròleg (ca) m. Czech: prolog (cs) m. Dutch: proloog (nl) Finnish: prologi (fi)

French: prologue (fr) m. Scottish Gaelic: ro-ràdh (gd) m. Serbian: predgovor (sr) m. Spanish: prólogo (es) m.

References

• “prologue” in the Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, 2001