epilogue

See also: épilogue and épilogué

English

Alternative forms

• epilog

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French épilogue, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin epilogus, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγειν (epilégein, “say in addition”), from ἐπί (epí, “in addition”) + λέγειν (légein, “to say”).

Pronunciation

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

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

Translations

short speech at the end of a play

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

  Mandarin: 結語／结语 (zh) (jiéyǔ), 結語／结语 (zh) (jiéyǔ)

• Finnish: loppusanat pl, jälkisanat pl, epilogi (fi), loppunäytös
• German: Epilog m
• Icelandic: lokaorð n pl, niðurlagsorð n pl
• Japanese: 結語 (ketsugo), エピローグ (ja) (epirōgu)
• Maori: turukitanga
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: epílogo (pt) m
• Russian: эпило́г (ru) m (epilóg)
• Serbo-Croatian: pogovor (sh) m
• Spanish: epílogo (es) m
• Swedish: efterord n, epilog (sv) c
• Turkish: bağlak (tr), son söz (tr), epilog (tr)

the performer who gives this speech

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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 (hau⁶gei³)

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

• Dutch: epiloog (nl) n, nawoord (nl) n
• Finnish: epilogi (fi), jälkikirjoitus (fi), loppusanat, jälkipuhe
• French: épilogue (fr) m
• German: Epilog m, Nachwort n
• Hebrew: אפילוג (he) m
• Hungarian: utószó (hu)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: lokaorð n pl, eftirmáli (is) m, niðurlagsorð n pl
• Irish: iarfhocal m
• 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, lời bạt (vi)
• Yiddish: עפּילאָג m (epilog)

component of a computer program

• Irish: iarfhocal m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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

Verb

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.