foreword
English
Etymology
Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also Old English forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈfɔɹwɝːd/, /ˈfɔɹwɚd/
Audio (US): (file)
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈfɔːwɜːd/
- Homophones: forward Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Hyphenation: fore‧word
Noun
foreword (plural forewords)
- An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; a preface or introduction.
Synonyms
- forespeech, foretalk, introduction, preamble, preface; see also Thesaurus:foreword
Antonyms
- endsay, conclusion, epilogue, afterword, last word, postamble; see also Thesaurus:afterword
Translations
an introductory section
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