English-Thai Dictionary

prologue

N การ เริ่ม เปิดฉาก  kan-roem-poed-chak

 

prologue

N ส่วน นำ  บทนำ  preface proem preamble suan-nam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PROLOGUE

n.pro'log. [L. prologue; Gr. discourse. ] The preface or introduction to a discourse, or performance, chiefly the discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance or play begins.

 

PROLOGUE

v.t.pro'log. To introduce with a formal preface.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PROLOGUE

Pro "logue, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. prologus, fr. Gr. Logic. ]

 

1. The preface or introduction to a discourse, poem, or performance; as, the prologue of Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales; " esp. , a discourse or poem spoken before a dramatic performance

 

2. One who delivers a prologue. [R.] Shak.

 

PROLOGUE

Pro "logue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prologued; p. pr. & vb. n.Prologuing.]

 

Defn: To introduce with a formal preface, or prologue. [R.] Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

prologue

pro logue |ˈprōˌlôg, -ˌläg ˈproʊˌlɔɡ | ▶noun a separate introductory section of a literary or musical work: this idea is outlined in the prologue. • an event or action that leads to another event or situation: civil unrest in a few isolated villages became the prologue to widespread rebellion. • (in professional cycling ) a short preliminary time trial held before a race to establish a leader. • the actor who delivers the prologue in a play. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek prologos, from pro- ‘before ’ + logos ‘saying. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

prologue

prologue |ˈprəʊlɒg |(US prolog ) ▶noun 1 a separate introductory section of a literary, dramatic, or musical work. • archaic the actor who delivers the prologue in a play. 2 an event or act that leads to another: the events from 1945 to 1956 provided the prologue to the post-imperial era. • (in professional cycling ) a short preliminary time trial held before a race to establish a leader. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French, via Latin from Greek prologos, from pro- ‘before ’ + logos ‘saying ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

prologue

prologue noun Davis wrote the prologue to her brother's autobiography: introduction, foreword, preface, preamble, prelude; informal intro, lead-in; formal exordium, proem, prolegomenon. ANTONYMS epilogue.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

prologue

prologue noun the prologue to his book on the harrowing contemporary history of Cambodia: introduction, foreword, preface, preamble, prelude, preliminary; informal intro; rare exordium, proem, prolegomenon, prooemium, prooemion. ANTONYMS epilogue.

 

French Dictionary

prologue

prologue n. m. nom masculin Introduction, prélude. ANTONYME épilogue . Note Orthographique prolo gue.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

prologue

pro logue ｟米 まれ ｠-log /próʊlɔːɡ |-lɔɡ /名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 【劇 長編詩などの 】冒頭部, 序幕, 序詞, 序文 «to » (↔epilogue ).2 ｟かたく 文 ｠【より重大な事柄への 】きっかけ, 発端, 前触れ «to » .