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prologue

/pˈɹəʊlɒɡ/PROH-log
/pˈɹoʊlɑɡ/PROH-lahg

Meaninga speech before

Common meaning: an opening section of a play or book

Journey through time

  1. Latinprologussource
  2. Frenchprologuesource
  3. Middle Englishprologuesource
  4. Englishprologue‘an opening section of a play or book’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin prologus ‘a speech before’.

Roots

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