epilogue

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/
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• US: /ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/
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• cot-caught-merger: /ˈɛpɪlɑɡ/
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 P AH0 L AO2 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equivalent to epi- + -logue.

100 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: епило́г (epilóg) — short speech at the end of a play
• Chinese Mandarin: 收場白 /收场白 (shōuchǎngbái) — short speech at the end of a play
• Finnish: loppusanat — short speech at the end of a play
• Finnish: jälkisanat — short speech at the end of a play
• Finnish: epilogi — short speech at the end of a play
• Finnish: loppunäytös — short speech at the end of a play
• German: Epilog — short speech at the end of a play
• Ancient Greek: ἐπίλογος (epílogos) — short speech at the end of a play
• Icelandic: lokaorð — short speech at the end of a play
• Icelandic: niðurlagsorð — short speech at the end of a play
• Japanese: 閉幕辞 (heimakuji) — short speech at the end of a play
• Japanese: 納め口上 (osamekōjō) — short speech at the end of a play
• Japanese: エピローグ (epirōgu) — short speech at the end of a play
• Kyrgyz: эпилог (epilog) — short speech at the end of a play
• Māori: turukitanga — short speech at the end of a play
• Māori: whakatepenga — short speech at the end of a play
• Portuguese: epílogo — short speech at the end of a play
• Russian: эпило́г (epilóg) — short speech at the end of a play
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏гово̄р — short speech at the end of a play
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍgovōr — short speech at the end of a play
• Spanish: epílogo — short speech at the end of a play
• Swedish: efterord — short speech at the end of a play
• Swedish: epilog — short speech at the end of a play
• Turkish: bağlak — short speech at the end of a play
• Turkish: son söz — short speech at the end of a play
• Turkish: epilog — short speech at the end of a play
• Arabic: خَاتِمَة (ḵātima) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Armenian: վերջաբան (verǰaban) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Armenian: վերջերգ (verǰerg) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Azerbaijani: son söz — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Azerbaijani: sözardı — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Belarusian: паслясло́ўе (pasljaslówje) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Belarusian: пасьлясло́ўе (pasʹljaslówje) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Belarusian: эпіло́г (epilóh) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Bulgarian: послесло́в (posleslóv) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Bulgarian: епило́г (epilóg) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Catalan: epíleg — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Chinese Cantonese: 後記 /后记 (hau6 gei3) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Chinese Cantonese: 結語 /结语 (git3 jyu5) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Chinese Cantonese: 跋文 — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Chinese Mandarin: 後記 /后记 (hòujì) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Chinese Mandarin: 跋文 (báwén) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Czech: epilog — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Czech: doslov — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Danish: efterord — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Dutch: epiloog — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Dutch: nawoord — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Esperanto: epilogo — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Finnish: epilogi — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Finnish: jälkikirjoitus — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Finnish: loppusanat — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Finnish: jälkipuhe — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• French: épilogue — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Georgian: ეპილოგი (eṗilogi) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• German: Epilog — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• German: Nachwort — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Hebrew: אֶפִּילוֹג (epilóg) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Hindi: उपसंहार (upsãhār) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Hungarian: utószó — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Icelandic: lokaorð — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Icelandic: eftirmáli — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Icelandic: niðurlagsorð — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Irish: iarfhocal — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Japanese: 結語 (ketsugo) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Japanese: 跋 (batsu) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Japanese: エピローグ (epirōgu) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Japanese: 跋文 (batsubun) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Japanese: 後書き (atogaki) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Kazakh: қырғы сөз (qyrğy söz) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Kazakh: соңғы сөз (soñğy söz) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Korean: 발문 (balmun) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Korean: 에필로그 (epillogeu) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Macedonian: епилог (epilog) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Māori: turukitanga — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Norwegian Bokmål: etterord — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Dari: مُؤَخَّرَه (mu'axxara) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Iranian Persian: مُؤَخَّرِه (mo'axxare) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Polish: epilog — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Polish: posłowie — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Portuguese: epílogo — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Russian: эпило́г (epilóg) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Russian: послесло́вие (posleslóvije) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Serbo-Croatian: pogovor — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏гово̄р — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍgovōr — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Slovak: epilóg — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Slovene: epilog — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Spanish: epílogo — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Swedish: efterord — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Tagalog: pamuod — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Turkish: bağlak — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Turkish: son söz — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Turkish: epilog — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Ukrainian: епіло́г (epilóh) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Ukrainian: післямо́ва (pisljamóva) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Vietnamese: phần kết — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Vietnamese: lời bạt — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Vietnamese: vĩ thanh — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Yiddish: עפּילאָג (epilog) — brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
• Irish: iarfhocal — component of a computer program