noun
Meaning 1
A beginning.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
exordium
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/
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noun
Meaning 2
The introduction to an essay or discourse.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: introduction
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“to begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“to begin”).
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: начало (načalo) — beginning
- Hindi: भूमिका (bhūmikā) — beginning
- Hindi: उपोदघात (upodghāt) — beginning
- Hindi: आमुख (āmukh) — beginning
- Hindi: वाडमुख (vāḍmukh) — beginning
- Hindi: मुखबन्ध (mukhbandh) — beginning
- Hindi: मुखबंध (mukhbandh) — beginning
- Hindi: प्रस्ताव (prastāv) — beginning
- Hindi: मुक़दमा (muqadmā) — beginning
- Portuguese: exórdio — beginning
- Russian: нача́ло (načálo) — beginning
- Sanskrit: भूमिका (bhūmikā) — beginning
- Sanskrit: उपोदघात (upodaghāta) — beginning
- Sanskrit: आमुख (āmukha) — beginning
- Sanskrit: वाडमुख (vāḍamukha) — beginning
- Sanskrit: मुखबन्ध (mukhabandha) — beginning
- Sanskrit: प्रस्ताव (prastāva) — beginning
- Spanish: exordio — beginning
- Bulgarian: увод (uvod) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Bulgarian: въведение (vǎvedenie) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Catalan: exordi — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Finnish: alkusanat — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Finnish: johdanto — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Hindi: भूमिका (bhūmikā) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Hindi: उपोदघात (upodghāt) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Hindi: आमुख (āmukh) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Hindi: वाडमुख (vāḍmukh) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Hindi: मुखबन्ध (mukhbandh) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Hindi: मुखबंध (mukhbandh) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Hindi: प्रस्ताव (prastāv) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Hindi: मुक़दमा (muqadmā) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Portuguese: exórdio — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Russian: вступле́ние (vstuplénije) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Russian: введе́ние (vvedénije) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Sanskrit: भूमिका (bhūmikā) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Sanskrit: उपोदघात (upodaghāta) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Sanskrit: आमुख (āmukha) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Sanskrit: वाडमुख (vāḍamukha) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Sanskrit: मुखबन्ध (mukhabandha) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Sanskrit: प्रस्ताव (prastāva) — introduction to an essay or discourse
- Spanish: exordio — introduction to an essay or discourse