foreword

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• UK: /ˈfɔːwɜːd/
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• Canada, US: /ˈfɔɹwɝd/
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• Canada, US: /ˈfɔɹwɚd/
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• homophone: forward (US, Canada)
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• CMU ARPABET: F AO1 R W ER2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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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”).

76 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: առաջաբան (aṙaǰaban) — an introductory section
• Bashkir: баш һүҙ (baş hüź) — an introductory section
• Bashkir: инеш һүҙ (ineş hüź) — an introductory section
• Bulgarian: предговор (predgovor) — an introductory section
• Bulgarian: предисловие (predislovie) — an introductory section
• Bulgarian: предислов (predislov) — an introductory section
• Catalan: pròleg — an introductory section
• Cebuano: pasiuna — an introductory section
• Chinese Mandarin: 前言 (qiányán) — an introductory section
• Chinese Mandarin: 序 (xù) — an introductory section
• Czech: předmluva — an introductory section
• Danish: forord — an introductory section
• Danish: fortale — an introductory section
• Dutch: voorwoord — an introductory section
• Dutch: inleiding — an introductory section
• Esperanto: antaŭparolo — an introductory section
• Estonian: eessõna — an introductory section
• Finnish: esipuhe — an introductory section
• Finnish: alkusanat — an introductory section
• Finnish: esisana — an introductory section
• French: avant-propos — an introductory section
• Galician: limiar — an introductory section
• Galician: prefacio — an introductory section
• German: Vorwort — an introductory section
• German: Vorrede — an introductory section
• Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos) — an introductory section
• Hindi: प्राक्कथन (prākkathan) — an introductory section
• Hindi: प्रस्तावना (prastāvnā) — an introductory section
• Hindi: भूमिका (bhūmikā) — an introductory section
• Hindi: आमुख (āmukh) — an introductory section
• Hindi: अवतरणिका (avtarṇikā) — an introductory section
• Hindi: पेश-लफ़्ज़ (peś-lafz) — an introductory section
• Hindi: दीबाचा (dībācā) — an introductory section
• Hindi: दो शब्द (do śabd) — an introductory section
• Hindi: हर्फ़-ए-आग़ाज़ (harf-e-āġāz) — an introductory section
• Hindi: प्रकाशकीय (prakāśkīya) — an introductory section
• Hungarian: előszó — an introductory section
• Icelandic: formáli — an introductory section
• Icelandic: forspjall — an introductory section
• Indonesian: kata pengantar — an introductory section
• Indonesian: prakata — an introductory section
• Ingrian: esisana — an introductory section
• Ingrian: alkujutto — an introductory section
• Ingrian: toimitussana — an introductory section
• Irish: réamhrá — an introductory section
• Italian: prefazione — an introductory section
• Kankanaey: panangiam-ammo — an introductory section
• Kannada: ಮುನ್ನುಡಿ (munnuḍi) — an introductory section
• Kazakh: алғы сөз (alğy söz) — an introductory section
• Kazakh: кіріспе (kırıspe) — an introductory section
• Kazakh: алғысөз (alğysöz) — an introductory section
• Latvian: priekšvārds — an introductory section
• Lithuanian: pratarmė — an introductory section
• Livonian: eḑḑisõnā — an introductory section
• Macedonian: предговор (predgovor) — an introductory section
• Māori: kupu whakataki — an introductory section
• Norwegian: forord — an introductory section
• Norwegian: fortale — an introductory section
• Polish: przedmowa — an introductory section
• Polish: przedsłowie — an introductory section
• Portuguese: prefácio — an introductory section
• Romanian: cuvânt înainte — an introductory section
• Russian: предисло́вие (predislóvije) — an introductory section
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-ràdh — an introductory section
• Serbo-Croatian: predgovor — an introductory section
• Slovak: predslov — an introductory section
• Slovak: predhovor — an introductory section
• Spanish: prefacio — an introductory section
• Swedish: förord — an introductory section
• Tagalog: paunang salita — an introductory section
• Tagalog: bungadsabi — an introductory section
• Ukrainian: передмова (peredmova) — an introductory section
• Uyghur: مۇقەددىمە (muqeddime) — an introductory section
• Vietnamese: lời tựa — an introductory section
• Vietnamese: lời nói đầu — an introductory section
• Welsh: rhagair — an introductory section