introduction

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• /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃn̩/
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• rhymes with -ʌkʃən
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• CMU ARPABET: IH2 N T R AH0 D AH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: IH2 N T R OW0 D AH1 K SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English introduccioun, introduccyon, borrowed from Old French introduction, itself a borrowing from Latin intrōdūctiōnem, accusative of Latin intrōdūctiō, from intrōdūcō. By surface analysis, intro- + Latin dūctiō or introduce + -tion.

145 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُقَدَّمَة (muqaddama) — act or process of introducing
• Armenian: ծանոթացում (canotʻacʻum) — act or process of introducing
• Armenian: ներկայացում (nerkayacʻum) — act or process of introducing
• Bulgarian: въвеждане (vǎveždane) — act or process of introducing
• Bulgarian: внасяне (vnasjane) — act or process of introducing
• Catalan: introducció — act or process of introducing
• Chinese Cantonese: 介紹 /介绍 (gaai3 siu6) — act or process of introducing
• Chinese Mandarin: 介紹 /介绍 (jièshào) — act or process of introducing
• Danish: introduktion — act or process of introducing
• Dutch: inleiding — act or process of introducing
• Dutch: introductie — act or process of introducing
• Finnish: perehdytys — act or process of introducing
• Finnish: perehdyttäminen — act or process of introducing
• Finnish: esittely — act or process of introducing
• French: introduction — act or process of introducing
• Galician: introdución — act or process of introducing
• Georgian: შესავალი (šesavali) — act or process of introducing
• German: Einführung — act or process of introducing
• Greek: εισαγωγή (eisagogí) — act or process of introducing
• Hindi: परिचय (paricay) — act or process of introducing
• Hungarian: bemutatás — act or process of introducing
• Hungarian: bevezetés — act or process of introducing
• Hungarian: bemutatkozás — act or process of introducing
• Indonesian: pengenalan — act or process of introducing
• Indonesian: introduksi — act or process of introducing
• Italian: introduzione — act or process of introducing
• Japanese: 紹介 (shōkai) — act or process of introducing
• Khmer: បុព្វយោគ (bopvɔɔyook) — act or process of introducing
• Korean: 소개 (sogae) — act or process of introducing
• Latin: inductiō — act or process of introducing
• Lithuanian: įvadas — act or process of introducing
• Malay: pengenalan — act or process of introducing
• Malay: introduksi — act or process of introducing
• Malayalam: അവതരണം (avataraṇaṁ) — act or process of introducing
• Māori: whakatakinga — act or process of introducing
• Norwegian: introduksjon — act or process of introducing
• Norwegian: presentasjon — act or process of introducing
• Oromo: seensa — act or process of introducing
• Polish: wprowadzenie — act or process of introducing
• Polish: wstęp — act or process of introducing
• Portuguese: introdução — act or process of introducing
• Romanian: introducere — act or process of introducing
• Romansh: introducziun — act or process of introducing
• Russian: введе́ние (vvedénije) — act or process of introducing
• Russian: внедре́ние (vnedrénije) — act or process of introducing
• Serbo-Croatian: introdukcija — act or process of introducing
• Serbo-Croatian: uvod — act or process of introducing
• Spanish: introducción — act or process of introducing
• Swedish: introduktion — act or process of introducing
• Swedish: införande — act or process of introducing
• Swedish: presentation — act or process of introducing
• Urdu: تَعارُف (taʻāruf) — act or process of introducing
• Vietnamese: giới thiệu — act or process of introducing
• Yiddish: אַרײַנפֿיר (araynfir) — act or process of introducing
• Arabic: تَعْرِيف (taʕrīf) — means of presenting one person to another
• Bulgarian: представяне (predstavjane) — means of presenting one person to another
• Catalan: presentació — means of presenting one person to another
• Chinese Mandarin: 介紹 /介绍 (jièshào) — means of presenting one person to another
• Dutch: introductie — means of presenting one person to another
• Dutch: inleiding — means of presenting one person to another
• Finnish: esittely — means of presenting one person to another
• French: présentation — means of presenting one person to another
• Galician: presentación — means of presenting one person to another
• Georgian: გაცნობა (gacnoba) — means of presenting one person to another
• German: Vorstellung — means of presenting one person to another
• Greek: σύσταση (sýstasi) — means of presenting one person to another
• Hindi: परिचय (paricay) — means of presenting one person to another
• Hungarian: bemutatás — means of presenting one person to another
• Hungarian: bemutatkozás — means of presenting one person to another
• Japanese: 紹介 (shōkai) — means of presenting one person to another
• Korean: 소개 (sogae) — means of presenting one person to another
• Māori: whakamōhiotanga — means of presenting one person to another
• Norwegian Bokmål: anbefaling — means of presenting one person to another
• Norwegian Nynorsk: anbefaling — means of presenting one person to another
• Portuguese: introdução — means of presenting one person to another
• Romanian: prezentare — means of presenting one person to another
• Russian: представле́ние (predstavlénije) — means of presenting one person to another
• Slovene: predstavitev — means of presenting one person to another
• Spanish: presentación — means of presenting one person to another
• Swedish: presentation — means of presenting one person to another
• Arabic: مُقَدَّمَة (muqaddama) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Arabic: مَدْخَل (madḵal) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Armenian: ներածություն (neracutʻyun) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Bulgarian: въведение (vǎvedenie) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Bulgarian: предговор (predgovor) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Chinese Mandarin: 序言 (xùyán) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Czech: úvod — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Dutch: inleiding — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Dutch: introductie — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Finnish: johdanto — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• French: introduction — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Georgian: შესავალი (šesavali) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• German: Einführung — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Greek: εισαγωγή (eisagogí) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Ancient Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Hindi: प्रस्तावना (prastāvnā) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Hungarian: bevezető — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Hungarian: bevezetés — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Irish: réamhrá — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Italian: introduzione — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Japanese: 序 (jo) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Japanese: 序論 (joron) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Japanese: 序説 (josetsu) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Japanese: 叙文 (jobun) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Kazakh: алғысөз (alğysöz) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Khmer: ឧបញ្ញាសកថា (ʼŏbânhnhéaskâtha) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Khmer: បុព្វកថា (boppĕəʼkaʼthaa) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Khmer: អារម្ភកថា (ʼaamphɔɔkthaa) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Komi-Permyak: одзкыв (odźkyv) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Komi-Zyrian: водзкыв (vodźkyv) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Korean: 서 (seo) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Korean: 서론 (seoron) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Korean: 서설 (seoseol) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Korean: 서문 (seomun) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Latin: praefātiō — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Latin: prohoemium — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Malayalam: ആമുഖം (āmukhaṁ) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Malayalam: അവതാരിക (avatārika) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Māori: kupu whakataki — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Māori: whakaupoko — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Norwegian: introduksjon — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Old English: fōresæġdnes — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Persian: مقدمه (moqaddame) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Persian: دیباچه (dibâče) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Polish: wstęp — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Polish: przedmowa — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Portuguese: introdução — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Romanian: prezentare — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Romanian: introducere — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Romansh: introducziun — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Russian: предисло́вие (predislóvije) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Russian: введе́ние (vvedénije) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Scots: innin — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-ràdh — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Slovene: uvod — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Spanish: introducción — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Swahili: dibaji — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Swahili: utangulizi — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Swedish: förord — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Swedish: inledning — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Thai: บทนํา (bòt-nam) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Udmurt: азькыл (aźkyl) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Yiddish: אַרײַנפֿיר (araynfir) — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Yup'ik: apertuun — initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material
• Finnish: johdatus — explanation of basic facts