preamble

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• UK: /ˈpɹiːˌambəl/
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• US: /ˈpriˌæmb(ə)l/
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From Middle English preamble, from Old French preambule (French préambule), from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from praeambulō (“to walk before”).

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Abkhaz: Алагажәа (Alagaẑwa) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Arabic: دِيبَاجَة (dībāja) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Basque: hitzaurre — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Bulgarian: встъпление (vstǎplenie) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Bulgarian: преамбюл (preambjul) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Catalan: preàmbul — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Chinese Mandarin: 序文 (xùwén) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Chinese Mandarin: 前言 (qiányán) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Chinese Mandarin: 弁言 (biànyán) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Chinese Mandarin: 緒言 /绪言 (xùyán) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Chinese Mandarin: 序言 (xùyán) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Dutch: preambule — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Finnish: esipuhe — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• French: préambule — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Georgian: პრეამბულა (ṗreambula) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• German: Präambel — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Greek: προοίμιο (prooímio) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Ancient Greek: προοίμιον (prooímion) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Hindi: प्रवेशिका (praveśikā) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Hindi: उद्देशिका (uddeśikā) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Hindi: प्रस्तावना (prastāvnā) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Icelandic: formáli — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Icelandic: inngangur — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Icelandic: inngangsorð — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Icelandic: formálsorð — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Indonesian: preambul — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Indonesian: mukadimah — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Indonesian: pendahuluan — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Irish: réamhrá — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Irish: brollach — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Italian: preambolo — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Kazakh: преамбула (preambula) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Kazakh: кіріспе (kırıspe) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Kazakh: алғысөз (alğysöz) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Korean: 서문 (seomun) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Māori: kupu whakataki — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Polish: preambuła — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Polish: arenga — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Portuguese: preâmbulo — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Russian: преа́мбула (preámbula) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-ràdh — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Spanish: preámbulo — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Swedish: preambel — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Telugu: అవతారిక (avatārika) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Telugu: ప్రవేశిక (pravēśika) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Turkish: giriş — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Turkish: önsöz — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Ukrainian: преа́мбула (preámbula) — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Vietnamese: biện ngôn — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• Welsh: rhagymadrodd — short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute
• French: préambule — computing: a syncword — see also syncword
• Irish: réamhghiotán — computing: a syncword — see also syncword