prequel

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• /ˈpɹiːkwəl/
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From pre- (“before”) + quel, by analogy with sequel.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: preqüela — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Chinese Mandarin: 前傳 /前传 (qiánzhuàn) — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Esperanto: antaŭdaŭrigo — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Finnish: esiosa — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Finnish: etko-osa — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• French: préquelle — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• French: antépisode — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• French: prequel — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Galician: precuela — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• German: Prequel — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• German: Vorläufer — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• German: Vorgeschichte — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• German: Vorgänger — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Italian: prequel — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Japanese: 前編 (zenpen) — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Macedonian: ретропродолжение (retroprodolženie) — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Polish: prequel — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Portuguese: prequela — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Portuguese: prelúdio — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Portuguese: prequência — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Russian: при́квел (príkvɛl) — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Russian: предысто́рия (predystórija) — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Spanish: precuela — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor
• Spanish: protosecuela — in a series of works, an installment that is set chronologically before its predecessor