prologue

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• UK: /ˈpɹəʊlɒɡ/
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• Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• US: /ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/
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• US: /ˈpɹoʊlɑɡ/
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• obsolete: /ˈpɹoʊloʊɡ/
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• CMU ARPABET: P R OW1 L AA0 G Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English prologue, prologe, from Old French prologue, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos). Equivalent to pro- + -logue.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: նախաբան (naxaban) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Armenian: նախաբանություն (naxabanutʻyun) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Bengali: প্রাক্ কথন (prāk kathana) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Bulgarian: пролог (prolog) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Catalan: pròleg — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Chinese Mandarin: 序幕 (xùmù) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Czech: prolog — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Dutch: proloog — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Esperanto: prologo — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Finnish: prologi — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• French: prologue — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• German: Prolog — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Ancient Greek: πρόλογος (prólogos) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Hebrew: פרולוג — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Hindi: प्रस्तावना (prastāvnā) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Hungarian: prológus — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Hungarian: bevezető — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Hungarian: előszó — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Japanese: プロローグ (purorōgu) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Japanese: 序幕 (jomaku) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Japanese: 序章 (joshō) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Latin: praefātiō — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Norwegian Bokmål: prolog — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Polish: prolog — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Portuguese: prólogo — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Russian: проло́г (prológ) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Russian: предисло́вие (predislóvije) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-ràdh — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Serbo-Croatian: пре̏дгово̄р — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Serbo-Croatian: про̀лог — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Serbo-Croatian: prȅdgovōr — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Serbo-Croatian: pròlog — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Spanish: prólogo — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Swedish: prolog — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Telugu: పూర్వరంగము (pūrvaraṅgamu) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Ukrainian: проло́г (prolóh) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Uyghur: مۇقەددىمە (muqeddime) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel
• Yiddish: פּראָלאָג (prolog) — speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel