prolog

• prologue (outside the US)

From Old French, from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos).

prolog (plural prologs)

1. A speech or section used as an introduction, especially to a play or novel.
2. (computing) A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to execute a routine.

• (speech or section): epilog

• “prolog”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

• IPA^(key): [ˈprolok]

prolog m inan

1. prologue

   Synonym: předmluva

   Antonym: epilog

• See logos

• prolog in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• prolog in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
• prolog in Internetová jazyková příručka

Borrowed from Latin prologus, from Ancient Greek πρόλογος (prólogos).

• IPA^(key): /ˈprɔ.lɔk/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlɔk
• Syllabification: pro‧log

prolog m inan

1. prologue

• prolog in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• prolog in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from French prologue.

prolog n (plural prologuri)

1. prologue

• IPA^(key): /prǒloɡ/
• Hyphenation: pro‧log

pròlog m (Cyrillic spelling про̀лог)

1. prologue