Prolusion — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book

exercising in preparation for strenuous activity

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/pɹəlˈuːʒən/

🇬🇧British English

/pɹəlˈuːʒən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/pɹəlˈuːʒən/

3 syllables Say it as /pɹəlˈuːʒən/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

warm-up tune-up preface foreword

Word Forms

prefatorial	adjective	serving as an introduction or preface
preface	verb	furnish with a preface or introduction
warm up	verb	make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

prolusión

un breve ensayo introductorio que precede al texto de un libro

🇮🇹Italian

prolusione

un breve saggio introduttivo che precede il testo di un libro

🇳🇱Dutch

prolusie

een kort inleidend essay dat voorafgaat aan de tekst van een boek

🇵🇹Portuguese

prolusão

um pequeno ensaio introdutório precedendo o texto de um livro

🇷🇺Russian

выпячивание

небольшое вступительное эссе, предшествующее тексту книги

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मुक़दमा

किसी पुस्तक के पाठ से पहले एक संक्षिप्त परिचयात्मक निबंध

🇮🇳Tamil

பெருக்குதல்

ஒரு புத்தகத்தின் உரைக்கு முந்தைய ஒரு சிறிய அறிமுகக் கட்டுரை

🇮🇳Telugu

ప్రవహించుట

పుస్తకం యొక్క వచనానికి ముందు ఒక చిన్న పరిచయ వ్యాసం

🇮🇳Marathi

प्रक्षेपण

पुस्तकाच्या मजकुरापूर्वीचा एक छोटा परिचयात्मक निबंध

🇮🇳Gujarati

પ્રોલ્યુશન

પુસ્તકના લખાણની પહેલાનો ટૂંકો પરિચયાત્મક નિબંધ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮುಂಚಾಚುವಿಕೆ

ಪುಸ್ತಕದ ಪಠ್ಯದ ಹಿಂದಿನ ಒಂದು ಸಣ್ಣ ಪರಿಚಯಾತ್ಮಕ ಪ್ರಬಂಧ

🇮🇳Malayalam

പ്രൊല്യൂഷൻ

ഒരു പുസ്തകത്തിൻ്റെ വാചകത്തിന് മുമ്പുള്ള ഒരു ചെറിയ ആമുഖ ലേഖനം

🇵🇰Urdu

افزائش

کتاب کے متن سے پہلے ایک مختصر تعارفی مضمون

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

序言

一本书正文之前的简短介绍性文章

🇯🇵Japanese

突出

本の本文に先立つ短い紹介エッセイ

🇰🇷Korean

서막

책의 본문 앞에 나오는 짧은 소개 에세이

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự nhô ra

một bài luận giới thiệu ngắn trước nội dung của một cuốn sách

🇹🇭Thai

ส่วนที่ยื่นออกมา

เรียงความเบื้องต้นสั้น ๆ ที่อยู่หน้าข้อความของหนังสือ

🇮🇩Indonesian

percobaan pertama

esai pengantar singkat sebelum teks buku

🇵🇭Filipino

prolusyon

isang maikling panimulang sanaysay bago ang teksto ng isang libro

🇲🇾Malay

prolusi

karangan pengenalan pendek sebelum teks buku

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

طفرة

مقالة تمهيدية قصيرة تسبق نص الكتاب

🇮🇷Persian

برآمدگی

یک مقاله مقدماتی کوتاه قبل از متن یک کتاب

🇹🇷Turkish

prolüzyon

Bir kitabın metninden önce yazılan kısa bir giriş yazısı

🇮🇱Hebrew

פרוזציה

מאמר מבוא קצר לפני הטקסט של ספר

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The primary meaning of 'prolusion' is 'a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book'.

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