"front matter" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} front matter (uncountable)
  1. Within a book, all content preceding the main text or work itself. Wikipedia link: Book design Tags: uncountable Synonyms: frontmatter, front-matter, prelims, front matter Hypernyms: precursor Holonyms: book Related terms: back matter, body matter, end matter Translations (parts of a book that appear before the text): voorwerk [neuter] (Dutch), preliminaria [plural] (Dutch), preliminari [masculine, plural] (Italian), matéria pré-textual [feminine] (Portuguese), elementos pré-textuais [masculine, plural] (Portuguese), pré-texto [masculine] (Portuguese)

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