"prélude" meaning in All languages combined

See prélude on Wiktionary

Noun [French]

IPA: /pʁe.lyd/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-prélude.wav Forms: préludes [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin praeludium. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|praeludium}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin praeludium Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} prélude m (plural préludes)
  1. prelude Tags: masculine Related terms: interlude
    Sense id: en-prélude-fr-noun-I0BIbuY9

Verb [French]

IPA: /pʁe.lyd/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-prélude.wav
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin praeludium. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|LL.|praeludium}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin praeludium Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} prélude
  1. inflection of préluder:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: préluder
    Sense id: en-prélude-fr-verb-LY63vJsD Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 28 50 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 16 66 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 79 11
  2. inflection of préluder:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: préluder
    Sense id: en-prélude-fr-verb-f8Jf4yQU

Noun [Indonesian]

Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French prélude (“prelude”), from Late Latin praeludium. Etymology templates: {{ubor|id|fr|prélude|t=prelude}} Unadapted borrowing from French prélude (“prelude”), {{der|id|LL.|praeludium}} Late Latin praeludium Head templates: {{head|id|noun}} prélude
  1. (music) prelude: a short, free-form piece of music, originally one serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece; later, starting with the Romantic period, generally a stand-alone piece

Inflected forms

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