"exordium" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/ [UK], /ɛɡˈzɔɹdɪəm/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-exordium.ogg Forms: exordiums [plural], exordia [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“I begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“I begin”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|exordium||beginning, commencement}} Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), {{m|la|exōrdior||I begin, commence}} exōrdior (“I begin, commence”), {{m|la|ex||out of, from}} ex (“out of, from”), {{m|la|ōrdior||I begin}} ōrdior (“I begin”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|exordia}} exordium (plural exordiums or exordia)
  1. (formal) A beginning. Tags: formal Translations (beginning): начало (načalo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), exórdio [masculine] (Portuguese), нача́ло (načálo) [neuter] (Russian), exordio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-exordium-en-noun-6OuHwyAv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'beginning': 99 1
  2. The introduction to an essay or discourse. Translations (introduction to an essay or discourse): увод (uvod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), въведение (vǎvedenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), exordi [masculine] (Catalan), alkusanat [plural] (Finnish), johdanto (Finnish), exórdio [masculine] (Portuguese), вступле́ние (vstuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), введе́ние (vvedénije) [neuter] (Russian), exordio [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-exordium-en-noun-bxQ4IzLf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'introduction to an essay or discourse': 1 99

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