"prelude" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹiːluːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/ [Canada, US], /ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/ [Canada, US], /ˈpɹiːl(j)uːd/ [Canada, US], /ˈpɹɛlɪu̯d/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-prelude.ogg [US] Forms: preludes [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|prélude||singing to test a musical instrument}} Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), {{der|en|ML.|preludium}} Medieval Latin preludium, {{der|en|la|praelūdere}} Latin praelūdere Head templates: {{en-noun}} prelude (plural preludes)
  1. An introductory or preliminary performance or event. Synonyms: preface Translations (introductory event): προοίμιον (prooímion) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), увод (uvod) [masculine] (Bulgarian), въведение (vǎvedenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), preludi [masculine] (Catalan), 序幕 (xùmù) (Chinese Mandarin), prélude [masculine] (French), preludio [masculine] (Italian), praelūsiō [feminine] (Latin), preludium [neuter] (Polish), prelúdio [masculine] (Portuguese), вступле́ние (vstuplénije) [neuter] (Russian), прелю́дия (preljúdija) [feminine] (Russian), preludio [masculine] (Spanish), antesala [feminine] (Spanish), giriş (Turkish), прелю́дія (preljúdija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), مۇقەددىمە (muqeddime) (Uyghur)
    Sense id: en-prelude-en-noun-ENLrCjiw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 32 40 1 2 11 Disambiguation of 'introductory event': 58 19 22 0
  2. (music) 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. Categories (topical): Music Synonyms: intrada, overture Translations (short piece of music): прэлю́дыя (preljúdyja) [feminine] (Belarusian), прелюдия (preljudija) [feminine] (Bulgarian), preludi [masculine] (Catalan), 前奏曲 (qiánzòuqǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), předehra [feminine] (Czech), preludo (Esperanto), alkusoitto (Finnish), preludi (Finnish), Präludium [neuter] (German), Vorspiel [neuter] (German), πρελούδιο (preloúdio) [neuter] (Greek), prelúdium (Hungarian), prelűd (Hungarian), előjáték (Hungarian), preludio [masculine] (Italian), ouverture [feminine] (Italian), プレリュード (pureryūdo) (Japanese), praelūdium [neuter] (Latin), preludium [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), preludium [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Väaspell [feminine] (Plautdietsch), preludium [neuter] (Polish), prelúdio [masculine] (Portuguese), preludiu [neuter] (Romanian), прелю́дия (preljúdija) [feminine] (Russian), preludio [masculine] (Spanish), прелю́дія (preljúdija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), khúc dạo dầu (Vietnamese), dạo đầu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-prelude-en-noun-PHk8VFs6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 32 40 1 2 11 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'short piece of music': 0 96 4 0
  3. (programming) A standard module or library of subroutines and functions to be imported, generally by default, into a program. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-prelude-en-noun-R~wYfC1n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 32 40 1 2 11 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  4. (figurative) A forerunner to anything. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-prelude-en-noun-SqnULOtI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: forestory, prælude [archaic]

Verb

IPA: /ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹiːluːd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/ [Canada, US], /ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/ [Canada, US], /ˈpɹiːl(j)uːd/ [Canada, US], /ˈpɹɛlɪu̯d/ [Wales] Audio: en-us-prelude.ogg [US] Forms: preludes [present, singular, third-person], preluding [participle, present], preluded [participle, past], preluded [past]
Etymology: From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|prélude||singing to test a musical instrument}} Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), {{der|en|ML.|preludium}} Medieval Latin preludium, {{der|en|la|praelūdere}} Latin praelūdere Head templates: {{en-verb}} prelude (third-person singular simple present preludes, present participle preluding, simple past and past participle preluded)
  1. To introduce something, as a prelude.
    Sense id: en-prelude-en-verb-TU1i67QF
  2. To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance.
    Sense id: en-prelude-en-verb-JH1WjEC6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 32 40 1 2 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: prælude [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        "3": "prélude",
        "4": "",
        "5": "singing to test a musical instrument"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "praelūdere"
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle French prélude (“singing to test a musical instrument”), from Medieval Latin preludium, from Latin praelūdere.",
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    {
      "form": "preludes",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "preluding",
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        "present"
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        "participle",
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      "form": "preluded",
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "prelude (third-person singular simple present preludes, present participle preluding, simple past and past participle preluded)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "To introduce something, as a prelude."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1829, Francis Jeffrey, “Heman's Poems”, in The Edinburgh Review October 1829",
          "text": "We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to the point.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory performance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "prefatory",
          "prefatory"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹiːluːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹeɪl(j)uːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɛl(j)uːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹiːl(j)uːd/",
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɛlɪu̯d/",
      "tags": [
        "Wales"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-prelude.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cb/En-us-prelude.ogg/En-us-prelude.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/En-us-prelude.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ],
      "word": "prælude"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Prelude (music)"
  ],
  "word": "prelude"
}

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