front matter

See also: frontmatter and front-matter

English

Noun

front matter (uncountable)

1. Within a book, all content preceding the main text or work itself.

Alternative forms

• frontmatter
• front-matter

Synonyms

• prelims; see also Thesaurus:front matter

Related terms

• back matter
• body matter
• end matter

Translations

parts of a book that appear before the text

• Dutch: voorwerk (nl) n, preliminaria pl
• Italian: preliminari (it) m pl
• Portuguese: matéria pré-textual f, elementos pré-textuais m pl, pré-texto m