préambule

See also: preambule and préambulé

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French preambule, borrowed from Medieval Latin praeambulum, from Late Latin praeambulō.

Noun

préambule m (plural préambules)

1. preamble (a short statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute)

Derived terms

• préambulaire
• préambuler

Verb

préambule

1. inflection of préambuler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “préambule”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.