preludium
See also: prelúdium
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- praeludium, præludium (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Latin praeludium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈluːdiəm/, /-ˈljuːdiəm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɹəˈluːdiəm/
Noun edit
preludium (plural preludiums or preludia)
- (now rare) prelude, portent
- 1563, Iohn Foxe, “Book 5”, in Actes and Monuments of theſe latter and perillous dayes […] [1], London: Iohn Day, page 1006:
- […] and ſo the dyſputation beganne, ſette a woꝛke by the Prolocutor with a verye ſhoꝛte pꝛæludium.
- 1624 (first performance), John Fletcher, Rule a Wife and Have a Wife. A Comoedy. […], Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Leonard Lichfield […], published 1640, →OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 3:
- Maybe they would learn to raiſe the picke. / I am for 'um. They are very modeſt; tis a fine preludium. […]
- 1717, Catcott, Samuel Croxall, John Dryden, Nicholas Rowe, Temple Stanyan, “Book XIII”, in Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Fifteen Books. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC, page 445:
- This Menelaus knows, expos'd to ſhare / With me the rough Preludium of the War.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Latin praeludium
Noun edit
preludium n (definite singular preludiet, indefinite plural preludier, definite plural preludia or preludiene)
References edit
- “preludium” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Latin praeludium
Noun edit
preludium n (definite singular preludiet, indefinite plural preludium, definite plural preludia)
References edit
- “preludium” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from German Präludium, from Italian preludio, from Latin prae-ludo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
preludium n
- (music) prelude (short, free-form piece of music, serving as an introduction to a longer and more complex piece)
- (music) prelude (short, stand-alone piece of music)
- prelude (introductory or preliminary performance or event)
Declension edit
Declension of preludium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | preludium | preludia |
| genitive | preludium | preludiów |
| dative | preludium | preludiom |
| accusative | preludium | preludia |
| instrumental | preludium | preludiami |
| locative | preludium | preludiach |
| vocative | preludium | preludia |
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Latin praeludium, cognate with German Präludium, based on praeludere, used in Swedish since 1734 (or perhaps 1615).
Noun edit
preludium n
- a prelude, an opening, an introduction (in music and literature)
- a preparation, a sign of things to come
- Såsom ett preludium till jul ingår ju första adventssöndagen.
- As a prelude to Christmas comes the first Sunday of Advent.
Declension edit
| Declension of preludium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | preludium | preludiet | preludier | preludierna |
| Genitive | preludiums | preludiets | preludiers | preludiernas |