epilogue
/ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/US/ˈɛpɪlɔɡ/
epilogue noun: a short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play.
Noun
epilogue (plural epilogues)
- A short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play
- In the play’s epilogue, the actor addressed the audience directly.
- The performer who gives this speech
- A brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
- The novel ended with a short epilogue.
- Synonyms:
- afterword
- A component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
Verb
epilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued)
- To conclude with an epilogue.
epilogue meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
epilogue in Hindi
- brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- उपसंहार upsãhār
epilogue in Tamil
- சுரிதம்
epilogue in Marathi
- एपिलोगिंग, एपिलॉगिंग
epilogue in Urdu
- ایپیلاگ
More languagesFewer languages
- epilogue in Bengali
- উপসংহার
- epilogue in Telugu
- ఎపిలోగింగ్
- epilogue in Malayalam
- ഉത്തരാഖ്യാനം, അവസാനവാക്ക്, ഭരതവാക്യം, അനുബന്ധം
- epilogue in Kannada
- ಕಡೆನುಡಿ, ಹಿನ್ನುಡಿ, ಭರತವಾಕ್ಯ, ಮುಕ್ತಾಯವಾಕ್ಯ
- epilogue in Gujarati
- એપિલોગિંગ
- epilogue in Odia
- ଏପିଲୋଗିଂ, ଏପିଲୋଗୁଇଂ, ଏପିଲୋଗୁଇଙ୍ଗ୍
- epilogue in Nepali
- उपसंहार, एपिलोगिंग, एपिलोगिङ
- epilogue in Tagalog
- pamuod
- epilogue in Arabic
- خَاتِمَة ḵātima
- epilogue in Vietnamese
- phần kết, lời bạt, vĩ thanh
Synonyms of epilogue
Antonyms
Forms of epilogue
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | epilogues |
| alternative US | epilog |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | epilogues |
| present participle | epiloguing |
| past participle | epilogued |
| past | epilogued |
Origin of epilogue
Borrowed from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equivalent to epi- + -logue.
Words formed from epilogue
Questions about epilogue
- What does epilogue mean?
- Epilogue means a short speech, spoken directly at the audience at the end of a play.
- What is epilogue in Hindi?
- Epilogue in Hindi is उपसंहार (upsãhār). See Epilogue meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is epilogue?
- Epilogue can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce epilogue?
- Epilogue is pronounced /ˈɛp.ɪ.lɒɡ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of epilogue?
- The plural of epilogue is epilogues.
Words near epilogue in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: epilogue (page history and authors); epilogue (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); epilogue (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epilogue (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); Epilogue (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); epilogue (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epilogue (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); epilogue (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); epilogue (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epilogue (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); epilogue (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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