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preludium

UK/pɹɪˈluːdiəm/US/ˈpɹəˈluːdiəm/

preludium noun: prelude, portent.

Noun

preludium (plural preludiums or preludia)

  1. (archaic) prelude, portent
    • […]and ſo the dyſputation beganne, ſette a woꝛke by the Prolocutor with a verye ſhoꝛte pꝛæludium.1563, Iohn Foxe, “Book 5”, in Actes and Monuments of theſe latter and perillous dayes […] , London: Iohn Day, page 1006
    • Maybe they would learn to raiſe the picke. / I am for 'um. They are very modeſt; tis a fine preludium.[…]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

Forms of preludium

pluralpreludiums
pluralpreludia
alternative formpraeludium
alternative formpræludium

Origin of preludium

From Latin praeludium.

Questions about preludium

What does preludium mean?
Preludium means prelude, portent.
What part of speech is preludium?
Preludium is a noun.
How do you pronounce preludium?
Preludium is pronounced /pɹɪˈluːdiəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of preludium?
The plural of preludium is preludiums.

Words near preludium in the dictionary

  1. preludial
  2. preludially
  3. preluding
  4. preludings
  5. preludious
  6. preludium
  7. preludiums
  8. preludize
  9. preludized
  10. preludizes
  11. preludizing

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