front matter en · NOUN
Meanings
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(uncountable) Within a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.
Meronyms: acknowledgements, copyright page, dedication, edition notice, foreword, frontispiece, half title, introduction, preface, prologue, table of contents, title page
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| frontmatter | alternative | lexicographic | |
| front-matter | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
end matter · back matter · back matter · body matter
Coordinates
Holonyms
Hypernyms
Meronyms
epigraph · acknowledgment · dramatis personae · colophon · dedication · foreword · frontispiece · bastard title · table of contents · half title · title page
Synonyms
front matter · forematter · prelims · prelims · forematter
Translations (9)
de Titelei (parts of a book that appear before the text) · es texto preliminar (parts of a book that appear before the text) · pt pré-texto (parts of a book that appear before the text) · pt matéria pré-textual (parts of a book that appear before the text) · nl preliminaria (parts of a book that appear before the text) · nl voorwerk (parts of a book that appear before the text) · fr pages liminaires (parts of a book that appear before the text) · it preliminari (parts of a book that appear before the text) · pt elementos pré-textuais (parts of a book that appear before the text)