prologue
French, noun/pʁɔ.lɔɡ/
prologue is spelled P-R-O-L-O-G-U-E (8 letters) and appears 2.4 times per million words in written French, the 18,424th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prologue is a French masculine noun meaning “prologue” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Discours préliminaire, avant-propos”.
What does prologue mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprologue
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Discours préliminaire, avant-propos. 2. Morceau qui sert de prélude à une pièce dramatique. 3. Course contre-la-montre au début d’une course à étapes.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of prologue
- prologues plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prologue?
- /pʁɔ.lɔɡ/
- \pʁɔ.lɔɡ\
- [pʁɔ.lɔɡ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prologue
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prologue in French?
prologue appears 2.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).