How to pronounce prologue
American English pronunciation
PROH-lawg
- IPA
- /ˈpɹoʊlɔɡ/
- Syllables
- PROH · lawg (2 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What prologue means
An opening scene or speech that is part of a play or story
In a sentence: In the play's prologue, a narrator tells us how the trouble began.
Where it comes from: It comes from a Greek word made of parts meaning "before" and "speech."
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