English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates] prelude [N] การกระทำเบื้องต้น, Syn. preface, prelusion prelude [N] การบรรเลงนำ, See also: การแสดงเบิกโรง, ฉากโหมโรง, Syn. fugue, toccata prelude [VT] บรรเลงนำ, See also: เบิกโรง

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates] prelude (เพรล'ลูด) n. การแสดงเบิกโรง,ฉากโหมโรง,การบรรเลงนำ,การกระทำเบื้องต้น,สภาพหรือผลงานเบื้องต้น,อารัมภกถา,นิมิต,สิ่งบอกเหตุ,คำนำ vt.,vi. นำ,โหมโรง,บรรเลงนำ,เขียนคำนำ., S. . preluder n. preludial adj. preludious,adj.

English-Thai: Nontri Dictionary prelude (n) การโหมโรง,การออกแขก,การแสดงนำ,การอารัมภบท,ลาง,คำนำ prelude (vt) โหมโรง,ออกแขก,แสดงนำ,อารัมภบท

Thai-English: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates] เบิกโรง [V] prelude, Example: การแสดงเบิกโรงด้วยการรำอวยพรของนักเรียนนาฏศิลป์, Thai definition: แสดงก่อนดำเนินเรื่อง, แสดงออกโรงครั้งแรก

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary PRELUDE P R EY1 L UW2 D PRELUDES P R EY1 L UW2 D Z

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only) prelude (v) (p r e1 l y uu d) preluded (v) (p r e1 l y uu d i d) preludes (v) (p r e1 l y uu d z)

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary 前奏 [qian2 zou4, 前奏] prelude; presage [Add to Longdo] 前奏曲 [qian2 zou4 qu3, 前奏曲] prelude (music) [Add to Longdo] 牧神午后 [mu4 shen2 wu3 hou4, 牧神午後] Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, by Claude Debussy based on poem by by Stéphane Mallarmé [Add to Longdo]

German-English: TU-Chemnitz DING Dictionary Einleiter {m} preluder [Add to Longdo] Präludium {n} [mus.] prelude [Add to Longdo] Vorspiel {n} | Vorspiele {pl} prelude | preludes [Add to Longdo]

Result from Foreign Dictionaries (5 entries found)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prelude \Pre*lude"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Preluded}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Preluding}.] [L. praeludere, praelusum; prae before +
     ludere to play: cf. F. pr['e]luder. See {Ludicrous}.]
     To play an introduction or prelude; to give a prefatory
     performance; to serve as prelude.
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           The musicians preluded on their instruments. --Sir. W.
                                                    Scott.
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           We are preluding too largely, and must come at once to
           the point.                               --Jeffrey.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prelude \Pre*lude"\, v. t.
     1. To introduce with a previous performance; to play or
        perform a prelude to; as, to prelude a concert with a
        lively air.
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     2. To serve as prelude to; to precede as introductory.
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              [Music] preluding some great tragedy. --Longfellow
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Prelude \Pre"lude\, n. [F. pr['e]lude (cf. It. preludio, LL.
     praeludium), fr. L. prae before + ludus play. See {Prelude},
     v. t.]
     An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the
     principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.;
     especially (Mus.), a strain introducing the theme or chief
     subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent;
     -- with recent composers often synonymous with overture.
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           The last Georgic was a good prelude to the Aenis
                                                    --Addison.
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           The cause is more than the prelude, the effect is more
           than the sequel, of the fact.            --Whewell.
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     Syn: Preface; introduction; preliminary; preamble;
          forerunner; harbinger; precursor.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  prelude
      n 1: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces
           what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to
           employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner" [syn:
           {preliminary}, {overture}, {prelude}]
      2: music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera
      v 1: serve as a prelude or opening to
      2: play as a prelude

From English-German Freedict dictionary [fd-eng-deu]:

  prelude [preljuːd]
     Vorspiel
  

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