出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2026/05/17 18:30 UTC 版)
Morphologically fore- + word. Calque of German Vorwort, itself a calque of Latin praefatio (“preface”). Cognate with German Low German Vörwoord (“foreword”), Dutch voorwoord (“foreword”), West Frisian foarwurd (“foreword”), Danish forord (“preface; proviso”), Swedish förord (“foreword”). Compare also 古期英語 forword, foreword (“proviso; condition”).
foreword (plural forewords)
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代名詞.
a set phrase―a conventional phrase―a stereotyped expression―a hackneyed expression―cut and dried expressions
oracular pronouncements