PROLEGOMENON (prolegomena)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: prolegomena   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does prolegomenon mean? 

• PROLEGOMENON (noun)
  The noun PROLEGOMENON has 1 sense:

1. a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise

  Familiarity information: PROLEGOMENON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROLEGOMENON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("prolegomenon" is a kind of...):

introduction (the first section of a communication)