praeludium

English

Noun

praeludium (plural praeludia)

1. Obsolete spelling of preludium.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /prae̯ˈluː.di.um/, [präe̯ˈɫ̪uːd̪iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /preˈlu.di.um/, [preˈluːd̪ium]

Noun

praelūdium n (genitive praelūdiī or praelūdī); second declension

1. A prologue, prelude

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	praelūdium	praelūdia
genitive	praelūdiī praelūdī1	praelūdiōrum
dative	praelūdiō	praelūdiīs
accusative	praelūdium	praelūdia
ablative	praelūdiō	praelūdiīs
vocative	praelūdium	praelūdia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

praelūdium

• Catalan: preludi
• English: prelude, preludium
• French: prélude
• Italian: preludio
• Romanian: preludiu
• Russian: прелюдия (preljudija)
• Swedish: preludium