front matter

See also: frontmatter and front-matter

English

Noun

front matter (uncountable)

Within a book, all content preceding the main text or work itself.

Alternative forms

Synonyms

prelims; see also Thesaurus:front matter

Related terms

Translations

parts of a book that appear before the text

Dutch: voorwerk (nl) n, preliminaria pl
Italian: preliminari (it) m pl
Portuguese: matéria pré-textual f, elementos pré-textuais m pl, pré-texto m

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