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nounan epilogue.
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nouna postscript.
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nounan appendix.
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Origin
From after- + word. Compare foreword.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic خَاتِمَة
- خَاتِمَة (ḵātima)epilogue
Bulgarian послесло́в
- послесло́в (posleslóv)epilogue
Chinese Mandarin 後記 /后记, 跋
- 後記 /后记 (hòujì)epilogue
- 跋 (bá)epilogue
- 跋文 (báwén)epilogue
Czech doslov
- doslovepilogue
Danish efterord
- efterordepilogue
Esperanto postparolo
- postparoloepilogue
Finnish jälkipuhe
- jälkipuheepilogue
French postface
- postfaceepilogue
German Nachwort
- Nachwortepilogue
Italian epilogo
- epilogoepilogue
Japanese 後書き, 跋文
- 後書き (atogaki)epilogue
- 跋文 (batsubun)epilogue
Korean 발문
- 발문 (balmun)epilogue
Māori turuki, turukitanga
- turukiepilogue
- turukitangaepilogue
Norwegian Bokmål etterord
- etterordepilogue
Polish posłowie
- posłowieepilogue
Portuguese posfácio
- posfácioepilogue
Romanian epilog, postfață
- epilogepilogue
- postfațăepilogue
Russian послесло́вие
- послесло́вие (posleslóvije)epilogue
Swedish efterord
- efterordepilogue
Turkish bağlak, son söz
- bağlakepilogue
- son sözepilogue
- epilogepilogue
Ukrainian післямо́ва
- післямо́ва (pisljamóva)epilogue
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APA
afterword. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterword
MLA
“afterword.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterword. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “afterword,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/afterword.
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