Meanings
nounepilogue (plural epilogues)
plural epilogues · alternative US epilog
- The performer who gives this speech
- computingA component of a computer program that prepares the computer to return from a routine.
verbepilogue (third-person singular simple present epilogues, present participle epiloguing, simple past and past participle epilogued)
present singular third person epilogues · participle present epiloguing · participle past epilogued · past epilogued · alternative US epilog
- transitiveTo conclude with an epilogue.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece; an afterword
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short speech at the end of a play
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antonym(s) of “short speech at the end of a play”
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nouna short speech (often in verse) addressed directly to the audience by an actor at the end of a play
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekἐπίλογος“a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”
- Latinepilogus
- Middle Frenchepilogue
- Englishepilogue
Borrowed from Middle French epilogue, from Latin epilogus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος (epílogos, “a conclusion, peroration of a speech, epilogue of a play”), from ἐπιλέγω (epilégō, “to say in addition”). Eclipsed Middle English lenvoie (“epilogue”) borrowed ultimately from Old French. Equivalent to epi- + -logue.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐπίλογος
- ἐπίλογος (epílogos)short speech at the end of a play
Arabic خَاتِمَة
- خَاتِمَة (ḵātima)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Bulgarian послесло́в, епило́г
- послесло́в (posleslóv)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- епило́г (epilóg)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- епило́г (epilóg)short speech at the end of a play
Catalan epíleg
- epílegbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Chinese Cantonese 後記 /后记, 結語 /结语
- 後記 /后记 (hau⁶ gei³)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 結語 /结语 (git³ jyu⁵)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 跋文brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Chinese Mandarin 後記 /后记, 跋文
- 後記 /后记 (hòujì)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 跋文 (báwén)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 收場白 /收场白 (shōuchǎngbái)short speech at the end of a play
Czech epilog, doslov
- epilogbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- doslovbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Danish efterord
- efterordbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Dutch epiloog, nawoord
- epiloogbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- nawoordbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Esperanto epilogo
- epilogobrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Finnish epilogi, jälkikirjoitus
- epilogibrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- jälkikirjoitusbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- loppusanatbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- jälkipuhebrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- loppusanatshort speech at the end of a play
- jälkisanatshort speech at the end of a play
- epilogishort speech at the end of a play
- loppunäytösshort speech at the end of a play
French épilogue
- épiloguebrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
German Epilog, Nachwort
- Epilogbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- Nachwortbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- Epilogshort speech at the end of a play
Hebrew אֶפִּילוֹג
- אֶפִּילוֹג (epilóg)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Hindi उपसंहार
- उपसंहार (upsãhār)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Hungarian utószó
- utószóbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Icelandic lokaorð, eftirmáli
- lokaorðbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- eftirmálibrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- niðurlagsorðbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- lokaorðshort speech at the end of a play
- niðurlagsorðshort speech at the end of a play
Irish iarfhocal, iarfhocal
- iarfhocalbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- iarfhocalcomponent of a computer program
Japanese 結語, 跋
- 結語 (ketsugo)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 跋 (batsu)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- エピローグ (epirōgu)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 跋文 (batsubun)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 後書き (atogaki)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 閉幕辞 (heimakuji)short speech at the end of a play
- 納め口上 (osamekōjō)short speech at the end of a play
- エピローグ (epirōgu)short speech at the end of a play
Korean 발문, 에필로그
- 발문 (balmun)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- 에필로그 (epillogeu)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Māori turukitanga, turukitanga
- turukitangabrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- turukitangashort speech at the end of a play
- whakatepengashort speech at the end of a play
Norwegian Bokmål etterord
- etterordbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Polish epilog, posłowie
- epilogbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- posłowiebrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Portuguese epílogo, epílogo
- epílogobrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- epílogoshort speech at the end of a play
Russian эпило́г, послесло́вие
- эпило́г (epilóg)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- послесло́вие (posleslóvije)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- эпило́г (epilóg)short speech at the end of a play
Slovak epilóg
- epilógbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Spanish epílogo, epílogo
- epílogobrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- epílogoshort speech at the end of a play
Swedish efterord, efterord
- efterordbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- efterordshort speech at the end of a play
- epilogshort speech at the end of a play
Tagalog pamuod
- pamuodbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Turkish bağlak, son söz
- bağlakbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- son sözbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- epilogbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- bağlakshort speech at the end of a play
- son sözshort speech at the end of a play
- epilogshort speech at the end of a play
Ukrainian епіло́г, післямо́ва
- епіло́г (epilóh)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- післямо́ва (pisljamóva)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Vietnamese phần kết, lời bạt
- phần kếtbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- lời bạtbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
- vĩ thanhbrief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Yiddish עפּילאָג
- עפּילאָג (epilog)brief oration or script at the end of a literary piece
Cite this entry
APA
epilogue. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epilogue
MLA
“epilogue.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epilogue. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “epilogue,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/epilogue.
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