Meanings
alternative frontmatter · alternative front-matter
- uncountableWithin a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.
Meronyms: acknowledgements, copyright page, dedication, edition notice, foreword, frontispiece, half title, introduction, preface, prologue, table of contents, title page
Synonyms: forematter, prelims, forematter, prelims · Antonyms: back matter, end matter
Synonyms & antonyms
nounWithin a book, all preliminary content preceding the main text.
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Translations
Dutch voorwerk, preliminaria
- voorwerkparts of a book that appear before the text
- preliminariaparts of a book that appear before the text
French pages liminaires
- pages liminairesparts of a book that appear before the text
German Titelei
- Titeleiparts of a book that appear before the text
Italian preliminari
- preliminariparts of a book that appear before the text
Portuguese matéria pré-textual, elementos pré-textuais
- matéria pré-textualparts of a book that appear before the text
- elementos pré-textuaisparts of a book that appear before the text
- pré-textoparts of a book that appear before the text
Spanish texto preliminar
- texto preliminarparts of a book that appear before the text
Cite this entry
front matter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20matter
“front matter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20matter. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “front matter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/front%20matter.
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