introduction

English

Etymology

From Middle English introduccioun, introduccyon, borrowed from Old French introduction, itself a borrowing from Latin intrōdūctiōnem, accusative of Latin intrōdūctiō, from intrōdūcō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌkʃən/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən
• Hyphenation: in‧tro‧duc‧tion

Noun

introduction (countable and uncountable, plural introductions)

1. The act or process of introducing.

   the introduction of a new product into the market

2. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.

   David was feeling groggy at his introduction to Sophie, and didn't remember her name.

3. An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.

   This book features a preface by a well-known botanist, and an introduction by the author's mentor at university.

4. A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.

Synonyms

• (initial section of a written work): preface, isagoge, lead-in, lead, lede; see also Thesaurus:foreword

Derived terms

• card of introduction
• e-introduction
• introduction agency
• introductory
• need no introduction
• preintroduction
• rolling introduction

 

Translations

act or process of introducing

• Arabic: مُقَدَّمَة f (muqaddama)
• Armenian: ծանոթացում (hy) (canotʻacʻum), ներկայացում (hy) (nerkayacʻum)
• Bulgarian: въвеждане (bg) n (vǎveždane), внасяне n (vnasjane)
• Catalan: introducció (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 介紹／介绍 (gaai³ siu⁶)

  Mandarin: 介紹／介绍 (zh) (jièshào)

• Danish: introduktion
• Dutch: inleiding (nl) f, introductie (nl) f
• Finnish: perehdytys (fi), perehdyttäminen (fi), esittely (fi)
• French: introduction (fr) f
• Galician: introdución (gl) f
• Georgian: შესავალი (šesavali)
• German: Einführung (de) f
• Greek: εισαγωγή (el) f (eisagogí)
• Hungarian: bemutatás (hu), bevezetés (hu), (reflexively) bemutatkozás (hu)
• Indonesian: pengenalan (id), introduksi (id)
• Italian: introduzione (it)
• Japanese: 紹介 (ja) (shōkai)
• Khmer: បុព្វយោគ (bopvɔɔyook)
• Korean: 소개(紹介) (ko) (sogae)
• Latin: inductiō f
• Lithuanian: įvadas m
• Malay: pengenalan (ms), introduksi
• Malayalam: അവതരണം (ml) (avataraṇaṁ)
• Maori: whakatakinga
• Norwegian: introduksjon m, presentasjon (no) m
• Oromo: seensa
• Polish: wprowadzenie (pl) n, wstęp (pl) m
• Portuguese: introdução (pt) f
• Romanian: introducere (ro) f
• Russian: введе́ние (ru) n (vvedénije), внедре́ние (ru) n (vnedrénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: introdukcija (sh) f, uvod (sh) m
• Spanish: introducción (es) f
• Swedish: introduktion (sv) c, införande (sv) n, presentation (sv) c
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Urdu: تَعارُف (ur) m (taʻāruf)
• Vietnamese: giới thiệu (vi)
• Yiddish: אַרײַנפֿיר m (araynfir)

means of presenting one person to another

• Arabic: تَعْرِيف (ar) (taʕrīf)
• Bulgarian: представяне (bg) n (predstavjane)
• Catalan: presentació (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 介紹／介绍 (zh) (jièshào)

• Dutch: introductie (nl) f, inleiding (nl) f
• Finnish: esittely (fi)
• French: présentation (fr) f
• Galician: presentación (gl) f
• Georgian: გაცნობა (gacnoba)
• German: Vorstellung (de) f
• Greek: σύσταση (el) f (sýstasi)
• Hungarian: bemutatás (hu), (of oneself) bemutatkozás (hu)
• Japanese: 紹介 (ja) (shōkai)
• Korean: 소개(紹介) (ko) (sogae)
• Maori: whakamōhiotanga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: anbefaling (no) c

  Nynorsk: anbefaling f

• Portuguese: introdução (pt) f
• Romanian: prezentare (ro) f
• Russian: представле́ние (ru) n (predstavlénije)
• Slovene: predstavitev f
• Spanish: presentación (es) f
• Swedish: presentation (sv) c

initial section of a book or article which introduces subject material

• Arabic: مُقَدَّمَة f (muqaddama), مَدْخَل m (madḵal)
• Armenian: ներածություն (hy) (neracutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: въведение (bg) n (vǎvedenie), предговор (bg) m (predgovor)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 序言 (zh) (xùyán)

• Czech: úvod (cs) m
• Dutch: inleiding (nl) f, introductie (nl) f
• Finnish: johdanto (fi)
• French: introduction (fr) f
• Georgian: შესავალი (šesavali)
• German: Einführung (de) f
• Greek: εισαγωγή (el) f (eisagogí)

  Ancient: πρόλογος m (prólogos)

• Guaraní: ñepyrumby
• Hungarian: bevezető (hu), bevezetés (hu)
• Irish: réamhrá m
• Italian: introduzione (it)
• Japanese: 序 (ja) (jo), 序論 (ja) (joron), 序説 (ja) (josetsu), 叙文 (jobun)
• Kazakh: алғысөз (alğysöz)
• Khmer: ឧបញ្ញាសកថា (ʼŏbânhnhéaskâtha), បុព្វកថា (boppĕəʼkaʼthaa), អារម្ភកថា (km) (ʼaamphɔɔkthaa)
• Korean: 서(序) (ko) (seo), 서론(序論/緖論) (ko) (seoron), 서설(序說) (ko) (seoseol), 서문(序文) (ko) (seomun)
• Latin: praefātiō f, prohoemium n
• Malayalam: ആമുഖം (ml) (āmukhaṁ), അവതാരിക (ml) (avatārika)
• Maori: kupu whakataki, whakaupoko
• Norwegian: introduksjon m
• Old English: fōresæġdnes f
• Persian: مقدمه (fa) (moqaddame), دیباچه (fa) (dibâče)
• Polish: wstęp (pl) m, przedmowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: introdução (pt) f
• Romanian: prezentare (ro) f, introducere (ro) f
• Russian: предисло́вие (ru) n (predislóvije)
• Scots: innin
• Scottish Gaelic: ro-ràdh m
• Slovene: uvod (sl) m
• Spanish: introducción (es)
• Swahili: dibaji (sw), utangulizi (sw)
• Swedish: förord (sv) n, inledning (sv) c
• Thai: บทนำ (bòt-nam)
• Yiddish: אַרײַנפֿיר m (araynfir)
• Yup'ik: apertuun

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French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin intrōductiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

introduction f (plural introductions)

1. introduction

   Synonym: (clipping, informal) intro

   Coordinate term: conclusion

Related terms

• introduire

Further reading

• “introduction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.