frontispiece

fron·tis·piece  (frnt-sps)

n.

1. An illustration that faces or immediately precedes the title page of a book, book section, or magazine.

2. Architecture

a. A façade, especially an ornamental façade.

b. A small ornamental pediment, as on top of a door or window.

3. Archaic A title page.

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[Alteration (influenced by piece) of French frontispice, from Late Latin frontispicium, façade of a building : Latin frontis, genitive of frns, forehead, front + Latin specere, to look at; see spek- in Indo-European roots.]

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frontispiece

Noun

an illustration facing the title page of a book [Late Latin frontispicium facade]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	frontispiece - an ornamental facade                 facade, frontage, frontal - the face or front of a building
	2.	frontispiece - front illustration facing the title page of a book front - the side that is seen or that goes first

Translations

frontispiece [ˈfrʌntɪspiːs] n → frontispicio

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frontispiece [ˈfrʌntɪspiːs] n → frontispice m

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frontispiece [ˈfrʌntɪspiːs] n → zweite Titelseite f, Frontispiz nt

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frontispiece [ˈfrʌntɪspiːs] n → frontespizio

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frontispiece

n frontispiece [ˈfrantispiːs]

a picture at the very beginning of a book. titelplaat صورَة في صَدر كِتاب مواجِهَة للعنوان фронтиспис titulní obrázek/rytina (v knize) titelbillede das Titelbild εικόνα στην αρχή βιβλίου frontispicio frontispiss تصویر اول کتاب frontespiisi frontispice צִיוּר-שַׁעָר मुख पृष्ठ का पिछला हिस्सा ilustracija nasuprot naslovne strane címkép gambar depan mynd fremst í bók frontespizio 口絵 책의 첫 장에 넣는 삽화 등의 그림 frontispisas, iliustracija prieš titulinį lapą frontispiss, ilustrācija uz grāmatas prettitullapas gambar depan buku titelplaat tittelbilde frontypis frontespício frontispiciu фронтиспис frontispice naslovna slika naslovna ilustracija frontespis รูปภาพด้านหน้าของหนังสือ kitabın başındaki süslü resimli sayfa (書的)卷首插畫 фасад کسی کتاب کے سرورق کے مقابل کی تصویر trang đầu sách （书的）卷首插画