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frontispiece

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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.

[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.]

frontispiece [ˈfrʌntɪsˌpiːs]
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) an illustration facing the title page of a book
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the principal façade of a building; front
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a pediment, esp an ornamented one, over a door, window, etc.
[C16 frontispice, from French, from Late Latin frontispicium façade, inspection of the forehead, from Latin frōns forehead + specere to look at; influenced by piece]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.frontispiecefrontispiece - 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 [of book] → frontispicio m

frontispiece [ˈfrʌntɪspiːs] nfrontispice m
front line n
(in war)première ligne f
on the front line → en première ligne
to be in the front line (fig)être en première ligne
front-line [ˌfrʌntˈlaɪn] adj
[troops, news] → du front; [countries, areas] → limitrophe (d'un pays en guerre)
[worker, service] → de première ligne
front-loading washing machine nlave-linge m à chargement frontal
front-page [ˌfrʌntˈpeɪdʒ] adj [article] → qui fait la une
front page n [newspaper] → première page f
to make the front page → faire la une, faire la première page
front-page news n
to be front-page news → faire la une, faire la première page
front room n (British) (= living room) → salon m
front runner nfavori(te) m/f
to be a front runner for sth → être l'un des favoris* pour qch(favorites)
He is a front runner for the party leadership → C'est l'un des favoris pour la présidence du parti.
front-wheel drive
n (= car, system) → traction f avant
modif [car] → traction avant

frontispiece
nzweite Titelseite, Frontispiz nt (obs)

frontispiece [ˈfrʌntɪsˌpiːs] nfrontespizio
frontispiece [ˈfrʌntɪsˌpiːs] nfrontespizio

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 esiökuva frontispice צִיוּר-שַׁעָר मुख पृष्ठ का पिछला हिस्सा ilustracija nasuprot naslovne strane címkép gambar depan mynd fremst í bók frontespizio 口絵 권두 삽화 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


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I took `Napoleon Announcing the Divorce to Josephine' for my frontispiece.
His frontispiece, boats attacking Sperm Whales, though no doubt calculated to excite the civil scepticism of some parlor men, is admirably correct and life-like in its general effect.
The frontispiece was a photograph of Captain Jim himself, standing at the door of the lighthouse, looking across the gulf.
 
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