introductory

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin intrōductōrius, from Latin intrōductus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktəɹi/, [ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktɹi]

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdʌktɚi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌɪntɹəˈdɐktəɹi/, [ˌɪntɹəˈdɐktɹi]
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌəntɹəˈdɐktəɹi/, [ˌəntɹəˈdɐktɹi]

Adjective

introductory (not comparable)

1. Introducing; giving a preview, idea or foretaste of.

   He enrolled in an introductory wine-making course.

Synonyms

• prefatory, preparatory

Derived terms

• introductorily
• introductoriness
• introductory subject
• nonintroductory
• postintroductory
• preintroductory
• subintroductory

Related terms

• introduce
• introduction

Translations

introducing

Arabic: please add this translation if you can Bengali: পরিচায়ক (bn) (poricaẏok) Bulgarian: уводен (bg) (uvoden), встъпителен (bg) (vstǎpitelen) Catalan: introductori Chinese: Mandarin: 介紹的 / 介绍的 (jièshào de), 引導的 / 引导的 (yǐndǎo de), 導言的 / 导言的 (dǎoyán de), 基礎的 / 基础的 (jīchǔ de), 入門的 / 入门的 (rùmén), 開場的 / 开场的 (kāichǎng de), 開頭的 / 开头的 (kāitóu) Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: inleidend (nl) Finnish: alustava (fi), johdanto- French: d'introduction, introductif (fr), introductoire (fr) German: einführend (de), einleitend (de) (words) Greek: εισαγωγικός (el) m (eisagogikós) Hindi: please add this translation if you can Italian: introduttivo (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: innledende Persian: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: introdutório (pt) Russian: вво́дный (ru) (vvódnyj), вступи́тельный (ru) (vstupítelʹnyj), нача́льный (ru) (načálʹnyj), предвари́тельный (ru) (predvarítelʹnyj) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: introductorio (es) Swedish: inledande (sv), för nybörjare (sv) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can