introduction

Borrowed from Old French introduction, itself a borrowing from Latin intrōdūctiō, intrōdūctiōnem, from intrōdūcō.

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• IPA^(key): /ɪntɹəˈdʌkʃən/
• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

introduction (countable and uncountable, plural introductions)

1. The act or process of introducing.
2. A means, such as a personal letter, of presenting one person to another.
3. An initial section of a book or article, which introduces the subject material.
4. A written or oral explanation of what constitutes the basis of an issue.

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

• introduction agency
• introductory

Borrowed from Latin introductio, introductionem, from introductus, from introduco.

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁɔ.dyk.sjɔ̃/

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introduction f (plural introductions)

1. introduction

• introduire

• “introduction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).