frontispice

fʁɔ̃tispis

Definition

Definition of frontispice - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

architecturefaçade principale d'un grand bâtiment

Le frontispice du château présente de nombreuses sculptures.

avant-corps

façade

titre décoré

Dated

titre imprimé d'un livre orné de décorations

Dated

Le frontispice de cette édition ancienne est richement illustré.

livre

Dated

illustration placée en face de la page de titre

Dated

Un portrait de l'auteur orne le frontispice du livre.

commencement

Rare

début ou introduction d'un texte

Rare

Ce chapitre sert de frontispice à toute l'œuvre.

introduction

préface

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Images of frontispice

façade principale d'un grand bâtiment
titre imprimé d'un livre orné de décorations
illustration placée en face de la page de titre

Origin of frontispice

latin, frontispicium (façade de bâtiment)

Examples of frontispice in a sentence

Ils ont restauré le frontispice de l’hôtel de ville.
Le frontispice porte le nom de l’auteur en lettres dorées.
J’admire le frontispice gravé de ce vieux manuscrit.
Le frontispice représente une scène mythologique en couleurs vives.
Chaque édition possède un frontispice différent, souvent gravé.
Le frontispice du livre présente l'auteur.

Un poème sert de frontispice à ce recueil.

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English:main façade, decorated title page, ...
German:Frontispiz, Buchvignette, ...
Italian:facciata principale, illustrazione di frontespizio, ...
Spanish:frontispicio, portada decorada, ...
Portuguese:frontispício, ilustração de abertura, ...
Chinese:正立面, 书名饰页, ...
Japanese:正面ファサード, 扉絵, ...
Arabic:واجهة رئيسية, صفحة العنوان المزخرفة, ...
Hebrew:חֲזִית רָאשִׁית, פְרוֹנְטִיסְפִּיס, ...
Russian:фронтиспис, титульный лист с иллюстрацией, ...
Ukrainian:головний фасад, титульна сторінка з ілюстраціями, ...
Catalan:frontispici, portada decorada, ...
Danish:hovedfacade, titelblad, ...
Dutch:hoofdgevel, frontispice, ...
Greek:κύρια όψη, εξώφυλλο, ...
Hungarian:főhomlokzat, díszcímlap, ...
Khmer:ផ្នែកមុខសំខាន់នៃអគារ, ទំព័រចំណងជើងដែលតុបតែងលម្អ, ...
Korean:정면, 장식 표제지, ...
Polish:frontowa ściana, frontyspis, ...
Portuguese (BR):frontispício, introdução, ...
Romanian:frontispiciu, introducere, ...
Swedish:frontespis, titelblad, ...
Thai:ด้านหน้าหลัก, หน้าปกประดับลวดลาย, ...
Turkish:ana cephe, süslü başlık, ...
Vietnamese:mặt tiền, trang tiêu đề minh họa, ...

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Definition of frontispice - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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Origin of frontispice

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