frontispiece

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfɹʌn.tɪˌspiːs/

Noun

frontispiece (plural frontispieces)

1. (publishing) An illustration that is on the page before the title page of a book, a section of one, or a magazine.
2. (archaic, publishing) The title page of a book.
3. (architecture) A façade, especially an ornamental one.
4. (architecture) A small ornamental pediment, especially at the top of a window or door.

Translations

• French: frontispice
• German: Frontispiz
• Italian: frontespizio
• Portuguese: frontispício
• Russian: фронти́спис
• Spanish: frontispicio

Translations

• Russian: фронто́н

Translations

• German: Frontspieß, Frontispiz, Fronton, Giebelfeld, Giebeldreieck, Friesengiebel, Kapitänsgiebel, Tempelgiebel, Bekrönung

Verb

frontispiece (frontispieces, present participle frontispiecing; past and past participle frontispieced)

1. (transitive, rare) To supply with a frontispiece.

   The novel was frontispieced with a portrait of the author.

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