precurtain
English
adj
Definitions
- Before the curtain rises at the start of a play.
- Before the curtain falls at the end of a play.
Etymology
Prefix from English curtain.
Origin
English
curtain
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- becurtain English
- bedcurtain English
- curtain English
- curtainfic English
- curtainless English
- curtainlike English
- curtainwall English
- encurtain English
- incurtain English
- uncurtain English
- カーテン Japanese
- courtine Middle English
- curteyn Middle English
- cuirtín Irish
- cùirtear Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- 커튼 Korean
- ikhethini Zulu