epigraph

UK
/ˈɛpɪɡrɑːf/
US
/ˈɛpɪɡræf/

Traduzioni

epigraphnoun
epigraphs
pl
UK
/ˈɛpɪɡrɑːf/
US
/ˈɛpɪɡræf/
épigrapheCitation placée en tête d’un ouvrage, d’un chapitre ou d’une section.
The novel opens with an epigraph from a famous poet, setting the tone for the story.
Le roman s’ouvre sur une épigraphe d’un poète célèbre, donnant le ton de l’histoire.
Traduzioni aggiuntive
inscriptionSens rare ou savant pour une inscription gravée sur un monument, un bâtiment ou une pièce.
épigrapheEn mathématiques, ensemble des points situés sur ou au-dessus du graphe d’une fonction réelle.

Definizioni

epigraphnoun
A short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.
The novel opens with an epigraph from a famous poet, setting the tone for the story.
An inscription on a building, statue, or coin.
The ancient temple had an epigraph carved into its stone facade, detailing its historical significance.
In mathematics, the set of points lying on or above the graph of a real-valued function.
In convex analysis, the epigraph of a convex function is itself a convex set.