frontespis
Swedish
frontespis [1]
frontespis [2] och titelsida
Etymology
From Middle Latin frontispicium, cognate with English and French frontispiece.
Noun
frontespis
- (architecture) a frontispiece; a building's main facade or a central, upper part of a main facade
- (typography) a frontispiece; an illustration plate next to the title page of a book
Declension
| Declension of frontespis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | frontespis | frontespisen | frontespiser | frontespiserna |
| Genitive | frontespis | frontespisens | frontespisers | frontespisernas |
Synonyms
- fasad, praktfasad
- titelgravyr, titelplansch, titelvinjett, vinjettbild, vinjettplansch
Related terms
- frontespisfönster
References
- frontespis in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
- frontespis in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.