liminaire

Borrowed from Latin līmināris, from līmen (“threshold”).

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liminaire (plural liminaires)

1. introductory

liminaire m (plural liminaires)

1. the introduction (of a book, presentation, etc.)
2. (by extension) the part(s) of a book placed before the subject matter (preface, contents, acknowledgements); as opposed to the annexe

• “liminaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.