n.

1. An illustration that faces or immediately precedes the title page of a book, book section, or magazine.
2. Architecture.
   1. A façade, especially an ornamental façade.
   2. A small ornamental pediment, as on top of a door or window.
3. Archaic. A title page.

[Alteration (influenced by PIECE) of French frontispice, from Late Latin frontispicium, façade of a building : Latin frontis, genitive of frōns, forehead, front + Latin specere, to look at.]

noun

The forward outer surface of a building: façade, face, front, frontage, frontal. See precede/follow.

1. The decorated front wall or bay of a building.
2. An ornamental porch or chief pediment.
3. A fancy rendering prefacing an architectural presentation, esp. a student project in architectural school.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - titelbillede, frontispice, hovedfacade

Nederlands (Dutch)
(voor)gevel, illustratie tegenover titelblad

Français (French)
n. - (Imprim, Édit) frontispice

Deutsch (German)
n. - Titelseite (eines Buches), Titelbild

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (αρχιτ.) κύρια πρόσοψη

Italiano (Italian)
frontespizio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - frontispício (m) (Arquit.)

Русский (Russian)
фронтиспис

Español (Spanish)
n. - portada, frontispicio

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - titelplansch, frontespis (arkitek.), fasad

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
卷头插画, 正面, 标题页

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 卷頭插畫, 正面, 標題頁

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 권두화, 정면

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 口絵

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) واجهه مبنى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תמונת השער (בספר), חזית ראשית של בניין, כניסה מקושטת, משולש מעל דלת (אדריכלות יוונית)‬

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