transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈprä-tə-səs ]
noun
( plural prot·a·ses -ˌsēz)
Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek, premise of a syllogism, conditional clause, from proteinein to stretch out before, put forward, from pro- + teinein to stretch — more at thin
Date: circa 1568
1. : the introductory part of a play or narrative poem
2. : the subordinate clause of a conditional sentence — compare apodosis
• pro·tat·ic prä-ˈta-tik, prō- adjective