preparty

English

Etymology

From pre- +‎ party.

Noun

preparty (plural preparties)

1. A party held before the start of an event, usually a public event.
   • 2008 January 22, David Carr, “Shopping for Films but Settling for Some Fun”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     In true Sundance fashion, there was a preparty for the film, an intimate little dinner that was blown out to include hundreds, followed by the movie itself, and then an afterparty featuring a set by the Honey Brothers, a band that includes both Mr. Grenier and Mr. Gold.

Translations

party before main event

• Danish: førfest c
• Finnish: etkot (fi)
• French: présoirée (fr) f
• Inari Sami: ovdâjuhle
• Northern Sami: vorsa
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vorspiel (no), forfest

• Skolt Sami: ooudjuhll
• Swedish: förfest (sv) c

See also

• afterparty