Definitions and meaning of repo
repo
Etymology
Clippings.
Pronunciation
Noun
repo (countable and uncountable, plural repos)
- (informal) Clipping of repossession. Most commonly of a vehicle, house or condominium.
- (informal) Clipping of repositioning.
- (countable, finance, informal) A repurchase agreement: a type of derivative which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate.
- (countable, computing, informal) Clipping of repository (“storage location for files”).
- Hyponym: monorepo
Derived terms
- repo depot
- repo man
- reverse repo
Verb
repo (third-person singular simple present repos, present participle repoing, simple past and past participle repoed)
- (transitive, informal) repossess
Further reading
- Reposession on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Repositioning on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Repositioning cruise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Repurchase agreement on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Pero, oper, pore, reop, rope
Chinese
Etymology
From clipping of English repost. Equivalent to English re- + po (“post”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiː²² pʰou̯⁵⁵/
Verb
repo
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, Internet slang) to repost
Esperanto
Etymology
Ultimately from English rap, likely influenced by Russian рэп (rɛp) and to differentiate from rapo (“turnip”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrepo]
- Rhymes: -epo
- Hyphenation: re‧po
Noun
repo (accusative singular repon, plural repoj, accusative plural repojn)
- (music) a rap; an instance of rapping
- (music, uncountable) Clipping of repmuziko (“rap music”)
Derived terms
- repi (“to rap”)
- repmuziko (“rap music”)
Finnish
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *repoi, from Proto-Finno-Permic *repä (compare Erzya ривезь (ŕiveź)), borrowed from early Indo-Iranian (compare Proto-Indo-Iranian *HlawpaHćás, Sanskrit लोपि (lopi), Persian روباه (rubâh); Germanic terms like Swedish räv are probably parallel borrowings from Indo-Iranian).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈre̞po̞]
- Rhymes: -epo
- Syllabification(key): re‧po
Noun
repo (poetic)
- (archaic, literary) fox, Vulpes vulpes
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also
References
Further reading
- “repo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French repos (“rest”).
Pronunciation
Noun
repo
- rest
Ingrian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *repoi, from Proto-Uralic *repä. Cognates include Finnish repo and Estonian rebu.
Pronunciation
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- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈre̞po̞]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈrepoi̯/, [ˈre̞b̥o̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -epo, -epoi̯
- Hyphenation: re‧po
Noun
repo
- fox (Vulpes vulpes)
Declension
Derived terms
References
- V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka[3], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 19
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 471
Karelian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *repoi. Cognates include Finnish repo and Veps reboi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrepo/
- Hyphenation: re‧po
Noun
repo (genitive revon, partitive repuo)
- (North Karelian) fox
Declension
References
- P. Zaykov, L. Rugoyeva (1999) “repo”, in Карельско-Русский словарь (Северно-Карельские диалекты) [Karelian-Russian dictionary (North Karelian dialects)], Petrozavodsk, →ISBN
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *rēpō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁p- (“to creep”). Compare with Latin serpō, as well as Latvian rãpât, râpt, Middle High German reben (“to move, stir”), rebe (“offshoot, bud”), Persian رفتن (raftan, “to go”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈreː.poː/, [ˈreːpoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈre.po/, [ˈrɛːpo]
Verb
rēpō (present infinitive rēpere, perfect active rēpsī, supine rēptum); third conjugation, no passive
- to creep, crawl
Conjugation
Derived terms
References
- “repo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “repo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- repo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Maori
Noun
repo
- swamp
Polabian
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *rě̀pa.
Pronunciation
Noun
repo f
- turnip
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
repo (Cyrillic spelling репо)
- vocative singular of repa
Tahitian
Noun
repo
- soil
Adjective
repo
- dirty
References
- Yves Lemaître, Lexique du tahitien contemporain (Current Tahitian lexicon), 1995.
- “repo” in Dictionnaire en ligne Tahitien/Français (Online Tahitian–French Dictionary), by the Tahitian Academy.
Votic
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *repoi.
Pronunciation
- (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈrepo/, [ˈrepo]
- Rhymes: -epo
- Hyphenation: re‧po
Noun
repo
- fox
Inflection
References
- Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn
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