Definitions and meaning of repo
repo
English
Etymology
Clippings.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛpoʊ/, /ˈɹiːpoʊ/
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) Clipping of repurchase A type of agreement which allows a borrower to use a financial security as collateral for a cash loan at a fixed interest rate, or to buy something back that was sold.
- (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
- Repossession 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 (riveź)), 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
- Hyphenation(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
Declension
Derived terms
References
- Fedor Tumansky (1790) “ребо”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 679
- 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 Lithuanian rėplióti, roplóti (“to creep”), Latvian rãpât, râpt (“to creep”), Middle High German rebe (“offshoot, bud”), Middle High German reben (“to move, stir”), Persian رفتن (raftan, “to go”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈreː.poː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈrɛː.po]
Verb
rēpō (present infinitive rēpere, perfect active rēpsī, supine rēptum); third conjugation, no passive
- to creep, crawl
Conjugation
Derived terms
Descendants
- Italian: ripire, → repere
References
Further reading
- “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
Spanish
Noun
repo m (plural repos)
- a bush, Rhaphithamnus spinosus
Further reading
- “repo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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
Source: wiktionary.org