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Definitions and meaning of retro

retro

Etymology

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.tɹoʊ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɹoʊ

Adjective

retro (comparative more retro, superlative most retro)

1. Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
2. Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

retro (countable and uncountable, plural retros or retroes)

1. (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.
2. (countable) Abbreviation of retrorocket.
3. (countable) Abbreviation of retrospective.

Translations

See also

• (fashion, the past, trend, style): retro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Torre

Finnish

Etymology

From English retro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈretro/, [ˈre̞t̪ro̞]
• Rhymes: -etro
• Syllabification^(key): ret‧ro

Noun

retro

1. retro style, retro

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• “retro”, 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

Interlingua

Adverb

retro (not comparable)

1. back

Italian

Etymology

From Latin retrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛ.tro/
• Rhymes: -ɛtro
• Hyphenation: rè‧tro

Adverb

retro

1. behind

Noun

retro m (invariable)

1. back, rear, reverse

Anagrams

• Torre, terrò, torre

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wretrō, probably taken from intrō and other similar adverbs.

Adverb

retrō (not comparable)

1. back, backwards, behind

2. before, formerly

Derived terms

• *ad retrō
• dē retrō

Descendants

• Catalan: rere
• Galician: redor
• Portuguese: redor
• Spanish: redor

References

• “retro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “retro”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• retro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• retro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
• retro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[4], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French rétro, from Latin retrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛt.rɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtrɔ
• Syllabification: ret‧ro

Adjective

retro (not comparable, no derived adverb)

1. retro (of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were)

Derived terms

Further reading

• retro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French retro.

Adjective

retro m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. retro

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retrō.

Adjective

retro m or f (masculine and feminine plural retros)

1. retro

Further reading

• “retro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014