English Online Dictionary. What means retro? What does retro mean?
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.tɹoʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɛtɹoʊ
Adjective
retro (comparative more retro, superlative most retro)
- Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
- Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
retro (countable and uncountable, plural retros or retroes)
- (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.
- (countable) Abbreviation of retrorocket.
- (countable) Abbreviation of retrospective.
- (chess) A chess puzzle of retrograde analysis, requiring the solver to work out the history of moves leading to the position presented.
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
- Hyphenation(key): ret‧ro
Noun
retro
- 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)
- back
Italian
Etymology
From Latin retrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.tro/
- Rhymes: -ɛtro
- Hyphenation: rè‧tro
Adverb
retro
- behind
Noun
retro m (invariable)
- back, rear, reverse
Anagrams
- Torre, terrò, torre
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wretrō, from a formation of re- (“back, reverse”) probably modeled after intrō and other similar adverbs.
Adverb
retrō (not comparable)
- back, backwards, behind
- before, formerly
Derived terms
- *ad retrō
- dē retrō
Descendants
- Catalan: rere
- Galician: redor
- Italian: retro
- 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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.trɔ/
- Rhymes: -ɛtrɔ
- Syllabification: re‧tro
- Homophone: retro-
Adjective
retro (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- (fashion) retro (of or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were)
Further reading
- retro in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French retro.
Adjective
retro m or f or n (indeclinable)
- retro
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin retrō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈretɾo/ [ˈre.t̪ɾo]
- Rhymes: -etɾo
- Syllabification: re‧tro
Adjective
retro m or f (masculine and feminine plural retros)
- retro
Further reading
- “retro”, 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