depot

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English

Alternative forms

• dépôt (rare)

Etymology

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɛpəʊ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːpoʊ/, (military) /ˈdɛpoʊ/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈdepɐʉ/
• Rhymes: -ɛpəʊ

Noun

depot (plural depots)

1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.

   Coordinate term: truckyard

3. (US) A bus station or railway station.
4. (military) A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
5. (military) A place for the storage, servicing or upgrade of military hardware.
6. (military) The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
7. (card games) The tableau; the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

Derived terms

Related terms

• entrepôt (entrepot)

Descendants

• → Malay: depoh

Translations

Anagrams

• PEDOT, opted, poted, toped

Danish

Etymology

From French dépôt.

Noun

depot n (singular definite depotet, plural indefinite depoter)

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Declension

Further reading

• “depot” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Alternative forms

• depôt (obsolete)

Etymology

Either from Middle Dutch depoost, from Middle French deposte, from Latin dēpositus, with adaptation of the spelling and pronunciation to Modern French dépôt, or borrowed anew from French dépôt, from the same Middle French word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deːˈpoː/
• Hyphenation: de‧pot
• Rhymes: -oː

Noun

depot n or m (plural depots, diminutive depotje n)

1. a depot, a storage facility

Descendants

• Petjo: depot
• → Caribbean Javanese: dhépo, ndhépo

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch depot, either from French dépôt or Middle French deposte, from Latin dēpositus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈd̪epɔt̪̚]
• Hyphenation: dé‧pot

Noun

depot (plural)

1. depot: a storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
2. small house for trading.
3. alternative spelling of depo (“motive power depot, traction maintenance depot, railway depot”).

Derived terms

Further reading

• “depot” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.