repertoire

See also Repertoire

English

Etymology

Borrowing from French répertoire, from Late Latin repertorium (“an inventory, list, repertory”), from Latin reperire (“to find, find out, discover, invent”), from re- (“again”) + parire, usually parere (“to produce”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.ə.twɑː/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɹɛp.əɹ.twɑːɹ/

Noun

repertoire (plural repertoires)

1. A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.

   The conjurer expanded his repertoire with some new tricks.

2. A set of skills possessed by a person. A collection of items.

Related terms

• repertory

Translations

list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed

• Czech: repertoár (cs)
• Finnish: repertuaari (fi)
• French: répertoire (fr)
• German: Repertoire (de) n
• Greek: ρεπερτότιο (el) (repertótio) n

• Hungarian: repertoár (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: repertoar (no) n

  Nynorsk: repertoar (nn) n

• Polish: repertuar (pl) m
• Ukrainian: репертуар (uk) (repertoire) m

set of skills possessed by a person; collection of items

• German: Repertoire (de) n
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: repertoar (no) n

  Nynorsk: repertoar (nn) n

• Ukrainian: репертуар (uk) (repertoire) m

External links

• repertoire in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• repertoire at OneLook Dictionary Search