repository

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Etymology

From Late Latin repositorium.

Pronunciation

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  (file)

Noun

repository (plural repositories)

1. a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
   1. (computing) the central location of files in a source control system
2. a burial vault
3. a person to whom a secret is entrusted

Synonyms

• (location for storage): depository, archive

Translations

a location for storage, often for safety or preservation

• Arabic: مخزن (ar) (máxzan) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倉庫 (cmn), 仓库 (cmn) (cāngkù)

• Finnish: säilytyspaikka, säilö
• French: chambre-forte f, coffre-fort m
• Georgian: საცავი (ka) (sac'avi)
• German: Ablage (de) f, Depot (de) n, Archive (de) n
• Greek: αποθήκη (el) (apothíki) f, (software source) αποθετήριο (el) (apothetírio) n

• Italian: ripostiglio (it), ricettacolo (it)
• Japanese: 倉庫 (ja) (そうこ, sōko)
• Latin: receptāculum (la) n
• Persian: مخزن (fa) (maxzan)
• Polish: składnica f, magazyn m, skład m, przechowalnia f, repozytorium n
• Russian: хранилище (ru) (xranílišče) n, склад (ru) (sklad) m, вместилище (ru) (vmestílišče) n
• Spanish: repositorio (es) m
• Swedish: lager (sv)

a burial vault

• French: tombeau (fr) m, mausolée (fr) m
• Italian: sepolcro (it), tomba (it), mausoleo (it), cripta (it)

• Polish: grobowiec m
• Russian: склеп (ru) (sklep) m

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

• Finnish: luottohenkilö
• Italian: depositario (it), confidente (it)

• Polish: powiernik m, powierniczka f
• Russian: доверенное лицо (dovérennoje licó) n

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: opslagruimte
• Estonian: hoidla, varamu
• French: dépôt, référentiel (in data storage context).

• Spanish: repositorio, depositorio.
• Serbo-Croatian: stovariste, spremiste, skloniste, nosilac, skladiste, repozitorijum

Related terms

• reposit