repository

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Pronunciation

\Re*pos*i*to*ry\

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Etymology

From Late Latin repositorium.

Noun

repository (plural repositories)

1. a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
2. a burial vault
3. a person to whom a secret is entrusted

Synonyms

• (location for storage) depository

Translations

a location for storage, often for safety or preservation

Finnish: säilytyspaikka, säilö French: chambre-forte f., coffre-fort m. German: Ablage (de) m., Depot (de) n. Italian: ripostiglio (it), ricettacolo (it) Latin: receptāculum (la) n.

Persian: مخزن (fa) Russian: хранилище (ru) (xranílišče) n., склад (ru) (sklad) m., вместилище (ru) (vmestílišče) n. Spanish: repositiorio (es) m. Swedish: lager (sv)

a burial vault

French: tombeau (fr) m., mausolée (fr) m.

Italian: sepolcro (it), tomba (it), mausoleo (it), cripta (it)

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

Finnish: luottohenkilö

Italian: depositario (it), confidente (it)

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Dutch: opslagruimte French: dépôt, référentiel (in data storage context). Polish: przechowalnia, repozytorium (danych)

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

Related terms

• reposit