retrofit

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Blend of retro- and refit

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊˌfɪt/

Verb

retrofit (third-person singular simple present retrofits, present participle retrofitting, simple past and past participle retrofitted) (transitive or intransitive)

1. To add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize
2. To fix an older version (or older versions) as part of the same process of fixing the newest version; to backport

   The bug was so bad that we had to retrofit our patch to the last three releases, as well as the newest release.

Translations

To add or substitute new parts to some device that were not previously available

Catalan: modernitzar (ca)

Spanish: modernizar (es)

To fix an older version

Catalan: corregir (ca) retroactivament

Spanish: corregir (es) retroactivamente

Noun

retrofit (plural retrofits)

1. Something that has been retrofitted
2. The act of retrofitting

Translations

something that has been retrofitted

act of retrofitting

Catalan: correcció (ca) retroactiva

German: Nachrüsten (de) n, Umrüsten (de) n

Spanish: corrección (es) retroactiva

Turkish: teknik uyarlama (tr)

Adjective

retrofit (not comparable)

1. of, relating to, or being a retrofit

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Italian

Etymology

English retro- +‎ fit

Noun

retrofit m (invariable)

1. retrofit