depot

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See also: Depot, dépot, and dépôt

English

An old railroad depot (sense 2) at Rolling Fork, Mississippi, USA

Alternative forms

Etymology

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language, etymology language or family code; the value "ML" is not valid. See WT:LOL, WT:LOL/E and WT:LOF., from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdɛpəʊ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdiːpoʊ/
    • IPA(key): (military) /ˈdɛpoʊ/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "AusE" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈdepɐʉ/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛpəʊ

Noun

depot (plural depots)

  1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
    • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
      Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
  2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service
  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

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Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From French dépôt.

Noun

depot n (singular definite depotet, plural indefinite depoter)

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Declension

Declension of depot
neuter
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative depot depotet depoter depoterne
genitive depots depotets depoters depoternes

Further reading

Dutch

Alternative forms

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/
  • Audio:(file)
  • 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 depot-depot, first-person possessive depotku, second-person possessive depotmu, third-person possessive depotnya)

  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

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