intro

See also: intro., intro-, and într-o

English

Etymology

Abbreviated from introduction, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”) – the abbreviation removes the second part of the compound, which comes ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros (“inner, what is inside”). The demoscene sense comes from the fact that they were originally prepended to pirated copies of computer games.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɹoʊ/

Noun

intro (plural intros)

1. Short form of introduction.
2. (demoscene) A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
   • 1999, "brainpower / digital artists", Win32 demos (on newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos)

     If the rules specify that the DLLs' size will be added to the 64K limit, there's not a lot of space to code an intro.

   • 2005, Tamás Polgár, Freax: the brief history of the demoscene: Volume 1

     Games, demos, intros. They were the same, this was the scene. The trend was that you cracked and made demos and intros.

3. (informal) The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.

Antonyms

• outro

Hyponyms

• (small audiovisual demo): 4ktro, cracktro, invitro

Translations

short form of introduction

• Dutch: intro (nl)
• Finnish: intro (fi)
• French: intro (fr)
• German: intro
• Italian: intro

• Latin: intro (la)
• Portuguese: intro (pt)
• Spanish: intro (es)
• Swedish: intro (sv) n

Verb

intro (third-person singular simple present intros, present participle introing, simple past and past participle introed)

1. (informal, transitive) To introduce.

Anagrams

• Niort, Nitro, nitro, nitro-, tonir, trion

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Finnish

Noun

intro

1. (informal) intro (introduction)

Declension

Inflection of intro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		intro	introt
genitive		intron	introjen
partitive		introa	introja
illative		introon	introihin
		singular	plural
nominative		intro	introt
accusative	nom.	intro	introt
	gen.	intron
genitive		intron	introjen
partitive		introa	introja
inessive		introssa	introissa
elative		introsta	introista
illative		introon	introihin
adessive		introlla	introilla
ablative		introlta	introilta
allative		introlle	introille
essive		introna	introina
translative		introksi	introiksi
instructive		—	introin
abessive		introtta	introitta
comitative		—	introineen

Synonyms

• johdanto, aloitus, esittely

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French

Noun

intro f (plural intros)

1. intro, introduction

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.troː/, [ˈɪn.troː]

Etymology 1

From intrā (“within”).

Verb

intrō (present infinitive intrāre, perfect active intrāvī, supine intrātum); first conjugation

1. I enter, go into, penetrate.

Inflection

Conjugation of intro (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	intrō	intrās	intrat	intrāmus	intrātis	intrant
	imperfect	intrābam	intrābās	intrābat	intrābāmus	intrābātis	intrābant
	future	intrābō	intrābis	intrābit	intrābimus	intrābitis	intrābunt
	perfect	intrāvī	intrāvistī, intrāsti1	intrāvit	intrāvimus	intrāvistis, intrāstis1	intrāvērunt, intrāvēre
	pluperfect	intrāveram	intrāverās	intrāverat	intrāverāmus	intrāverātis	intrāverant
	future perfect	intrāverō	intrāveris	intrāverit	intrāverimus	intrāveritis	intrāverint
passive	present	intror	intrāris, intrāre	intrātur	intrāmur	intrāminī	intrantur
	imperfect	intrābar	intrābāris, intrābāre	intrābātur	intrābāmur	intrābāminī	intrābantur
	future	intrābor	intrāberis, intrābere	intrābitur	intrābimur	intrābiminī	intrābuntur
	perfect	intrātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	intrātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	intrātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	intrem	intrēs	intret	intrēmus	intrētis	intrent
	imperfect	intrārem	intrārēs	intrāret	intrārēmus	intrārētis	intrārent
	perfect	intrāverim	intrāverīs	intrāverit	intrāverīmus	intrāverītis	intrāverint
	pluperfect	intrāvissem, intrāssem1	intrāvissēs, intrāsses1	intrāvisset, intrāsset1	intrāvissēmus, intrāssemus1	intrāvissētis, intrāssetis1	intrāvissent, intrāssent1
passive	present	intrer	intrēris, intrēre	intrētur	intrēmur	intrēminī	intrentur
	imperfect	intrārer	intrārēris, intrārēre	intrārētur	intrārēmur	intrārēminī	intrārentur
	perfect	intrātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	intrātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	intrā	—	—	intrāte	—
	future	—	intrātō	intrātō	—	intrātōte	intrantō
passive	present	—	intrāre	—	—	intrāminī	—
	future	—	intrātor	intrātor	—	—	intrantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		intrāre	intrāvisse, intrāsse1	intrātūrus esse	intrārī	intrātus esse	intrātum īrī
participles		intrāns	—	intrātūrus	—	intrātus	intrandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		intrāre	intrandī	intrandō	intrandum	intrātum	intrātū

¹At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

• Aromanian: ãntru, intru, ãntrari
• Asturian: entrar
• Catalan: entrar
• Corsican: entra
• Dalmatian: entrur
• English: enter

• French: entrer
• Friulian: jentrâ
• Galician: entrar
• Italian: entrare, intrare
• Occitan: intrar, dintrar, entrar
• Portuguese: entrar

• Romanian: intra, întra, intrare
• Romansch: entrar, antrar, entrer
• Sardinian: intràe, intrai, intrare
• Spanish: entrar
• Venetian: entrar

Etymology 2

Same as intrā.

Preposition

intrō

1. within

Derived terms

• introrsus

Descendants

• Aromanian: tru
• English: enter
• Italian: entro
• Portuguese: dentro
• Romanian: întru
• Spanish: entro

References

• intro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• intro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “intro”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “intro” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enter a city: ingredi, intrare urbem, introire in urbem
    
  • (ambiguous) within four walls: intra parietes (Brut. 8. 32)
    
• intro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Portuguese

Noun

intro f (plural intros)

1. (music) Abbreviation of introdução; intro