retro

See also: rétro, retrò, retrô, retro-, and rétro-

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.tɹoʊ/

Adjective

retro (comparative more retro, superlative most retro)

1. Of, or relating to, the past, past times, or the way things were.
   • 2014 September 7, Natalie Angier, “The Moon comes around again [print version: Revisiting a moon that still has secrets to reveal: Supermoon revives interest in its violent origins and hidden face, International New York Times, 10 September 2014, p. 8]”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Scientists say that while the public may think of the moon as a problem solved and a bit retro – the place astronauts visited a half-dozen times way back before Watergate and then abandoned with a giant "meh" from mankind – in fact, lunar studies is a vibrant enterprise that is yielding a wealth of surprises.

2. Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.

Translations

of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were

• Finnish: retro-, vanhanaikainen (fi)
• French: rétro (fr)
• Portuguese: retrô (pt) c

• Russian: ре́тро- (rétro-), устаре́вший (ru) (ustarévšij), старомо́дный (ru) (staromódnyj)
• Swedish: retro (sv)

affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto

• French: rétro (fr)

Noun

retro (countable and uncountable, plural retros or retroes)

1. (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.
2. (countable) Abbreviation of retrorocket.
3. (countable) Abbreviation of retrospective.
   • 1983, Sightlines (volumes 16-17, page 44)

     Richard Leacock's 1981 film portrait, Louise Brooks, was shown during a retro of Ms. Brooks's films at the Walker Art Center.

Translations

retrorocket — see retrorocket

See also

• (fashion, the past, trend, style): retro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Interlingua

Adverb

retro (not comparable)

1. back

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin retro.

Adverb

retro

1. behind

Noun

retro m (invariable)

1. back, rear, reverse

Anagrams

• terrò
• torre

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Latin

Etymology

From re- + *-trō, probably taken from intrō and other similar adverbs.

Adverb

retrō (not comparable)

1. back, backwards, behind
2. before, formerly

Descendants

• Galician: redor
• Portuguese: redor
• Spanish: redor

References

• retro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• retro in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• retro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• retro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to back water: navem retro inhibere (Att. 13. 21)
    
• retro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Novial

Adverb

retro

1. backwards
2. back

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retro.

Adjective

retro (plural retros)

1. retro