retro

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

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛtɹoʊ/

Etymology

From French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

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 c

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

affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto

• French: rétro (fr)

Noun

retro ‎(plural retros or retroes)

1. Something, such as a fashion, from the past; a retro trend.
2. Abbreviation of retrorocket.

See also

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

Translations

retrorocket — see retrorocket

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Interlingua

Adverb

retro ‎(not comparable)

1. back

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Italian

Adverb

retro

1. behind

Noun

retro m ‎(invariable)

1. back, rear, reverse

Anagrams

• terrò
• torre

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Latin

Adverb

retrō (not comparable)

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

References

• retro in Charlton T. Lewis & 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 Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (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

Adjective

retro m, f ‎(plural retros)

1. retro