retro
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
retro (comparative more retro, superlative most retro)
- 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.
- Affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto.
Translations[edit]
of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were
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affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto
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Noun[edit]
retro (countable and uncountable, plural retros or retroes)
- (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.
- (countable) Abbreviation of retrorocket.
- (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.
- 1983, Sightlines (volumes 16-17, page 44)
Translations[edit]
retrorocket — see retrorocket
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Anagrams[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
retro
Declension[edit]
Inflection of retro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | retro | retrot | |
genitive | retron | retrojen | |
partitive | retroa | retroja | |
illative | retroon | retroihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | retro | retrot | |
accusative | nom. | retro | retrot |
gen. | retron | ||
genitive | retron | retrojen | |
partitive | retroa | retroja | |
inessive | retrossa | retroissa | |
elative | retrosta | retroista | |
illative | retroon | retroihin | |
adessive | retrolla | retroilla | |
ablative | retrolta | retroilta | |
allative | retrolle | retroille | |
essive | retrona | retroina | |
translative | retroksi | retroiksi | |
instructive | — | retroin | |
abessive | retrotta | retroitta | |
comitative | — | retroineen |
Possessive forms of retro (type valo) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | retroni | retromme |
2nd person | retrosi | retronne |
3rd person | retronsa |
Interlingua[edit]
Adverb[edit]
retro (not comparable)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
retro
Noun[edit]
retro m (invariable)
Anagrams[edit]
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Italic *wretrō, probably taken from intrō and other similar adverbs.
Adverb[edit]
retrō (not comparable)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “retro”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; 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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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)
- 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
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
retro m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension[edit]
Declension of retro (invariable)
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | retro | retro | retro | retro | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | retro | retro | retro | retro | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
retro (plural retros)
Further reading[edit]
- “retro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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