retrofit

English

Etymology

retro- +‎ fit

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊˌfɪt/

Verb

retrofit (third-person singular simple present retrofits, present participle retrofitting, simple past and past participle retrofitted) (transitive or intransitive)

1. To add or substitute new parts or components to some device, structure etc., that were not previously available; to modernize
   • 2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “Midlands Metro welcomes new catenary-free trams”, in Rail, page 16:

     Trams dating from 2012 have been retro-fitted with lithium batteries, with the conversions starting in 2018.

2. To fix an older version (or older versions) as part of the same process of fixing the newest version; to backport

   The bug was so bad that we had to retrofit our patch to the last three releases, as well as the newest release.

Translations

To add or substitute new parts to some device that were not previously available

• Catalan: modernitzar (ca)
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• Spanish: modernizar (es)

To fix an older version

• Catalan: corregir (ca) retroactivament
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Spanish: corregir (es) retroactivamente

Noun

retrofit (plural retrofits)

1. Something that has been retrofitted
2. The act of retrofitting

Translations

something that has been retrofitted

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act of retrofitting

• Catalan: correcció (ca) retroactiva
• German: Nachrüsten n, Umrüsten n
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• Spanish: corrección (es) retroactiva
• Turkish: teknik uyarlama

Adjective

retrofit (not comparable)

1. of, relating to, or being a retrofit

References

• “retrofit”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Italian

Etymology

From English retrofit.

Noun

retrofit m (uncountable)

1. retrofit