intro
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Clipping of 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.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪntɹoʊ/
NounEdit
intro (plural intros)
- (informal) An introduction.
- (informal) The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.
- (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.
- 1999, "brainpower / digital artists", Win32 demos (on newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos)
AntonymsEdit
HyponymsEdit
TranslationsEdit
short form of introduction
VerbEdit
intro (third-person singular simple present intros, present participle introing, simple past and past participle introed)
- (informal, transitive) To introduce.
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
intro
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | |
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LatinEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From intrā (“within”).
VerbEdit
intrō (present infinitive intrāre, perfect active intrāvī, supine intrātum); first conjugation
ConjugationEdit
1At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.
DescendantsEdit
Descendants
- Aromanian: ãntru, intru, ãntrari
- Asturian: entrar
- Corsican: entra
- Dalmatian: entrur
- Old French: entrer
- Friulian: jentrâ
- → Irish: iontráil
- Italian: entrare, intrare
- Old Occitan: [Term?]
- Old Portuguese: [Term?]
- Romanian: intra, întra, intrare
- Romansch: entrar, antrar, entrer
- Sardinian: intràe, intrai, intrare
- Spanish: entrar
- Venetian: entrar
Etymology 2Edit
Same as intrā.
PrepositionEdit
intrō
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- 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
- intro in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- intro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- 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)
- to enter a city: ingredi, intrare urbem, introire in urbem
- intro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016