repository

English

Etymology

From Latin repositōrium.

Pronunciation

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  (file)

Noun

repository (plural repositories)

1. A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
   1. (computing) a storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.
   2. A burial vault.
   3. (figurative) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.
   4. (dated) A place where things are kept for sale; a shop.

Synonyms

• (location for storage): depository, archive

Related terms

• reposit

Translations

a location for storage, often for safety or preservation

• Arabic: مَخْزَن‎ m (maḵzan)

  Moroccan Arabic: خزنة‎ (ḵazna)

• Bulgarian: склад (bg) m (sklad), хранилище (bg) n (hranilište)
• Catalan: dipòsit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倉庫／仓库 (zh) (cāngkù)

• Czech: úložiště n
• Dutch: opslagplaats (nl) c, depot (nl) n, opslagruimte (nl) c
• Esperanto: deponejo
• Finnish: säilytyspaikka (fi), säilö (fi)
• French: chambre-forte f, coffre-fort (fr) m, repositoire (fr) m
• Georgian: საცავი (sacavi)
• German: Ablage (de) f, Depot (de) n, Archiv (de) n
• Greek: αποθήκη (el) f (apothíki), (software source) αποθετήριο (el) n (apothetírio)

  Ancient: ἀποθήκη f (apothḗkē)

• Hungarian: tár (hu), adattár (hu), gyűjtemény (hu), archívum (hu), lerakat (hu), raktár (hu), tárház, tároló (hu), megőrző (hu)
• Italian: ripostiglio (it), ricettacolo (it)
• Japanese: 倉庫 (ja) (そうこ, sōko)
• Latin: receptāculum n, apothēca f
• Macedonian: склад m (sklad), скла́диште n (skládište), храни́лиште n (hranílište) (archaic), стова́риште n (stovárište)
• Persian: مخزن‎ (fa) (maxzan)
• Polish: składnica (pl) f, magazyn (pl) m, skład (pl) m, przechowalnia (pl) f, repozytorium (pl) n
• Portuguese: repositório (pt) m
• Russian: храни́лище (ru) n (xranílišče), склад (ru) m (sklad), вмести́лище (ru) n (vmestílišče)
• Spanish: repositorio (es) m
• Swedish: lager (sv)

storage location for computer files

• Catalan: repositori m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 庫／库 (zh) (kù)

• Czech: úložiště n
• Finnish: varasto (fi)
• French: dépôt (fr) m, référentiel (fr) m, répertoire (fr) m
• Greek: αποθετήριο (el) n (apothetírio)
• Polish: repozytorium (pl) n
• Spanish: repositorio (es) m

a burial vault

• Bulgarian: гробница (bg) f (grobnica)
• Dutch: grafkelder (nl) c
• Finnish: hautaholvi
• French: tombeau (fr) m, mausolée (fr) m
• Italian: sepolcro (it), tomba (it), mausoleo (it), cripta (it)
• Macedonian: гро́бница f (gróbnica)
• Polish: grobowiec (pl) m
• Russian: склеп (ru) m (sklep)

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

• Catalan: dipositari m
• Dutch: vertrouweling (nl) c
• Finnish: luottohenkilö
• French: dépositaire (fr) m
• Greek: μυστικοσύμβουλος (el) m (mystikosýmvoulos)
• Italian: depositario (it), confidente (it)
• Maori: pūkenga
• Polish: powiernik (pl) m, powierniczka f
• Russian: дове́ренное лицо́ n (dovérennoje licó)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Estonian: ^{(please verify)} hoidla, ^{(please verify)} varamu
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} stovariste, ^{(please verify)} spremiste, ^{(please verify)} skloniste, ^{(please verify)} nosilac (sh), ^{(please verify)} skladiste, ^{(please verify)} repozitorijum
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} repositorio (es), ^{(please verify)} depositorio