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

EnglishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛ.tɹoʊ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛtɹoʊ

AdjectiveEdit

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.

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NounEdit

retro (countable and uncountable, plural retros or retroes)

  1. (uncountable) Past fashions or trends.
  2. (countable) Abbreviation of retrorocket.
  3. (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.

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FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English retro.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈretro/, [ˈre̞t̪ro̞]
  • Rhymes: -etro
  • Syllabification(key): ret‧ro

NounEdit

retro

  1. retro style, retro

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of retro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
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)
possessor singular plural
1st person retroni retromme
2nd person retrosi retronne
3rd person retronsa

InterlinguaEdit

AdverbEdit

retro (not comparable)

  1. back

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin retro.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈrɛ.tro/
  • Rhymes: -ɛtro
  • Syllabification: rè‧tro

AdverbEdit

retro

  1. behind

NounEdit

retro m (invariable)

  1. back, rear, reverse

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Italic *wretrō, probably taken from intrō and other similar adverbs.

AdverbEdit

retrō (not comparable)

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

Derived termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Galician: redor
  • Portuguese: redor
  • Spanish: redor

ReferencesEdit

  • retro”, in Charlton T. Lewis and 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 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)
  • retro in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

PolishEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

Unadapted borrowing from French rétro, from Latin retrō.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

retro (not comparable)

  1. retro (of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were)

Derived termsEdit

noun

Further readingEdit

  • retro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • retro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French retro.

AdjectiveEdit

retro m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. retro

DeclensionEdit

SpanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin retro.

AdjectiveEdit

retro (plural retros)

  1. retro

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