retro
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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.
TranslationsEdit
of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were
affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto
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NounEdit
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)
TranslationsEdit
retrorocket — see retrorocket
See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
FinnishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
retro
DeclensionEdit
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 |
InterlinguaEdit
AdverbEdit
retro (not comparable)
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
retro
NounEdit
retro m (invariable)
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Italic *wretrō, probably taken from intrō and other similar adverbs.
AdverbEdit
retrō (not comparable)
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
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)
- 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
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from French rétro, from Latin retrō.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
retro (not comparable)
- retro (of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were)
Derived termsEdit
noun
Further readingEdit
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
retro m or f or n (indeclinable)
DeclensionEdit
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 | — | — | — | — |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
retro (plural retros)
Further readingEdit
- “retro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014