intro

English

Etymology

Clipping of introduction, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”) – the abbreviation removes the second part of the compound; the first part 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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɪntɹoʊ/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

intro (plural intros)

1. (informal) An introduction.
2. (informal) The opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.
3. (demoscene) A small demo produced to promote one's demogroup or for a competition.
   • 1999, brainpower / digital artists, “Win32 demos”, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.demos (Usenet):

     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.

   • 2001, LJames4728, “Good C64 Game Sites?”, in alt.c64 (Usenet):

     Are there any sites that have original copies of games? (ie: Summer/Winter/World Games with Fast Loading). Just looking for games without the trainers/intros.

   • 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.

Antonyms

• outro, extro

Hyponyms

• (small audiovisual demo): 4ktro, cracktro, invitro, wedtro

Translations

Verb

intro (third-person singular simple present intros, present participle introing, simple past and past participle introed)

1. (informal, transitive) To introduce.

Anagrams

• Niort, Nitro, nitro, nitro-, tonir, torni, trion

Chinese

Etymology

From English intro.

Pronunciation

Noun

intro

1. (colloquial) intro (opening sequence) (Classifier: 段 c; 個／个 c)

See also

• ending

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English intro), ultimately from Latin intrōductiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈintro/,
• Rhymes: -intro
• Syllabification^(key): int‧ro

Noun

intro (informal)

1. intro (introduction)

   Synonyms: aloitus, esittely, johdanto

Declension

Further reading

• “intro”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• nitro, nitro-, rotin, torin, torni, trion

French

Etymology

Clipping of introduction.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tʁo/

Noun

intro f (plural intros)

1. (informal) intro

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch intro, from Latin intrōductiō (“lead-in, introduction”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: in‧tro

Noun

intro (first-person possessive introku, second-person possessive intromu, third-person possessive intronya)

1. (informal) intro:
   1. Clipping of introduksi (“introduction”).

      Synonyms: introduksi, pengantar

   2. the opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc.

Further reading

• “intro” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.troː/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈin.tro/,

Etymology 1

From intrā (“within”).

Verb

intrō (present infinitive intrāre, perfect active intrāvī, supine intrātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) to enter, go into, penetrate

   Synonyms: introeo, invado, ineo, subeō, invado, accēdō, succēdō, ingredior, immigrō

   Antonyms: exeō, ēvādō, ēgredior, abeō, ēiciō

2. (transitive) to assault, attack

   Synonyms: invādō, oppugnō, incurrō, impetō, incessō, aggredior, īnstō, excurrō, concurrō, occurrō, petō, accēdō, inruō, incēdō, incidō, irrumpō, adorior, adeō, opprimō, accurrō, appetō, arripiō, assiliō, invehō, lacessō

   Antonyms: repugnō, resistō, adversor, obversor, obstō, sistō

3. (transitive) to cross, go beyond, exceed

   Synonyms: trānsgredior, praetereō, trānseō, superō, praeferō, peragō

4. (transitive) to stab

   Synonyms: trānsfīgō, peragō, cōnfodiō, fīgō, percutiō, trāiciō, fodiō, trānsigō

Conjugation

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").
²At least one rare poetic syncopated perfect form is attested.

Descendants

• Eastern Romance:
  • Aromanian: ãntru, intru
  • Romanian: intra, întra
• Dalmatian:
  • entrur
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: entra
  • Italian: intrare, entrare
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: intràe, intrai, intrare
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: jentrâ
  • Romansch: entrar, antrar, entrer
  • Venetian: entrar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old French: entrer
    • Middle French: entrer
      • French: entrer
        • → Danish: entrere
    • Norman: entrer
    • → Middle English: entren
      • English: enter
      • Scots: enter
• Occitano-Romance:
  • • Catalan: entrar
    • Occitan: intrar, entrar ⇒ Occitan: dintrar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Asturian: entrar
  • Old Galician-Portuguese: intrar, entrar
    • Galician: entrar
    • Portuguese: entrar
  • Old Spanish: entrar
    • Ladino: entrar
    • Spanish: entrar (see there for further descendants)
• Borrowings:
  • →⇒ Irish: iontráil

Etymology 2

Same as intrā.

Preposition

intrō (+ accusative)

1. within

   Synonyms: intrā, penitus

   Antonyms: foras, forīs, extrinsecus

Derived terms

• dē intrō
• intrōrsum

Descendants

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: tru
  • Romanian: întru
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: entro
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Spanish: entro

References

• “intro (adv.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “intro (vb.)”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• intro in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• intro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to enter a city: ingredi, intrare urbem, introire in urbem
    
  • (ambiguous) within four walls: intra parietes (Brut. 8. 32)
    
• intro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Portuguese

Noun

intro f (plural intros)

1. (music) Abbreviation of introdução; intro

Sardinian

Etymology

From Latin intrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /intro/

Preposition

intro

1. in, inside of, within

Spanish

Noun

intro f (plural intros)

1. intro (an introduction)
2. intro, opening sequence (the opening sequence at beginning of a film, television program, etc)

   Synonym: cabecera

3. Enter, enter (the "Enter" key on a computer keyboard)

Further reading

• “intro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014