retro
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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.
Pronunciation
Adjective
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:
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were
affecting things past; retroactive, ex post facto
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Noun
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.
Translations
retrorocket — see retrorocket
See also
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
retro
Declension
| 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 | ||
| abessive | retrotta | retroitta | ||
| instructive | — | retroin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Further reading
- “retro”, 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 2023-07-03
Interlingua
Adverb
retro (not comparable)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
retro
Noun
retro m (invariable)
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *wretrō, probably taken from intrō and other similar adverbs.
Adverb
retrō (not comparable)
Derived terms
Descendants
References
- “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, 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French rétro, from Latin retrō.
Pronunciation
Adjective
retro (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- retro (of, or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were)
Derived terms
noun
Further reading
- retro in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
retro m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
Declension of retro (invariable)
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | retro | retro | retro | retro | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | retro | retro | retro | retro | ||
| definite | — | — | — | — | |||
Spanish
Etymology
Adjective
retro m or f (masculine and feminine plural retros)
- retro
Further reading
- “retro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014