# retro
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from French rétro, ultimately from Latin retro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɹɛ.tɹoʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛtɹoʊ

### 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

* retro future
* retro running

#### Translations
### 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.
* (chess) A chess puzzle of retrograde analysis, requiring the solver to work out the history of moves leading to the position presented.

#### See also

* (fashion, the past, trend, style): retro on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* Torre

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English retro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈretro/, [ˈre̞t̪ro̞]
* Rhymes: -etro
* Hyphenation: ret‧ro

### Noun

retro
* retro style, retro

#### Declension

Possessive forms of retro (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
retroni
retroni
accusative
nom.
retroni
retroni
gen.
retroni
genitive
retroni
retrojeni
partitive
retroani
retrojani
inessive
retrossani
retroissani
elative
retrostani
retroistani
illative
retrooni
retroihini
adessive
retrollani
retroillani
ablative
retroltani
retroiltani
allative
retrolleni
retroilleni
essive
retronani
retroinani
translative
retrokseni
retroikseni
abessive
retrottani
retroittani
instructive
comitative
—retroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
retrosi
retrosi
accusative
nom.
retrosi
retrosi
gen.
retrosi
genitive
retrosi
retrojesi
partitive
retroasi
retrojasi
inessive
retrossasi
retroissasi
elative
retrostasi
retroistasi
illative
retroosi
retroihisi
adessive
retrollasi
retroillasi
ablative
retroltasi
retroiltasi
allative
retrollesi
retroillesi
essive
retronasi
retroinasi
translative
retroksesi
retroiksesi
abessive
retrottasi
retroittasi
instructive
comitative
—retroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
retromme
retromme
accusative
nom.
retromme
retromme
gen.
retromme
genitive
retromme
retrojemme
partitive
retroamme
retrojamme
inessive
retrossamme
retroissamme
elative
retrostamme
retroistamme
illative
retroomme
retroihimme
adessive
retrollamme
retroillamme
ablative
retroltamme
retroiltamme
allative
retrollemme
retroillemme
essive
retronamme
retroinamme
translative
retroksemme
retroiksemme
abessive
retrottamme
retroittamme
instructive
comitative
—retroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
retronne
retronne
accusative
nom.
retronne
retronne
gen.
retronne
genitive
retronne
retrojenne
partitive
retroanne
retrojanne
inessive
retrossanne
retroissanne
elative
retrostanne
retroistanne
illative
retroonne
retroihinne
adessive
retrollanne
retroillanne
ablative
retroltanne
retroiltanne
allative
retrollenne
retroillenne
essive
retronanne
retroinanne
translative
retroksenne
retroiksenne
abessive
retrottanne
retroittanne
instructive
comitative
—retroinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
retronsa
retronsa
accusative
nom.
retronsa
retronsa
gen.
retronsa
genitive
retronsa
retrojensa
partitive
retroaan retroansa
retrojaan retrojansa
inessive
retrossaan retrossansa
retroissaan retroissansa
elative
retrostaan retrostansa
retroistaan retroistansa
illative
retroonsa
retroihinsa
adessive
retrollaan retrollansa
retroillaan retroillansa
ablative
retroltaan retroltansa
retroiltaan retroiltansa
allative
retrolleen retrollensa
retroilleen retroillensa
essive
retronaan retronansa
retroinaan retroinansa
translative
retrokseen retroksensa
retroikseen retroiksensa
abessive
retrottaan retrottansa
retroittaan retroittansa
instructive
comitative
—retroineen retroinensa :

#### Derived terms

* retroilla
* retrotyylinen

### 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)
* back

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin retrō.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛ.tro/
* Rhymes: -ɛtro
* Hyphenation: rè‧tro

### Adverb

retro
* behind

### Noun

retro m (invariable)
* back, rear, reverse

### Anagrams

* Torre, terrò, torre

## Latin
### Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wretrō, from a formation of re- (“back, reverse”) probably modeled after intrō and other similar adverbs.

### Adverb

retrō (not comparable)
* back, backwards, behind
    Vāde retrō, Satanā!Get thee behind me, Satan!
** 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.489–490:“[...] sistere aquam fluviīs, et vertere sīdera retrō, / nocturnōsque movet mānīs [...].”“[The enchantress claims that she is able] to halt the water [current] in rivers, and to turn stars backwards, and evoke nocturnal souls of the dead [...].”
* before, formerly

#### Derived terms

* *ad retrō
* dē retrō

#### Descendants

* Catalan: rere
* Galician: redor
* Italian: retro
* Portuguese: redor
* Spanish: redor

### 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)
* retro in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “re-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 516

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French rétro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈrɛ.trɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛtrɔ
* Syllabification: re‧tro
* Homophone: retro-

### Adjective

retro (not comparable, no derived adverb)
* (fashion) retro (of or relating to the past, past times, or the way things were)

### Further reading

* retro in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French retro.

### Adjective

retro m or f or n (indeclinable)
* retro

#### Declension
## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin retrō.

### Adjective

retro m or f (masculine and feminine plural retros)
* retro

### Further reading

* “retro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10