retro-

See retro.

• enPR: rĕt′rō-
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛt.ɹəʊ-/

  Audio (Southern England):

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• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛt.ɹoʊ-/
• Hyphenation: ret‧ro

retro-

2. Back or backward.
4. Behind.
6. In the opposite direction.
8. Pertaining to an earlier time.

   retroactive

10. (informal) Old-fashioned or old school.

• re-

• pro-

• Torre

Borrowed from Ido retro-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈretro/
• Rhymes: -etro
• Hyphenation: re‧tro

retro-

1. retro-

From Latin retrō.

retro-

1. retro-

From

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• “retro-”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Borrowed from English retro-, Italian retro-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈretro/

retro-

1. prefix used with a verbal root to indicate: back, backwards, inverse action, return: retro-, re-

   Antonym: avan-

   ‎jetar (“to throw”) + ‎retro- → ‎retrojetar (“to throw back”)

• → Esperanto: retro-

retro-

1. retro-

• Torre, terrò, torre

From Latin retrō.

retro-

1. retro-

• “retro-”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

From Latin retrō.

• IPA^(key): /retɾo/ [re.t̪ɾo]
• Syllabification: re‧tro-

retro-

1. retro-

• “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], 10 December 2024