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UK/ˈɹɛp.ə.twɑː/US/ˈɹɛp.əɹ.twɑɹ/US/ˈɹɛp.ə.twɑɹ/obsolete/ˈɹɛp.əɹtwɔːɹ/

noun

A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.

“The conjurer expanded his repertoire with some new tricks.”

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Meanings

nounrepertoire (plural repertoires)

plural repertoires · alternative répertoire

  1. A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.

    The conjurer expanded his repertoire with some new tricks.

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    When Bad Bunny took center stage for the 2026 Super Bowl LX halftime show on Sunday at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California, the Puerto Rican artist made history as the first music star with a primarily Spanish-language repertoire to do so.

    2026 February 8, Luis Giraldo, “Bad Bunny lyrics to know before his 2026 Super Bowl halftime show”, in CBS News, archived from the original on 09 Feb 2026
  2. The set of skills, abilities, experiences, etc., possessed by a person.

    Project Spectrum recognizes that the human repertoire of abilities goes far beyond the three R's, the narrow band of word-and-number skills that schools traditionally focus on.

    1995, Daniel Goleman, Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, Paperback Edition, page 37
  3. An amount, body, or collection of something.

    Marxism thus provided tbe Soviet state with a repertoire of arguments that were far more useful as tools of imperialism than the clumsy and even absurd principles with which Tsarist Russia sought to justify its rule over alien peoples.

    1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume III: The Breakdown, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozkład (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 105
  4. computingAn abstract set of characters, independent of their encoding.

    ISO Latin 1 repertoire

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    There is quite a jump from the WGL4 repertoire to the Unicode 2.0 repertoire, but there are few intermediate general purpose repertoires.

    2006, Jukka K. Korpela, Unicode Explained, O'Reilly Media, →ISBN, page 39

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe entire range of skills or aptitudes or devices used in a particular field or occupation

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nouna collection of works (plays, songs, operas, ballets) that an artist or company can perform and do perform for short intervals on a regular schedule

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Late Latinrepertōrium“an inventory, list, repertory”
  2. Middle Frenchrepertoire
  3. Frenchrépertoire
  4. Englishrepertoire

Borrowed from French répertoire, from Middle French repertoire, from Late Latin repertōrium (“an inventory, list, repertory”). Doublet of repertory.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 劇目 /剧目, 技能庫 /技能库
  • 劇目 /剧目 (jùmù)list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • 技能庫 /技能库set of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Czech repertoár, repertoár
  • repertoárlist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • repertoárset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Dutch repertoire, repertorium
  • repertoirelist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • repertoriuman amount, body, or collection of something
Finnish repertuaari, ohjelmisto
  • repertuaarilist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • ohjelmistolist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • valikoimaset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
  • repertuaariset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
French répertoire, répertoire
  • répertoirelist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • répertoireset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
German Repertoire, Repertoire
  • Repertoirelist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • Repertoireset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Greek ρεπερτόριο, δραματολόγιο
  • ρεπερτόριο (repertório)list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • δραματολόγιο (dramatológio)list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
Hungarian repertoár
  • repertoárlist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
Italian repertorio, repertorio
  • repertoriolist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • repertorioset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Japanese レパートリー, レパートリー
  • レパートリー (repātorī)list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • レパートリー (repātorī)set of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Korean 레퍼토리
  • 레퍼토리 (repeotori)list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
Māori kete puoro, kete kōrero
  • kete puorolist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • kete kōrerolist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
Norwegian Bokmål repertoar, repertoar
  • repertoarlist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • repertoarset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Polish repertuar, repertuar
  • repertuarlist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • repertuarset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
  • repertuaran amount, body, or collection of something
  • repertuarset of vocalisations used by a bird
Portuguese repertório, repertório
  • repertóriolist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • repertórioset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Russian репертуа́р, репертуа́р
  • репертуа́р (repertuár)list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • репертуа́р (repertuár)set of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Spanish repertorio, repertorio
  • repertoriolist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • repertorioset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Swedish repertoar
  • repertoarlist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
Turkish repertuvar, dağarcık
  • repertuvarlist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • dağarcıklist of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • repertuvarset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
  • dağarcıkset of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Ukrainian репертуа́р, репертуа́р
  • репертуа́р (repertuár)list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
  • репертуа́р (repertuár)set of skills possessed by a person; collection of items
Yiddish רעפּערטואַר
  • רעפּערטואַר (repertuar)list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed
Cite this entry
APA

repertoire. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertoire

MLA

“repertoire.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertoire. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “repertoire,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/repertoire.

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