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repository

adj · noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɹɪˈpɒz.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹɪ/
  • Canada, US: /ɹɪˈpɑ.zɪˌtɔɹ.i/
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  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 P AA1 Z AH0 T AO2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

(military, now historical)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: empty-gloss, historical, no-gloss, not-comparable

Topics: government, military, politics, war

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: See storehouse

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

A storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: See storehouse, archive

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

A burial vault.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: See storehouse

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

A person to whom a secret is entrusted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: See storehouse

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.

A place where things are stored for sale; a shop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: See storehouse

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

a facility where things can be deposited for storage or safekeeping

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: depository, deposit, depositary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: facility, installation

Narrower terms: archive, bank, bank building, drop, library, depository library, lost-and-found, museum, repertory, sperm bank, storehouse, depot, entrepot, storage, store, treasury

8

noun

Meaning 8

a burial vault (usually for some famous person)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: monument

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: burial chamber, sepulcher, sepulchre, sepulture

9

noun

Meaning 9

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: secretary

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: confidant, intimate

History

Etymology

From reposit or its etymon Classical Latin reposit-, past participial stem of repōnō, + -ory. Compare Medieval Latin repositōrius (“used for storage”).

From Middle English reposytorye, from Latin repositōrium. By surface analysis, reposit + -ory.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَخْزَن (maḵzan) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Arabic: خزنة (ḵazna) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Armenian: պահեստ (pahest) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Armenian: շտեմարան (štemaran) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Bulgarian: склад (sklad) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Bulgarian: хранилище (hranilište) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Catalan: dipòsit — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倉庫 /仓库 (cāngkù) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Czech: úložiště — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Dutch: opslagplaats — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Dutch: depot — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Dutch: opslagruimte — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Esperanto: deponejo — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Finnish: säilytyspaikka — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Finnish: säilö — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • French: chambre-forte — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • French: coffre-fort — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • French: repositoire — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Georgian: საცავი (sacavi) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • German: Ablage — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • German: Depot — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • German: Archiv — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Greek: αποθήκη (apothíki) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Greek: αποθετήριο (apothetírio) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Ancient Greek: ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: tár — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: adattár — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: gyűjtemény — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: archívum — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: lerakat — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: raktár — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: tárház — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: tároló — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Hungarian: megőrző — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Italian: ripostiglio — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Italian: ricettacolo — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Japanese: 倉庫 (sōko) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Latin: receptāculum — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Latin: apothēca — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Macedonian: склад (sklad) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Macedonian: скла́диште (skládište) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Macedonian: храни́лиште (hranílište) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Macedonian: стова́риште (stovárište) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Persian: مخزن (maxzan) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Polish: składnica — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Polish: magazyn — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Polish: skład — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Polish: przechowalnia — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Polish: repozytorium — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Portuguese: repositório — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Russian: храни́лище (xranílišče) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Russian: склад (sklad) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Russian: вмести́лище (vmestílišče) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Spanish: repositorio — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Swedish: lager — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Ottoman Turkish: انبار (anbar) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Ottoman Turkish: مخزن (mahzen) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Ukrainian: сховище (sxovyšče) — a location for storage, often for safety or preservation
  • Armenian: շտեմարան (štemaran) — storage location for computer files
  • Bulgarian: хранилище (hranilište) — storage location for computer files
  • Catalan: repositori — storage location for computer files
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倉 /仓 (cāng) — storage location for computer files
  • Chinese Mandarin: 倉庫 /仓库 (cāngkù) — storage location for computer files
  • Czech: úložiště — storage location for computer files
  • Finnish: varasto — storage location for computer files
  • French: dépôt — storage location for computer files
  • French: référentiel — storage location for computer files
  • French: répertoire — storage location for computer files
  • Greek: αποθετήριο (apothetírio) — storage location for computer files
  • Polish: repozytorium — storage location for computer files
  • Russian: репозито́рий (repozitórij) — storage location for computer files
  • Spanish: repositorio — storage location for computer files
  • Swedish: repositorium — storage location for computer files
  • Bulgarian: гробница (grobnica) — a burial vault
  • Dutch: grafkelder — a burial vault
  • Finnish: hautaholvi — a burial vault
  • French: tombeau — a burial vault
  • French: mausolée — a burial vault
  • Italian: sepolcro — a burial vault
  • Italian: tomba — a burial vault
  • Italian: mausoleo — a burial vault
  • Italian: cripta — a burial vault
  • Macedonian: гро́бница (gróbnica) — a burial vault
  • Polish: grobowiec — a burial vault
  • Russian: склеп (sklep) — a burial vault
  • Armenian: վստահելի անձ (vstaheli anj) — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Bulgarian: довереник (doverenik) — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Bulgarian: довереница (doverenica) — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Bulgarian: довереничка (doverenička) — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Catalan: dipositari — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Dutch: vertrouweling — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Finnish: luottohenkilö — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • French: dépositaire — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Greek: μυστικοσύμβουλος (mystikosýmvoulos) — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Italian: depositario — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Italian: confidente — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Māori: pūkenga — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Polish: powiernik — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Polish: powierniczka — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Russian: дове́ренное лицо́ (dovérennoje licó) — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
  • Spanish: depositario — a person to whom a secret is entrusted
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