repertoire

American  

[rep-er-twahr, -twawr, rep-uh-] / ˈrɛp ərˌtwɑr, -ˌtwɔr, ˈrɛp ə- /

Or répertoire

noun

• repertoires
  plural

1. the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.

2. the entire stock of works existing in a particular artistic field.

   A new play has been added to the theatrical repertoire.

3. the entire stock of skills, techniques, or devices used in a particular field or occupation.

   a magician's repertoire.

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repertoire British  

/ ˈrɛpəˌtwɑː /

noun

1. all the plays, songs, operas, or other works collectively that a company, actor, singer, dancer, etc, has prepared and is competent to perform

2. the entire stock of things available in a field or of a kind

   the comedian's repertoire of jokes was becoming stale

3. denoting the performance of two or more plays, ballets, etc, by the same company in the same venue on different evenings over a period of time

   ``Nutcracker'' returns to Covent Garden over Christmas in repertoire with ``Giselle''

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• repertoires
  plural

Etymology

Origin of repertoire

1840–50; < French < Late Latin repertōrium catalogue, inventory. See repertory

Explanation

Repertoire refers to the full supply of what you can do. A singer's repertoire is all the songs he can sing. A chef's repertoire is what she knows how to cook. Repertoire was borrowed from French répertoire, from Late Latin repertorium "an inventory." The Late Latin word is also the source of English repertory, a group of actors that perform many plays, each performed for a short time. The second "r" in both repertoire and repertory is often not pronounced.

Example Sentences

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repertoire repertoires

She impressed casting directors with a repertoire of characters and accents she’d been perfecting since she was 4 years old.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026

Later innovations introduced elements of narrative texture and tone, as when the question mark entered the repertoire over the eighth and ninth centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Belafonte began singing at downtown nightclubs with a repertoire of Caribbean folk songs adopted from the Greenwich Village music scene.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Freya is also a two-time Young Musician finalist, once with a two-handed repertoire and again in 2025 with a left-hand repertoire.

From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026

Tchaikovsky’s ballet scores are still among the most popular pieces in the classical repertoire.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

Hindoyan said the new season lineup was inspired by his dual goals of reanimating the operatic canon and honoring L.A.’s multicultural spirit — the season features selections from the American, Italian and French repertoires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026

The announcement Thursday is part of a broader effort by financial services companies to add stablecoin and other crypto offerings to their repertoires.

From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025

"Our study points to the need to develop a comparative framework for quantifying and comparing complexity within and across species with such graded repertoires," Erb said.

From Salon ● May 14, 2024

After watching Logan Gilbert and Kirby implement the splitfinger fastball into their repertoires during the season, using the pitch as a form of a changeup, Miller decided to try it this offseason.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 29, 2024

Found the world over, children’s song repertoires are some of the most imaginative and interesting cultural examples of any genre and are important expressions of children’s lives in different cultures and eras.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Related Words

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