repertoire
or rép·er·toire
[rep-er-twahr, -twawr, rep-uh-]
- the list of dramas, operas, parts, pieces, etc., that a company, actor, singer, or the like, is prepared to perform.
- the entire stock of works existing in a particular artistic field: A new play has been added to the theatrical repertoire.
- the entire stock of skills, techniques, or devices used in a particular field or occupation: a magician's repertoire.
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Origin of repertoire
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Contemporary Examples
Their repertoire apparently knows no limits, nor does their energy onstage.
The Stacks: The Neville Brothers Stake Their Claim as Bards of the BayouJohn Ed Bradley
April 27, 2014
They also played “Freebird,” a song not typically included in their repertoire.
Occasionally, her repertoire includes songs from “West Side Story.”
Rita Moreno, SAG Life Achievement Award Winner, Talks Brando, Elvis And West Side StorySandra McElwaine
January 15, 2014
The test is not merely skill in the telling but the size of the teller's repertoire.
Hurley and Mazzei are now focused on expanding the collection, and plan to introduce women's bags to their repertoire.
Historical Examples
His repertoire was, therefore, extensive and at times astonishing.
Fair HarborJoseph Crosby Lincoln
The repertoire of even the best amateur is apt to be a small one.
The PianolistGustav Kobb
I intend to play all your plays in a repertoire, and you're to write me others as I need them.
The Light of the StarHamlin Garland
These met with success, and are still in the repertoire of the Comedie Francaise.
Monsieur de Camors, CompleteOctave Feuillet
One of them has completely disappeared from the repertoire of the lyric stage.
The Complete Opera BookGustav Kobb
repertoire
- all the plays, songs, operas, or other works collectively that a company, actor, singer, dancer, etc, has prepared and is competent to perform
- the entire stock of things available in a field or of a kindthe comedian's repertoire of jokes was becoming stale
- in repertoire 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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Word Origin
C19: from French, from Late Latin repertōrium inventory; see repertory
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Word Origin and History for repertoire
n.
"a stock of plays, songs, etc., which a performer or company has studied and is ready to perform," 1847, from French répertoire, literally "index, list" (14c.), from Late Latin repertorium "inventory" (see repertory).
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