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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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

Which, when you think about it, is an extraordinary activity to have entered the modern grocery-shopping repertoire.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

“La Descente d’Orphée aux Enfers” was a master class in the expressiveness of this repertoire, in which music is firmly welded to text.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 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

Anderson made her final decision based on her best musical judgment—on the strength of the repertoire and musicianship she had achieved through her years of work with Vehanen.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman

As many primate species face threats from human activities, cultural behaviors and the maintenance of rich cultural repertoires can help them adapt to environmental changes and provide support for conservation.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 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

More recently, A-list actors have been adding chest-baring tank tops to their red carpet repertoires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 8, 2024

Children’s repertoires include countless game-songs and rhymes for play, jump rope, etc., that have been passed down and modified for generations.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

Related Words

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