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répertoire

directory

noun reh-per-TWAHR Rare
Communication Technology

Origin: Late Latin 'repertorium' (inventory)

Also means

repertoire

Usage Note

Répertoire covers both a phone/address book sense and an artist's body of work. In computing it is the standard word for a file-system folder or directory. The phrase avoir quelque chose à son répertoire means to have something in one's repertoire, used of performers.

Examples

"Le répertoire téléphonique est en ligne."

Natural Translation

The telephone directory is online.

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