promo
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
promo (plural promos)
- (colloquial) Clipping of promotion.
- (professional wrestling slang) an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
promotion
Verb[edit]
promo (third-person singular simple present promos, present participle promoing, simple past and past participle promoed)
- (slang, transitive) To promote; to publicize.
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Chinese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From clipping of English promotion.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
promo
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, marketing) promo (promotion; event to increase reach or image of a product or brand)
French[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
promo f (plural promos)
- (informal) promo
- Cet article est en promo. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (informal) year group, school year
- la promo 2022 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Further reading[edit]
- “promo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From prō- (“forth, forward”) + emō (“I take, acquire, buy”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈproː.moː/, [ˈproːmoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpro.mo/, [ˈprɔːmo]
Verb[edit]
prōmō (present infinitive prōmere, perfect active prōmpsī, supine prōmptum); third conjugation
- to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light
Conjugation[edit]
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References[edit]
- “promo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “promo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- promo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “prompt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Portuguese[edit]
Noun[edit]
promo m (plural promos)
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
promo f (plural promos)
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