English Reference
noun

repertoire

n.
US /ˈɹɛpɝtˌwɑɹ/ UK /ɹˈɛpətwˌɑː/ reper·toire UK spelling repertoires

  1. 01 C2 Proficiency Technical Computing

    the set of instructions or characters that a computer system can understand.

    the full set of operations or characters available to a specific processor or encoding system.

    Simple

    The programmer checked if the special symbol was part of the character repertoire.

    In context

    The new processor architecture features an expanded instruction repertoire designed to accelerate machine learning tasks.

    instruction setinventory

Old signs of Serbia’s nationalist repertoire have resurfaced, including references to “sacred Serbian lands” – rhetoric that Serbia’s neighbours, above all Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Montenegro, perceive as a threat.

Al Jazeera· 14 Aug 2026

It is also what performance scholars call a repertoire : the repeated gestures, stylings, movements, and appearances through which cultural memory is carried.

JSTOR Daily· 24 Jun 2026

Borrowed from French répertoire, from Middle French repertoire, from Late Latin repertōrium (“an inventory, list, repertory”). Doublet of repertory.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Origin la-lat repertōrium
Level C1 · Advanced
Frequency Frequent
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