promo
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English
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[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.
Derived terms
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[edit]Chinese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From clipping of English promotion.
Pronunciation
[edit]- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
- Jyutping: pou6 mou1
- Yale: pouh mōu
- Cantonese Pinyin: pou6 mou1
- Guangdong Romanization: pou6 mou1
- Sinological IPA (key): /pʰou̯²² mou̯⁵⁵/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
Noun
[edit]promo
- (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, marketing) promo (promotion; event to increase reach or image of a product or brand)
French
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[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 Latin) 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
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[edit]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
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[edit]Noun
[edit]promo f (plural promos)
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