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Etymology

From Latin repositōrium.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɒz.ɪ.t(ə.)ɹɪ/
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpɑ.zɪˌtɔɹ.i/
- Audio (California): (file)

Noun

repository (plural repositories)

A location for storage, often for safety or preservation.
Synonym: depository
- 1982 February 13, “Statuary Limitations”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 29, page 2:
  Harvard has declined to become the repository of George Segal's controversial sculpture, "Gay Liberation."
1. (archiving, computing) A storage location for files, such as downloadable software packages, or files in a source control system.
  Synonym: archive
  
  Hyponyms: content repository, e-repository, data warehouse
  - 2025 April 1, Thomas Claburn, “Genetic data repo OpenSNP to self-destruct before authoritarians weaponize it”, in The Register‎:
    OpenSNP, a fourteen-year-old open source repository for genetic records, will shut down and delete all its data at the end of April.
  - 2025 April 2, Bill Toulas, “Genetic data site openSNP to close and delete data over privacy concerns”, in BleepingComputer‎:
    Over the years, openSNP became one of the largest repositories of its kind, used in research, education, and even community-led investigations like debunking flawed CFS genetic studies.
2. A burial vault.
  Hyponym: deep geological repository
3. (figurative) A person to whom a secret is entrusted.
4. (dated) A place where things are stored for sale; a shop.

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Translations

a location for storage, often for safety or preservation

Arabic: مَخْزَن m (maḵzan)
Moroccan Arabic: خزنة (ḵazna)
Armenian: պահեստ (hy) (pahest), շտեմարան (hy) (štemaran)
Bulgarian: склад (bg) m (sklad), хранилище (bg) n (hranilište)
Catalan: dipòsit (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 倉庫 / 仓库 (zh) (cāngkù)
Czech: úložiště n
Dutch: opslagplaats (nl) c, depot (nl) n, opslagruimte (nl) c
Esperanto: deponejo
Finnish: säilytyspaikka (fi), säilö (fi)
French: chambre-forte f, coffre-fort (fr) m, repositoire (fr) m
Georgian: საცავი (sacavi)
German: Ablage (de) f, Depot (de) n, Archiv (de) n
Greek: αποθήκη (el) f (apothíki), (software source) αποθετήριο (el) n (apothetírio)
Ancient: ἀποθήκη f (apothḗkē)
Hungarian: tár (hu), adattár (hu), gyűjtemény (hu), archívum (hu), lerakat (hu), raktár (hu), tárház (hu), tároló (hu), megőrző (hu)
Italian: ripostiglio (it), ricettacolo (it)
Japanese: 倉庫 (ja) (そうこ, sōko)
Latin: receptāculum n, apothēca f
Macedonian: склад m (sklad), скла́диште n (skládište), храни́лиште n (hranílište) (archaic), стова́риште n (stovárište)
Ottoman Turkish: انبار (anbar), مخزن (mahzen)
Persian: مخزن (fa) (maxzan)
Polish: składnica (pl) f, magazyn (pl) m, skład (pl) m, przechowalnia (pl) f, repozytorium (pl) n
Portuguese: repositório (pt) m
Russian: храни́лище (ru) n (xranílišče), склад (ru) m (sklad), вмести́лище (ru) n (vmestílišče)
Spanish: repositorio (es) m
Swedish: lager (sv)
Ukrainian: сховище n (sxovyšče)

storage location for computer files

Armenian: շտեմարան (hy) (štemaran)
Catalan: repositori m
Chinese:
Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 庫 / 库 (zh) (kù)
Czech: úložiště n
Finnish: varasto (fi)
French: dépôt (fr) m, référentiel (fr) m, répertoire (fr) m
Greek: αποθετήριο (el) n (apothetírio)
Polish: repozytorium (pl) n
Russian: репозито́рий (ru) m (repozitórij),
Spanish: repositorio (es) m
Swedish: repositorium (sv) n

a burial vault

Bulgarian: гробница (bg) f (grobnica)
Dutch: grafkelder (nl) c
Finnish: hautaholvi
French: tombeau (fr) m, mausolée (fr) m
Italian: sepolcro (it), tomba (it), mausoleo (it), cripta (it)
Macedonian: гро́бница f (gróbnica)
Polish: grobowiec (pl) m
Russian: склеп (ru) m (sklep)

a person to whom a secret is entrusted

Armenian: վստահելի անձ (vstaheli anj)
Catalan: dipositari m
Dutch: vertrouweling (nl) c
Finnish: luottohenkilö
French: dépositaire (fr) m
Greek: μυστικοσύμβουλος (el) m (mystikosýmvoulos)
Italian: depositario (it), confidente (it)
Maori: pūkenga
Polish: powiernik (pl) m, powierniczka f
Russian: дове́ренное лицо́ n (dovérennoje licó)
Spanish: depositario (es) m

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Estonian: ^{(please verify)} hoidla, ^{(please verify)} varamu
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} stovariste, ^{(please verify)} spremiste, ^{(please verify)} skloniste, ^{(please verify)} nosilac (sh), ^{(please verify)} skladiste, ^{(please verify)} repozitorijum