repair
English
/ɹɪˈpɛə/, /ɹɪˈpɛɚ/
verb
Definitions
- To restore to good working order, fix, or improve damaged condition; to mend; to remedy.
- To make amends for, as for an injury, by an equivalent; to indemnify for.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English repairen (return) borrowed from Middle French reparer derived from Latin reparō (renew, repair).
Origin
Latin
reparō
Gloss
renew, repair
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- disrepair English
- irrepairable English
- misrepair English
- neurorepair English
- nonrepairable English
- person English
- photorepair English
- repairability English
- repairable English
- repairableness English
- repairer English
- repairest English
- repaireth English
- repairman English
- repairment English
- repairosome English
- repairperson English
- repairwoman English
- unrepair English
- unrepairable English
- woman English
- reparare Latin
- reparāre, reparō, reparo Latin
- reparō Latin
- reparieren German
- réparateur French
- réparer French
- repairen Middle English
- repara Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- reparar Ido
- reparer Middle French
- ರಿಪೇರಿ Kannada