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depot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (US) audio
  • /ˈdepɐʉ/ (Australia)
  • (US)
  • /ˈdiːpoʊ/ (US)
  • /ˈdɛpəʊ/ (UK)

Etymology

From French dépôt, from Old French depost, from Medieval Latin dēpositum, from Latin, participle of dēpōnō, dēpōnere. Doublet of deposit.

Meanings

  1. A storage facility, in particular, a warehouse.
    • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads. 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
    • Near-synonyms: depository, repository
  2. A storage space for public transport and other vehicles where they can be maintained and from which they are dispatched for service.
  3. (US) A bus station or railway station.
  4. A place where recruits are assembled before being sent to active units.
  5. A place for the storage, servicing, or upgrade of military hardware.
  6. The portion of a regiment that remains at home when the rest go on foreign service.
  7. A bolus of medication that remains sequestered in some particular site within the body, often intradermally, from which it is gradually absorbed.
    • depot injection
  8. The tableau: the area where cards can be arranged in solitaire or patience games.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dépôt alternative, rare lexicographic
depots Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

truckyard

Deriveds

nondepot · Susquehanna Depot · sub-depot · subdepot · Mansfield Depot · repo depot · replacement depot · supply depot · motive power depot · Washington Depot · NADEP · Charlton Depot · accountable depot · dumpling-depot

Descendants

depo · depoh

Relateds

position · deposit · reposit · entrepot · posit · entrepôt

Synonyms

depository · repository

Translations (74)

mi kōpapa (warehouse or similar storage facility) · nl opslagplaats (warehouse or similar storage facility) · vi bến xe (bus or railway station) · cs nádraží (bus or railway station) · es depósito (warehouse or similar storage facility) · fr dépôt (bus or railway station) · it deposito (warehouse or similar storage facility) · pl hurtownia (warehouse or similar storage facility) · ru ста́нция (bus or railway station) · it deposito (bus or railway station) · fo goymsla (warehouse or similar storage facility) · mi taupuni (military: place where recruits are assembled) · cs skladiště (warehouse or similar storage facility) · fr dépôt (warehouse or similar storage facility) · fi varikko (warehouse or similar storage facility) · mk скла́диште (warehouse or similar storage facility) · mi taupuni (warehouse or similar storage facility) · ca dipòsit (warehouse or similar storage facility) · ru депо́ (bus or railway station) · ms depoh (warehouse or similar storage facility) · vi kho hàng (warehouse or similar storage facility) · fi varikko (military: storage) · cs sklad (warehouse or similar storage facility) · fi asema (bus or railway station) · ja 倉庫 (warehouse or similar storage facility) · de Lager (warehouse or similar storage facility) · pdt Stazion (bus or railway station) · sh депо (warehouse or similar storage facility) · bg га́ра (bus or railway station) · sk depo (warehouse or similar storage facility) · it rimessa (warehouse or similar storage facility) · cs depo (maintenance and storage facility for vehicles) · cmn 車站 /车站 (bus or railway station) · mi taupuni (bus or railway station) · ru пакга́уз (warehouse or similar storage facility) · mk депо́ (warehouse or similar storage facility) · pl skład (warehouse or similar storage facility) · tr depo (warehouse or similar storage facility) · ko 창고 (warehouse or similar storage facility) · bg склад (warehouse or similar storage facility) · pt depósito (warehouse or similar storage facility) · fi varasto (warehouse or similar storage facility) · vi kho chứa (warehouse or similar storage facility) · ru ба́за (warehouse or similar storage facility) · ru автоста́нция (bus or railway station) · id depot (warehouse or similar storage facility) · pl stacja (bus or railway station) · fi kutsuntapaikka (military: place where recruits are assembled) · de Depot (warehouse or similar storage facility) · it magazzino (warehouse or similar storage facility) · mi teihana (bus or railway station) · vi kho (military: place where recruits are assembled) · pl magazyn (warehouse or similar storage facility) · ar مَخْزَن (warehouse or similar storage facility) · mk склад (warehouse or similar storage facility) · pl składnica (warehouse or similar storage facility) · vi kho (military: storage) · ru уче́бно-запасна́я во́инская часть (military: place where recruits are assembled) · ru вое́нный ла́герь (military: place where recruits are assembled) · ru храни́лище (warehouse or similar storage facility) · de Speicherraum (warehouse or similar storage facility) · sh depo (warehouse or similar storage facility) · cmn 倉庫 /仓库 (warehouse or similar storage facility) · ru уче́бная часть (military: place where recruits are assembled) · ja(bus or railway station) · gv ard-hie (warehouse or similar storage facility) · es estación (bus or railway station) · ru автовокза́л (bus or railway station) · vi bến tàu (bus or railway station) · ru склад (warehouse or similar storage facility) · pt estação (bus or railway station) · it deposito ferroviario (bus or railway station) · cs vozovna (maintenance and storage facility for vehicles) · ar مُسْتَوْدَع (warehouse or similar storage facility)