different between repertoire vs gamut

English

Alternative forms

• répertoire

Etymology

From French répertoire, from Late Latin repertorium (“an inventory, list, repertory”), from Latin reperi? (“I find, find out, discover, invent”), from re- (“again”) +? pari? (“I produce”). Doublet of repertory.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???p.?.tw??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???p.??.tw??/, /???p.?.tw??/

Noun

repertoire (plural repertoires)

1. A list of dramas, operas, pieces, parts, etc., which a company or a person has rehearsed and is prepared to perform or display.

   The conjurer expanded his repertoire with some new tricks.

2. The set of skills, abilities, experiences, etc., possessed by a person.
3. The set of vocalisations used by a bird.
4. An amount, body, or collection of something.
5. (computing) A processor's instruction set.

Related terms

• repertory

Translations

See also

• portfolio

References

• repertoire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• repertoire at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

1520s, original sense “lowest note of musical scale”, from Medieval Latin gamma ut, from gamma (“Greek letter, corresponding to the musical note G”) + ut (“first solfège syllable, now replaced by do”). In modern terms, “G do” – the first note of the G scale. Meaning later extended to mean all the notes of a scale, and then more generally any complete range.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??æm.?t/, /??æm.?t/

Noun

gamut (plural gamuts)

1. A (normally) complete range.
   • 1933?, Dorothy Parker, review of Katharine Hepburn in the Broadway play The Lake

     She delivered a striking performance that ran the gamut of emotions, from A to B.
2. (music) All the notes in the musical scale.
3. All the colours that can be presented by a device such as a monitor or printer.

Derived terms

• run the gamut

Related terms

• ut

Translations

References

Dibabawon Manobo

Noun

gamut

1. root (of a plant)

Yogad

Noun

gamút

1. root (of a plant)