promo

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: prō'mō, IPA^(key): /ˈpɹəʊməʊ/

• Audio (Australian):

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• Rhymes: -əʊməʊ

Noun

promo (plural promos)

1. (colloquial) Clipping of promotion.
2. (professional wrestling slang) an interview or monologue intended to promote a character or an upcoming match.
3. (Philippines) A reduction in consumer cost for a limited time for items or services rendered; a special.

Derived terms

• promo code

Translations

promotion

• Bulgarian: промоция (bg) f (promocija)
• Catalan: promo
• Finnish: promo (fi)
• French: promo (fr)
• Italian: promo
• Japanese: プロモ (ja) (puromo)
• Portuguese: promo (pt)
• Russian: промо (ru) n (promo)
• Spanish: promo (es) f
• Yoruba: púrómò

Verb

promo (third-person singular simple present promos, present participle promoing, simple past and past participle promoed)

1. (slang, transitive) To promote; to publicize.

Derived terms

• no promo homo

Anagrams

• Pomor

Chinese

Alternative forms

• promote

Etymology

From clipping of English promotion.

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): pou⁶ mou¹

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• 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/

Noun

promo

1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, colloquial, marketing) promo (promotion; event to increase reach or image of a product or brand)

French

Etymology

Clipping of promotion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.mo/

Noun

promo f (plural promos)

1. (informal) promo

   Cet article est en promo. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (informal) year group, school year

   la promo 2022 ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Further reading

• “promo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *per-der.?

Proto-Indo-European *pér

Proto-Indo-European *-o

Proto-Indo-European *pró

Proto-Indo-European *pro-

Proto-Italic *pro-

Latin prō-

Proto-Indo-European *h₁em-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₁émeti

Proto-Italic *emō

Latin emō

Latin prōmō

From prō- (“forth, forward”) + emō (“to take, acquire, buy”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈproː.moː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈprɔː.mo]

Verb

prōmō (present infinitive prōmere, perfect active prōmpsī, supine prōmptum); third conjugation

1. to take or bring out or forth, produce, bring to light

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōmō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōmō		prōmis		prōmit		prōmimus		prōmitis		prōmunt
	imperfect	prōmēbam		prōmēbās		prōmēbat		prōmēbāmus		prōmēbātis		prōmēbant
	future	prōmam		prōmēs		prōmet		prōmēmus		prōmētis		prōment
	perfect	prōmpsī		prōmpsistī		prōmpsit		prōmpsimus		prōmpsistis		prōmpsērunt, prōmpsēre
	pluperfect	prōmpseram		prōmpserās		prōmpserat		prōmpserāmus		prōmpserātis		prōmpserant
	future perfect	prōmpserō		prōmpseris		prōmpserit		prōmpserimus		prōmpseritis		prōmpserint
passive	present	prōmor		prōmeris, prōmere		prōmitur		prōmimur		prōmiminī		prōmuntur
	imperfect	prōmēbar		prōmēbāris, prōmēbāre		prōmēbātur		prōmēbāmur		prōmēbāminī		prōmēbantur
	future	prōmar		prōmēris, prōmēre		prōmētur		prōmēmur		prōmēminī		prōmentur
	perfect	prōmptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōmptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōmptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōmam		prōmās		prōmat		prōmāmus		prōmātis		prōmant
	imperfect	prōmerem		prōmerēs		prōmeret		prōmerēmus		prōmerētis		prōmerent
	perfect	prōmpserim		prōmpserīs		prōmpserit		prōmpserīmus		prōmpserītis		prōmpserint
	pluperfect	prōmpsissem		prōmpsissēs		prōmpsisset		prōmpsissēmus		prōmpsissētis		prōmpsissent
passive	present	prōmar		prōmāris, prōmāre		prōmātur		prōmāmur		prōmāminī		prōmantur
	imperfect	prōmerer		prōmerēris, prōmerēre		prōmerētur		prōmerēmur		prōmerēminī		prōmerentur
	perfect	prōmptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōmptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōme		—		—		prōmite		—
	future	—		prōmitō		prōmitō		—		prōmitōte		prōmuntō
passive	present	—		prōmere		—		—		prōmiminī		—
	future	—		prōmitor		prōmitor		—		—		prōmuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōmere			prōmī			prōmēns			—
future		prōmptūrum esse			prōmptum īrī			prōmptūrus			prōmendus, prōmundus
perfect		prōmpsisse			prōmptum esse			—			prōmptus
future perfect		—			prōmptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōmptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōmendī		prōmendō		prōmendum		prōmendō		prōmptum		prōmptū

Derived terms

• dēprōmō
• prōmptus

Descendants

• → Italian: promere

References

• “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.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “prompt”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

Portuguese

Noun

promo m (plural promos)

1. (informal) promo (promotional material)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɾomo/ [ˈpɾo.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: pro‧mo

Noun

promo f (plural promos)

1. promo