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retro1

Syllabification: (ret·ro)
Pronunciation: /ˈretrō/

Definition of retro

adjective

  • imitative of a style, fashion, or design from the recent past:retro 60s fashions

noun

  • clothes or music whose style or design is imitative of those of the recent past:a look that mixes Italian casual wear and American retro

Origin:

1960s: from French rétro, abbreviation of rétrograde 'retrograde'

retro in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of retro in the British & World English dictionary