Other forms: repertoires
A repertoire is the whole set of pieces a performer can give. A wide repertoire, add it to the repertoire, the standard repertoire.
It also means the range of things anybody can do, as in a repertoire of excuses. The standard repertoire in classical music is a surprisingly small set of works played constantly, which is a long-running complaint among musicians.
1nounrepertoireThe whole set of pieces a performer can give.
“The pianist's repertoire includes everything from Bach to jazz.”
repertoire is a set.
French repertoire comes from Latin repertorium, an inventory. Repertory is a doublet.
Latin
repertōrium — an inventory, list, repertory
Middle French
repertoire
French
répertoire
English, today
repertoire
French répertoire, from Middle French repertoire, from Latin repertōrium (“an inventory, list, repertory”). a doublet of repertory.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA