retirer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)
Noun
retirer (plural retirers)
- Someone who retires.
- 1993 February 8, Nicholas Timmins, “Tory MP puts case for later retirement”, in The Independent[1]:
- And the pension should be re-cast by providing more to the over-80s - those who retired in the Sixties and Seventies who are much worse off than later retirers
- 2009 August 19, Judy Battista, “In Another U-Turn, Favre Un-Retires”, in New York Times[2]:
- And so Favre, serial retirer, unretired for the second time in less than two years Tuesday, joining the Vikings for a contract that ESPN reported was worth $12 million this season and $13 million in 2010 — if he does not retire again.
Synonyms
Related terms
Translations
someone who has retired from active working — see retiree
Anagrams
French
Etymology
First attested circa 1073, from re- + tirer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.ti.ʁe/
Audio: (file)
Verb
retirer
- to take off; to remove (e.g. clothes)
- Elle retira sa chemise.
- She took off her shirt.
- to withdraw; to get out; to take out (money)
- J'ai retiré 50 euros pour ce soir, j'espère que ça suffira.
- I took out 50 euros for tonight, I hope that'll be enough.
- (reflexive) to retire
- (reflexive) to remove, to pull out
Conjugation
Conjugation of retirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | retirer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | retirant /ʁə.ti.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | retiré /ʁə.ti.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retires /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retirons /ʁə.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
retirez /ʁə.ti.ʁe/ |
retirent /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
| imperfect | retirais /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/ |
retirais /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/ |
retirait /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/ |
retirions /ʁə.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retiriez /ʁə.ti.ʁje/ |
retiraient /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | retirai /ʁə.ti.ʁe/ |
retiras /ʁə.ti.ʁa/ |
retira /ʁə.ti.ʁa/ |
retirâmes /ʁə.ti.ʁam/ |
retirâtes /ʁə.ti.ʁat/ |
retirèrent /ʁə.ti.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | retirerai /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁe/ |
retireras /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁa/ |
retirera /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁa/ |
retirerons /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
retirerez /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁe/ |
retireront /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | retirerais /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
retirerais /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
retirerait /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
retirerions /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retireriez /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁje/ |
retireraient /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retires /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retirions /ʁə.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retiriez /ʁə.ti.ʁje/ |
retirent /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | retirasse /ʁə.ti.ʁas/ |
retirasses /ʁə.ti.ʁas/ |
retirât /ʁə.ti.ʁa/ |
retirassions /ʁə.ti.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
retirassiez /ʁə.ti.ʁa.sje/ |
retirassent /ʁə.ti.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
— | retirons /ʁə.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
retirez /ʁə.ti.ʁe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “retirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French retirer, from re- + tirer.
Verb
retirer
- to go; to travel (chiefly to a place where one has already been)
- 1540, L'établissement de la fête de la conception Notre-Dame dite la fête aux Normands:
- Icy faisons trop long arrest,
Retirons vers nostre maison- We've stayed here too long
Let's go home
- We've stayed here too long
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of retirer
| infinitive | simple | retirer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | retirant | |||||
| compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | retiré | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retire | retires | retire | retirons | retirez | retirent |
| imperfect | retirois, retiroys | retirois, retiroys | retiroit, retiroyt | retirions, retiryons | retiriez, retiryez | retiroient, retiroyent | |
| past historic | retira | retiras | retira | retirasmes | retirastes | retirerent | |
| future | retirerai, retireray | retireras | retirera | retirerons | retirerez | retireront | |
| conditional | retirerois, retireroys | retirerois, retireroys | retireroit, retireroyt | retirerions, retireryons | retireriez, retireryez | retireroient, retireroyent | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | retire | retires | retire | retirons | retirez | retirent |
| imperfect | retirasse | retirasses | retirast | retirassions | retirassiez | retirassent | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | retire | — | retirons | retirez | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
| 2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). | |||||||
Descendants
References
- retirer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
retirer
- imperative of retirere
Anagrams
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
retirer
- imperative of retirere