retret
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [rəˈtɾet]
- IPA(key): (Balearic, Mallorca) [rəˈtɾet], (Menorca) [rəˈtɾɛt]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [reˈtɾet]
Etymology 1
Past participle of retreure and its nominalization.
Noun
retret m (plural retrets)
Participle
retret (feminine retreta, masculine plural retrets, feminine plural retretes)
- past participle of retreure
Etymology 2
Inherited from Latin retractus.
Adjective
retret (feminine retreta, masculine plural retrets, feminine plural retretes)
Further reading
- “retret”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “retret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “retret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “retret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch retraite, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈrɛtrɛt/ [ˈrɛt̪̚.rɛt̪̚]
- Rhymes: -ɛtrɛt
- Syllabification: ret‧ret
Noun
rètrèt (plural retret-retret)
- (Christianity) retreat, period of meditation, prayer, or study
- Synonym: khalwat
Further reading
- “retret” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.