pension

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From Middle English pencioun, pensioun, from Anglo-Norman pencione, Old French pencion, and their source, Latin pēnsiō (“payment, weight, rent, compensation”), from the participle stem of pendō (“to weigh”). Doublet of pensione.

From French pension, from Old French pencion, as etymology 1 above. Doublet of pensione.

181 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مَعَاش (maʕāš) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Arabic: معاش (maʕāš) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Armenian: թոշակ (tʻošak) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Armenian: կենսաթոշակ (kensatʻošak) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Azerbaijani: pensiya — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Azerbaijani: təqaüd — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Bashkir: хаҡлы ял (xaqlı yal) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Belarusian: пе́нсія (pjénsija) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Belarusian: пэ́нсія (pénsija) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Bengali: পেনশন (penośon) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Bengali: অবসরভাতা (obśorbhata) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Bulgarian: пе́нсия (pénsija) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Burmese: ပင်စင် (pangcang) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Catalan: pensió — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Chinese Mandarin: 養老金 /养老金 (yǎnglǎojīn) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Chinese Mandarin: 退休金 (tuìxiūjīn) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Chinese Mandarin: 年金 (niánjīn) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Czech: důchod — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Czech: penze — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Danish: pension — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Dutch: pensioen — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Dutch: pension — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Esperanto: pensio — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Estonian: pension — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Faroese: eftirløn — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Finnish: eläke — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• French: pension — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• French: retraite — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Georgian: პენსია (ṗensia) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• German: Pension — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• German: Rente — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Greek: σύνταξη (sýntaxi) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: બેઠો પગાર (beṭho pagār) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: નિવૃત્તિવેતન (nivŕttivetan) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: વિશ્રામવેતન (viśrāmvetan) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: વાર્ધક્યવૃત્તિ (vārdhakyavŕtti) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: જરાજીવિકા (jarājīvikā) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: પેન્શન (penśan) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: જરાવેતન (jarāvetan) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: વૃદ્ધવૃત્તિ (vŕddhavŕtti) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Gujarati: ભૃતકસહાય (bhŕtkashāya) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Hebrew: פֶּנְסִיָּה (pénsya) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Hindi: पेंशन (penśan) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Hungarian: nyugdíj — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Indonesian: pensiun — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Irish: pinsean — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Italian: pensione — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Italian: assegno — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Japanese: 年金 (nenkin) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Kazakh: зейнетақы (zeinetaqy) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Khmer: សោធន (saothŭən) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Korean: 연금 (yeon'geum) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Korean: 년금 (nyeon'geum) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Kyrgyz: бааракы (baarakı) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Kyrgyz: пенсия (pensiya) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Lao: ບໍານານ (bam nān) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Latin: annuum — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Latvian: pensija — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Lithuanian: pensija — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Macedonian: пензија (penzija) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Malay: pencen — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Malay: pensiun — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Malayalam: പെൻഷൻ (peṉṣaṉ) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Malayalam: അടുത്തൂൺ (aṭuttūṇ) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Māori: penihana — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Central Melanau: pencen — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Mongolian: сул цалин (sul calin) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Mongolian: тэтгэвэр (tetgever) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Norwegian: pensjon — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Pashto: تقاعد (taqā'ód) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Iranian Persian: مُسْتَمِرّی (mostamerri) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Iranian Persian: حُقوقِ بازْنِشَسْتِگی (hoġuġ-e bâznešastegi) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Polish: emerytura — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Portuguese: pensão — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Portuguese: aposentadoria — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Romanian: pensie — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Russian: пе́нсия (pénsija) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Russian: посо́бие (posóbije) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Scottish Gaelic: peinnsean — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Serbo-Croatian: миро̀вина — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Serbo-Croatian: пе́нзија — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Serbo-Croatian: miròvina — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Serbo-Croatian: pénzija — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Silesian: pynzyjo — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Slovak: dôchodok — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Slovak: penzia — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Slovene: pokojnina — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Spanish: pensión — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Swedish: pension — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Tajik: нафака (nafaka) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Tajik: нафақа (nafaqa) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Tamil: ஓய்வூதியம் (ōyvūtiyam) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Thai: บํานาญ (bam-naan) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Turkish: emeklilik — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Turkish: emekli maaşı — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Ottoman Turkish: اوتراق (ōturāq) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Turkmen: pensiýa — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Ukrainian: пе́нсія (pénsija) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Urdu: پینْشَن (penśan) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Uyghur: نەپىقە (nepiqe) — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Uzbek: pensiya — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Uzbek: nafaqa — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Vietnamese: hưu bổng — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Vietnamese: lương hưu — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Yoruba: owó ìfẹ̀yìntì — regular payment due to a person in consideration of past services
• Chinese Mandarin: 撫恤金 /抚恤金 (fǔxùjīn) — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Dutch: pensioen — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Dutch: lijfrente — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Finnish: määräraha — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Greek: επίδομα (epídoma) — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Greek: επιχορήγηση (epichorígisi) — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Greek: επιδότηση (epidótisi) — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Hindi: अनुवृत्ति (anuvŕtti) — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Russian: посо́бие (posóbije) — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Russian: по́мощь (pómoščʹ) — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Ukrainian: допомо́га (dopomóha) — stated regular allowance by way of patronage or subsidy
• Arabic: بَنْسِيُون (bansiyūn) — boarding house
• Arabic: بنسيون (bansiyon) — boarding house
• Belarusian: пансіяна́т (pansijanát) — boarding house
• Belarusian: пансiён (pansijón) — boarding house
• Bulgarian: пансио́н (pansión) — boarding house
• Catalan: pensió — boarding house
• Chinese Mandarin: 招待所 (zhāodàisuǒ) — boarding house
• Chinese Mandarin: 膳宿公寓 (shànsù gōngyù) — boarding house
• Czech: penzion — boarding house
• Dutch: pension — boarding house
• Esperanto: pensiono — boarding house
• Finnish: matkakoti — boarding house
• Finnish: majatalo — boarding house
• French: pension — boarding house
• Georgian: პანსიონატი (ṗansionaṭi) — boarding house
• Georgian: პანსიონი (ṗansioni) — boarding house
• German: Pension — boarding house
• Greek: πανσιόν (pansión) — boarding house
• Greek: οικοτροφείο (oikotrofeío) — boarding house
• Hungarian: panzió — boarding house
• Italian: pensione — boarding house
• Japanese: ペンション (penshon) — boarding house
• Japanese: 寄宿舎 (kishukusha) — boarding house
• Japanese: 下宿屋 (geshakuya) — boarding house
• Korean: 펜션 (pensyeon) — boarding house
• Korean: 하숙집 (hasukjip) — boarding house
• Macedonian: пансио́н (pansión) — boarding house
• Norwegian: pensjonat — boarding house
• Polish: pensjonat — boarding house
• Portuguese: pensão — boarding house
• Russian: пансиона́т (pansionát) — boarding house
• Russian: пансио́н (pansión) — boarding house
• Serbo-Croatian: пансѝо̄н — boarding house
• Serbo-Croatian: pansìōn — boarding house
• Slovak: penzión — boarding house
• Slovene: penzion — boarding house
• Spanish: pensión — boarding house
• Swedish: pensionat — boarding house
• Thai: หอพัก (hɔ̌ɔ-pák) — boarding house
• Ukrainian: пансіона́т (pansionát) — boarding house
• Ukrainian: пансіо́н (pansión) — boarding house
• Bulgarian: отпускам пенсия (otpuskam pensija) — to grant a pension
• Catalan: pensionar — to grant a pension
• Dutch: pensioneren — to grant a pension
• Dutch: een pensioen verlenen — to grant a pension
• Finnish: myöntää eläke — to grant a pension
• French: pensioner — to grant a pension
• French: pensionner — to grant a pension
• Greek: συνταξιοδοτώ (syntaxiodotó) — to grant a pension
• Norwegian Bokmål: pensjonere — to grant a pension
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pensjonere — to grant a pension
• Portuguese: pensionar — to grant a pension
• Spanish: pensionar — to grant a pension
• Bulgarian: пенсионирам (pensioniram) — to force to retire
• Dutch: pensioneren — to force to retire
• Dutch: met pensioen sturen — to force to retire
• Finnish: siirtää eläkkeelle — to force to retire
• German: pensionieren — to force to retire
• German: in den Ruhestand versetzen — to force to retire
• Greek: συνταξιοδοτώ (syntaxiodotó) — to force to retire
• Hebrew: גמלה (gimlah) — to force to retire
• Italian: pensionare — to force to retire
• Norwegian Bokmål: pensjonere — to force to retire
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pensjonere — to force to retire
• Portuguese: aposentar — to force to retire