resign

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• UK: /ɹɪˈzaɪn/
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• rhymes with -ɪzaɪn
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• /ɹiːˈsaɪn/
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH0 Z AY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Anglo-Norman resigner, Middle French resigner, and its source, Latin resignāre (“to unseal, annul, assign, resign”), from re- + signāre (“to seal, stamp”). Piecewise doublet of re-sign.

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English sign English resign From re- + sign.

122 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отказвам се (otkazvam se) — to give something up or relinquish
• Burmese: အောချ (au:hkya.) — to give something up or relinquish
• Finnish: luovuttaa — to give something up or relinquish
• French: abandonner — to give something up or relinquish
• French: céder — to give something up or relinquish
• Hungarian: lemond — to give something up or relinquish
• Hungarian: felad — to give something up or relinquish
• Icelandic: gefa upp — to give something up or relinquish
• Icelandic: gefa upp á bátinn — to give something up or relinquish
• Icelandic: falla frá — to give something up or relinquish
• Icelandic: afsala sér — to give something up or relinquish
• Icelandic: láta — to give something up or relinquish
• Icelandic: láta af hendi — to give something up or relinquish
• Italian: rassegnare — to give something up or relinquish
• Italian: rinunciare — to give something up or relinquish
• Māori: tuku — to give something up or relinquish
• Slovak: vzdať sa — to give something up or relinquish
• Slovak: vzdávať sa — to give something up or relinquish
• Thai: ล้มเลิก (lóm-lə̂ək) — to give something up or relinquish
• Thai: เลิกล้ม (lə̂ək-lóm) — to give something up or relinquish
• Bulgarian: предавам (predavam) — hand over, give over (to someone)
• Bulgarian: предоставям (predostavjam) — hand over, give over (to someone)
• French: léguer — hand over, give over (to someone)
• Hungarian: átad — hand over, give over (to someone)
• Hungarian: átenged — hand over, give over (to someone)
• Arabic: اِسْتَقَالَ (istaqāla) — quit a job or position
• Arabic: استعفى (istaʕfa) — quit a job or position
• Armenian: հրաժարական տալ (hražarakan tal) — quit a job or position
• Bulgarian: подавам оставка (podavam ostavka) — quit a job or position
• Burmese: နုတ်ထွက် (nuthtwak) — quit a job or position
• Catalan: dimitir — quit a job or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 辭職 /辞职 (cízhí) — quit a job or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 辭去 /辞去 (cíqù) — quit a job or position
• Czech: odstoupit — quit a job or position
• Czech: rezignovat — quit a job or position
• Dutch: ontslag nemen — quit a job or position
• Esperanto: rezigni — quit a job or position
• Esperanto: demisii — quit a job or position
• Finnish: erota — quit a job or position
• French: démissionner — quit a job or position
• French: abdiquer — quit a job or position
• Georgian: უარის თქმა (uaris tkma) — quit a job or position
• German: zurücktreten — quit a job or position
• German: kündigen — quit a job or position
• Greek: παραιτούμαι (paraitoúmai) — quit a job or position
• Ancient Greek: ἀπεῖπον (apeîpon) — quit a job or position
• Ancient Greek: παρίημι (paríēmi) — quit a job or position
• Hebrew: התפטר (hitpatér) — quit a job or position
• Hindi: पदत्याग (padatyāg) — quit a job or position
• Hungarian: lemond — quit a job or position
• Hungarian: leköszön — quit a job or position
• Icelandic: segja upp — quit a job or position
• Icelandic: segja af sér — quit a job or position
• Icelandic: láta af — quit a job or position
• Icelandic: draga sig í hlé — quit a job or position
• Irish: éirigh as — quit a job or position
• Italian: dimettersi — quit a job or position
• Italian: dare le dimissioni — quit a job or position
• Italian: lasciare — quit a job or position
• Japanese: 辞任する (jinin suru) — quit a job or position
• Japanese: 辞職する (jishoku suru) — quit a job or position
• Japanese: 辞める (yameru) — quit a job or position
• Khmer: លាឈប់ (liə chup) — quit a job or position
• Korean: 사임하다 (saim-hada) — quit a job or position
• Lao: ລາການ (lā kān) — quit a job or position
• Lao: ລາອອກ (lā ʼǭk) — quit a job or position
• Latin: abdicō — quit a job or position
• Lithuanian: atsistatydinti — quit a job or position
• Malay: meletak jawatan — quit a job or position
• Māori: rīhaina — quit a job or position
• Mongolian: огцрох (ogcrox) — quit a job or position
• Norwegian: gå av — quit a job or position
• Norwegian: si opp — quit a job or position
• Occitan: demissionar — quit a job or position
• Polish: rezygnować — quit a job or position
• Polish: zrezygnować — quit a job or position
• Portuguese: demitir-se — quit a job or position
• Portuguese: desligar-se — quit a job or position
• Portuguese: renunciar — quit a job or position
• Romanian: demisiona — quit a job or position
• Russian: отка́зываться от до́лжности (otkázyvatʹsja ot dólžnosti) — quit a job or position
• Russian: уходи́ть в отста́вку (uxodítʹ v otstávku) — quit a job or position
• Russian: бро́сить рабо́ту (brósitʹ rabótu) — quit a job or position
• Russian: увольня́ться (uvolʹnjátʹsja) — quit a job or position
• Russian: уво́литься (uvólitʹsja) — quit a job or position
• Shan: ၼုၵ်ႈဢွၵ်ႇ (nūk ʼàuk) — quit a job or position
• Slovak: rezignovať — quit a job or position
• Slovak: odstúpiť — quit a job or position
• Lower Sorbian: gódy wześ — quit a job or position
• Spanish: renunciar — quit a job or position
• Spanish: dimitir — quit a job or position
• Swedish: avgå — quit a job or position
• Swedish: sluta — quit a job or position
• Thai: ลาออก (laa-ɔ̀ɔk) — quit a job or position
• Turkish: istifa etmek — quit a job or position
• Ukrainian: іти́ у відста́вку (itý u vidstávku) — quit a job or position
• Ukrainian: піти́ у відста́вку (pitý u vidstávku) — quit a job or position
• Vietnamese: từ chức — quit a job or position
• Welsh: ymddiswyddo — quit a job or position
• Welsh: rhoi'r gorau — quit a job or position
• Chinese Mandarin: 认输 (rènshū) — to give up
• Esperanto: rezignacii — to give up
• Finnish: luovuttaa — to give up
• French: se résigner — to give up
• French: se faire une raison — to give up
• French: renoncer — to give up
• Hungarian: belenyugszik — to give up
• Hungarian: beletörődik — to give up
• Hungarian: felad — to give up
• Italian: rassegnarsi — to give up
• Italian: rinunciare — to give up
• Italian: darla su — to give up
• Korean: 포기하다 (pogi-hada) — to give up
• Norwegian: gi opp — to give up
• Norwegian: resignere — to give up
• Portuguese: resignar — to give up
• Slovak: rezignovať — to give up
• Slovak: vzdať sa — to give up
• Slovak: vzdávať sa — to give up
• Spanish: resignarse — to give up
• Spanish: renunciar — to give up
• Swedish: resignera — to give up