retire

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈtaɪə/
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• General-American: /ɹəˈtaɪɹ/
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• Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
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• US: /ɹiˈtaɪɚ/
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• CMU ARPABET: R IH0 T AY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: R IY0 T AY1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 3: R IY2 T AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French retirer (“draw back”), from Old French retirer, built from re- (“back”) + tirer (“draw, pull”), the latter from Vulgar Latin *tīrāre, of highly uncertain origin.

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

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: aftree — to stop working on permanent basis
• Arabic: تَقَاعَدَ (taqāʕada) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Asturian: xubilar — to stop working on permanent basis
• Belarusian: ісці́ на пе́нсію (iscí na pjénsiju) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Belarusian: пайсці́ на пе́нсію (pajscí na pjénsiju) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Bulgarian: пенсионирам се (pensioniram se) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Catalan: jubilar — to stop working on permanent basis
• Chinese Cantonese: 退休 (teoi3 jau1) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Chinese Mandarin: 退休 (tuìxiū) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Chinese Mandarin: 引退 (yǐntuì) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Chinese Mandarin: 退下 (tuìxià) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Czech: jít do důchodu — to stop working on permanent basis
• Czech: odejít do důchodu — to stop working on permanent basis
• Danish: gå på pension — to stop working on permanent basis
• Dutch: met pensioen gaan — to stop working on permanent basis
• Esperanto: retiriĝi — to stop working on permanent basis
• Finnish: jäädä eläkkeelle — to stop working on permanent basis
• Finnish: siirtyä eläkkeelle — to stop working on permanent basis
• Finnish: eläköityä — to stop working on permanent basis
• French: se retirer — to stop working on permanent basis
• French: prendre sa retraite — to stop working on permanent basis
• Galician: xubilar — to stop working on permanent basis
• Georgian: პენსიაზე გადის (ṗensiaze gadis) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Georgian: პენსიაზე გასვლა (ṗensiaze gasvla) — to stop working on permanent basis
• German: in Pension gehen — to stop working on permanent basis
• German: in Rente gehen — to stop working on permanent basis
• German: in den Ruhestand gehen — to stop working on permanent basis
• Greek: συνταξιοδοτούμαι (syntaxiodotoúmai) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Hebrew: פרש (parásh) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Hindi: सेवानिवृत्ति (sevānivŕtti) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Hungarian: nyugdíjba megy — to stop working on permanent basis
• Icelandic: setjast í helgan stein — to stop working on permanent basis
• Irish: téigh ar scor — to stop working on permanent basis
• Italian: ritirarsi — to stop working on permanent basis
• Japanese: 退職する (taishoku suru) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Japanese: 引退する (intai suru) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Kabuverdianu: apuzenta — to stop working on permanent basis
• Kabuverdianu: apuzentá — to stop working on permanent basis
• Khmer: ចូលនិវត្តន៍ (cool ni’voat) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Khmer: រ៉ឺត្រែត (rəɨtraet) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Korean: 퇴직하다 (toejik-hada) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Latin: abire — to stop working on permanent basis
• Latin: secedo — to stop working on permanent basis
• Māori: tāoki — to stop working on permanent basis
• Navajo: naanish yoołbįįh — to stop working on permanent basis
• Norwegian Bokmål: pensjonere — to stop working on permanent basis
• Norwegian Nynorsk: pensjonere — to stop working on permanent basis
• Polish: przejść na emeryturę — to stop working on permanent basis
• Portuguese: aposentar-se — to stop working on permanent basis
• Portuguese: reformar-se — to stop working on permanent basis
• Russian: выходи́ть на пе́нсию (vyxodítʹ na pénsiju) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Russian: выходи́ть в отста́вку (vyxodítʹ v otstávku) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Slovak: odísť do dôchodku — to stop working on permanent basis
• Spanish: jubilar — to stop working on permanent basis
• Swedish: gå i pension — to stop working on permanent basis
• Tagalog: magretiro — to stop working on permanent basis
• Thai: เกษียณ (gà-sǐian) — to stop working on permanent basis
• Thai: เกษียณอายุ — to stop working on permanent basis
• Thai: รีไทร์ — to stop working on permanent basis
• Vietnamese: về hưu — to stop working on permanent basis
• Vietnamese: hồi hưu — to stop working on permanent basis
• Walloon: prinde si pinsion — to stop working on permanent basis
• Welsh: ymddeol — to stop working on permanent basis
• Arabic: اِعْتَزَلَ (iʕtazala) — sports: sports player stop playing their sport and in competitions
• Catalan: retirar-se — sports: sports player stop playing their sport and in competitions
• Galician: retirarse — sports: sports player stop playing their sport and in competitions
• German: Karriere beenden — sports: sports player stop playing their sport and in competitions
• Polish: zakończyć karierę — sports: sports player stop playing their sport and in competitions
• Polish: kończyć karierę — sports: sports player stop playing their sport and in competitions
• Portuguese: aposentar-se — sports: sports player stop playing their sport and in competitions
• Spanish: retirarse — sports: sports player stop playing their sport and in competitions
• Finnish: viedä — to withdraw; to take away
• Finnish: vetää — to withdraw; to take away
• Finnish: ottaa pois — to withdraw; to take away
• Old English: būgan — to withdraw; to take away
• Finnish: lopettaa — to cease use or production of something
• Finnish: vetää takaisin — to withdraw from circulation, or from the market
• Finnish: poistaa kierrosta — to withdraw from circulation, or from the market
• Bulgarian: пенсионирам (pensioniram) — to cause to retire, to deem as no longer qualified for active service
• Finnish: siirtää eläkkeelle — to cause to retire, to deem as no longer qualified for active service
• Māori: whakatūnguru — to cause to retire, to deem as no longer qualified for active service
• Finnish: luopua — cricket: to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed
• Finnish: luovuttaa — cricket: to voluntarily stop batting before being dismissed
• Finnish: polttaa — baseball: to make a play which results in a runner or the batter being out
• Bulgarian: оттеглям се (ottegljam se) — to go back or return
• Finnish: vetäytyä — to go back or return
• Irish: téigh ar gcúl — to go back or return
• Portuguese: retirar-se — to go back or return
• Belarusian: адступа́ць (adstupácʹ) — to retreat from action or danger
• Belarusian: адступі́ць (adstupícʹ) — to retreat from action or danger
• Bulgarian: отстъпвам (otstǎpvam) — to retreat from action or danger
• Catalan: retirar-se — to retreat from action or danger
• Catalan: retirar — to retreat from action or danger
• Esperanto: retiriĝi — to retreat from action or danger
• Finnish: vetäytyä — to retreat from action or danger
• Ancient Greek: ὑποχωρέω (hupokhōréō) — to retreat from action or danger
• Icelandic: draga sig í hlé — to retreat from action or danger
• Irish: téigh ar gcúl — to retreat from action or danger
• Irish: cúlaigh — to retreat from action or danger
• Māori: whakatahi — to retreat from action or danger
• Portuguese: retirar-se — to retreat from action or danger
• Belarusian: адступа́ць (adstupácʹ) — to recede
• Belarusian: адступі́ць (adstupícʹ) — to recede
• Finnish: vetäytyä — to recede