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retiree

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ɹəˈtaɪ.ə(ɹ)ˌiː/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 T AY1 R IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who has retired from active working.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • He has been a retiree since 2001.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: retirant, retirer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who has retired from active working

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: retired person

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: nonworker

Narrower terms: emeritus

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُتَقَاعِد (mutaqāʕid) — someone who has retired from active working
  • Asturian: xubiláu — someone who has retired from active working
  • Azerbaijani: pensiyaçı — someone who has retired from active working
  • Azerbaijani: təqaüdçü — someone who has retired from active working
  • Burmese: ပင်စင်စား (pangcangca:) — someone who has retired from active working
  • Catalan: jubilat — someone who has retired from active working
  • Catalan: jubilada — someone who has retired from active working
  • Chinese Mandarin: 退休人員 /退休人员 (tuìxiū rényuán) — someone who has retired from active working
  • Chinese Mandarin: 退職的 /退职的 (tuìzhí-de) — someone who has retired from active working
  • Chinese Mandarin: 退休的 (tuìxiū-de) — someone who has retired from active working
  • Czech: penzista — someone who has retired from active working
  • Czech: důchodce — someone who has retired from active working
  • Esperanto: pensiulo — someone who has retired from active working
  • Esperanto: emerito — someone who has retired from active working
  • Finnish: eläkeläinen — someone who has retired from active working
  • French: retraité — someone who has retired from active working
  • Galician: xubilado — someone who has retired from active working
  • Galician: xubilada — someone who has retired from active working
  • German: Rentner — someone who has retired from active working
  • German: Rentnerin — someone who has retired from active working
  • German: Ruheständler — someone who has retired from active working
  • German: Ruheständlerin — someone who has retired from active working
  • Hungarian: nyugdíjas — someone who has retired from active working
  • Indonesian: pensiunan — someone who has retired from active working
  • Italian: pensionato — someone who has retired from active working
  • Japanese: 退職者 (taishokusha) — someone who has retired from active working
  • Northern Kurdish: karkenar — someone who has retired from active working
  • Northern Kurdish: emekdar — someone who has retired from active working
  • Northern Kurdish: malnişîn — someone who has retired from active working
  • Northern Kurdish: xanenişîn — someone who has retired from active working
  • Northern Kurdish: gandanket — someone who has retired from active working
  • Northern Kurdish: teqawid — someone who has retired from active working
  • Malay: pesara — someone who has retired from active working
  • Norwegian: pensjonist — someone who has retired from active working
  • Polish: emeryt — someone who has retired from active working
  • Polish: emerytka — someone who has retired from active working
  • Portuguese: aposentado — someone who has retired from active working
  • Romanian: pensionar — someone who has retired from active working
  • Romanian: pensionară — someone who has retired from active working
  • Russian: пенсионе́р (pensionér) — someone who has retired from active working
  • Russian: пенсионе́рка (pensionérka) — someone who has retired from active working
  • Spanish: jubilado — someone who has retired from active working
  • Spanish: pensionista — someone who has retired from active working
  • Spanish: jubileta — someone who has retired from active working
  • Vietnamese: người về hưu — someone who has retired from active working