retreat

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From Middle English retret, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho. Doublet of retract, retrait, and ritratto.

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

162 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَرَاجُع (tarājuʕ) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Arabic: اِنْسِحَاب (insiḥāb) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Armenian: նահանջ (nahanǰ) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Azerbaijani: geriyə çəkilmə — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Azerbaijani: geriçəkilmə — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Belarusian: адступле́нне (adstupljénnje) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Belarusian: адступле́ньне (adstupljénʹnje) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Belarusian: вы́вад (vývad) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Bulgarian: отстъпле́ние (otstǎplénie) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Chinese Mandarin: 後退 /后退 (hòutuì) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Chinese Mandarin: 退卻 /退却 (tuìquè) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Chinese Mandarin: 撤退 (chètuì) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Czech: ústup — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Dutch: terugtocht — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Dutch: aftocht — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Dutch: terugtrekking — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Esperanto: retiriĝo — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Finnish: perääntyminen — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• French: retraite — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• German: Rückzug — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Greek: υποχώρηση (ypochórisi) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Hungarian: visszavonulás — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Indonesian: mundur — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Italian: ritirata — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Italian: arretramento — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Italian: ripiegamento — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Japanese: 後退 (kōtai) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Japanese: 退却 (taikyaku) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Japanese: 撤退 (tettai) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Korean: 후퇴 (hutoe) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Korean: 퇴각 (toegak) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Korean: 철수 (cheolsu) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Latin: recessus — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Macedonian: повлекување (povlekuvanje) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Māori: taui — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Māori: tauitanga — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Norwegian Bokmål: retrett — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilbaketrekking — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilbaketrekning — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: retrett — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tilbaketrekking — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Persian: عقبنشینی ('aqab-nešini) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Polish: odwrót — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Polish: wycofanie — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Portuguese: retirada — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Romanian: retragere — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Russian: отступле́ние (otstuplénije) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Russian: вы́вод (vývod) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Serbo-Croatian: повла́че̄ње — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Serbo-Croatian: povláčēnje — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Slovak: ústup — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Slovene: umik — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Spanish: retirada — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Spanish: repliegue — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Tajik: ақибнишинӣ (aqibnišini) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Turkish: geri çekilme — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Ukrainian: ві́дступ (vídstup) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Ukrainian: ви́ведення (vývedennja) — act of pulling back or withdrawing
• Belarusian: прыту́лак (prytúlak) — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Bulgarian: убе́жище (ubéžište) — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Czech: útočiště — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Finnish: turvapaikka — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Finnish: piilopaikka — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• French: retraite — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Italian: ritiro — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Italian: eremo — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Latin: latebra — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Macedonian: прибе́жиште (pribéžište) — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Māori: piringa — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Māori: kuhunga — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Portuguese: retiro — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Russian: убе́жище (ubéžišče) — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Scottish Gaelic: cuilidh — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Spanish: retiro — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Ottoman Turkish: زاویه (zâviye) — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Ottoman Turkish: قارش (karış) — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Ukrainian: приту́лок (prytúlok) — peaceful, quiet place affording privacy or security
• Bulgarian: уедине́ние (uedinénie) — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Dutch: retraite — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Estonian: retriit — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Finnish: vetäytyminen — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• French: retraite — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Hungarian: elvonulás — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Indonesian: retret — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Indonesian: khalwat — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Italian: ritiro — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Latvian: rekolekcija — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Norwegian Bokmål: retrett — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Norwegian Nynorsk: retrett — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Polish: rekolekcje — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Portuguese: retiro — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Russian: уедине́ние (ujedinénije) — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Spanish: retiro — period of meditation, prayer, or study
• Arabic: تَرَاجَعَ (tarājaʕa) — to withdraw military forces
• Armenian: նահանջել (nahanǰel) — to withdraw military forces
• Azerbaijani: geri çəkilmək — to withdraw military forces
• Belarusian: адступа́ць (adstupácʹ) — to withdraw military forces
• Belarusian: адступі́ць (adstupícʹ) — to withdraw military forces
• Bulgarian: отстъ́пвам (otstǎ́pvam) — to withdraw military forces
• Bulgarian: отстъ́пя (otstǎ́pja) — to withdraw military forces
• Catalan: retrocedir — to withdraw military forces
• Chinese Mandarin: 後退 /后退 (hòutuì) — to withdraw military forces
• Chinese Mandarin: 退卻 /退却 (tuìquè) — to withdraw military forces
• Czech: ustoupit — to withdraw military forces
• Czech: stáhnout se — to withdraw military forces
• Dutch: zich terugtrekken — to withdraw military forces
• Estonian: taanduma — to withdraw military forces
• Finnish: perääntyä — to withdraw military forces
• Finnish: vetäytyä — to withdraw military forces
• French: se retirer — to withdraw military forces
• French: se replier — to withdraw military forces
• French: battre en retraite — to withdraw military forces
• German: sich zurückziehen — to withdraw military forces
• German: abziehen — to withdraw military forces
• Greek: αποτραβιέμαι (apotraviémai) — to withdraw military forces
• Ancient Greek: ἀναχωρέω (anakhōréō) — to withdraw military forces
• Icelandic: hörfa — to withdraw military forces
• Irish: cúlaigh — to withdraw military forces
• Italian: ritirarsi — to withdraw military forces
• Italian: ripiegare — to withdraw military forces
• Italian: battere in ritirata — to withdraw military forces
• Italian: indietreggiare — to withdraw military forces
• Italian: retrocedere — to withdraw military forces
• Italian: arretrare — to withdraw military forces
• Japanese: 退却する (taikyaku suru) — to withdraw military forces
• Japanese: 後退する (kōtai suru) — to withdraw military forces
• Korean: 후퇴하다 (hutoehada) — to withdraw military forces
• Latin: regredior — to withdraw military forces
• Latin: pedem referre — to withdraw military forces
• Macedonian: се повлекува (se povlekuva) — to withdraw military forces
• Macedonian: се повлече (se povleče) — to withdraw military forces
• Māori: whakatahi — to withdraw military forces
• Māori: taui — to withdraw military forces
• Māori: paunu — to withdraw military forces
• Norwegian Bokmål: retrettere — to withdraw military forces
• Persian: عقبنشینی کردن ('aqab-nešini kardan) — to withdraw military forces
• Polish: zarządzać odwrót — to withdraw military forces
• Polish: odstępować — to withdraw military forces
• Polish: odstąpić — to withdraw military forces
• Polish: wycofywać się — to withdraw military forces
• Polish: wycofać się — to withdraw military forces
• Portuguese: retirar — to withdraw military forces
• Portuguese: retirar-se — to withdraw military forces
• Romanian: retrage — to withdraw military forces
• Russian: отступа́ть (otstupátʹ) — to withdraw military forces
• Russian: отступи́ть (otstupítʹ) — to withdraw military forces
• Russian: ретирова́ться (retirovátʹsja) — to withdraw military forces
• Serbo-Croatian: по̀вӯћи се — to withdraw military forces
• Serbo-Croatian: pòvūći se — to withdraw military forces
• Slovak: ustúpiť — to withdraw military forces
• Slovak: stiahnuť sa — to withdraw military forces
• Slovene: umikati se — to withdraw military forces
• Slovene: umakniti se — to withdraw military forces
• Southern Altai: кеде барар (kede barar) — to withdraw military forces
• Spanish: retirarse — to withdraw military forces
• Spanish: replegarse — to withdraw military forces
• Swedish: retirera — to withdraw military forces
• Tajik: ақибнишинӣ кардан (aqibnišini kardan) — to withdraw military forces
• Tamil: பின்வாங்கு (piṉvāṅku) — to withdraw military forces
• Turkish: geri çekilmek — to withdraw military forces
• Ukrainian: відступа́ти (vidstupáty) — to withdraw military forces
• Ukrainian: відступи́ти (vidstupýty) — to withdraw military forces