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Retirer
Re-tir′er
,Noun.
One who retires.
Definition 2024
retirer
retirer
English
Noun
retirer (plural retirers)
- Someone who retires.
- 2009 August 19, Judy Battista, “In Another U-Turn, Favre Un-Retires”, in New York Times:
- And so Favre, serial retirer, unretired for the second time in less than two years Tuesday, joining the Vikings for a contract that ESPN reported was worth $12 million this season and $13 million in 2010 — if he does not retire again.
Related terms
Anagrams
French
Etymology
First attested circa 1073, from re- + tirer.
Pronunciation
Verb
retirer
- to take off; to remove (e.g. clothes)
- Elle retira sa chemise.
- She took off her shirt.
- Elle retira sa chemise.
- to withdraw; to get out; to take out (money)
- J'ai retiré 50 euros pour ce soir, j'espère que ça suffira.
- I took out 50 euros for tonight, I hope that'll be enough.
- J'ai retiré 50 euros pour ce soir, j'espère que ça suffira.
- (reflexive, se retirer) to retire
Conjugation
Conjugation of retirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | retirer | avoir retiré | |||||
| gerund | en retirant | en ayant retiré | |||||
| present participle | retirant /ʁə.ti.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | retiré /ʁə.ti.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retires /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retirons /ʁə.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
retirez /ʁə.ti.ʁe/ |
retirent /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
| imperfect | retirais /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/ |
retirais /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/ |
retirait /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/ |
retirions /ʁə.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retiriez /ʁə.ti.ʁje/ |
retiraient /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | retirai /ʁə.ti.ʁe/ |
retiras /ʁə.ti.ʁa/ |
retira /ʁə.ti.ʁa/ |
retirâmes /ʁə.ti.ʁam/ |
retirâtes /ʁə.ti.ʁat/ |
retirèrent /ʁə.ti.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | retirerai /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁe/ |
retireras /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁa/ |
retirera /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁa/ |
retirerons /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
retirerez /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁe/ |
retireront /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | retirerais /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
retirerais /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
retirerait /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
retirerions /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retireriez /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁje/ |
retireraient /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retires /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
retirions /ʁə.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retiriez /ʁə.ti.ʁje/ |
retirent /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
retirasse /ʁə.ti.ʁas/ |
retirasses /ʁə.ti.ʁas/ |
retirât /ʁə.ti.ʁa/ |
retirassions /ʁə.ti.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
retirassiez /ʁə.ti.ʁa.sje/ |
retirassent /ʁə.ti.ʁas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | retire /ʁə.tiʁ/ |
— | retirons /ʁə.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
retirez /ʁə.ti.ʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
retirer
- to go; to travel (chiefly to a place where one has already been)
- 1540, L'établissement de la fête de la conception Notre-Dame dite la fête aux Normands
- Icy faisons trop long arrest,
- Retirons vers nostre maison
- We've stayed here too long
- Let's go home
- 1540, L'établissement de la fête de la conception Notre-Dame dite la fête aux Normands
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of retirer
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | retirer | avoir retiré | |||||
| gerund | en retirant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | retirant | ||||||
| past participle | retiré | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | retire | retires | retire | retirons | retirez | retirent |
| imperfect | retirois, retiroys | retirois, retiroys | retiroit, retiroyt | retirions, retiryons | retiriez, retiryez | retiroient, retiroyent | |
| past historic | retira | retiras | retira | retirasmes | retirastes | retirerent | |
| future | retirerai, retireray | retireras | retirera | retirerons | retirerez | retireront | |
| conditional | retirerois, retireroys | retirerois, retireroys | retireroit, retireroyt | retirerions, retireryons | retireriez, retireryez | retireroient, retireroyent | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | retire | retires | retire | retirons | retirez | retirent |
| imperfect | retirasse | retirasses | retirast | retirassions | retirassiez | retirassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | retire | — | retirons | retirez | — | ||
References
- retirer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)